text:
HollywoodChicago.com RSS   Facebook   HollywoodChicago.com on Twitter   Free Giveaway E-mail

Superhero Film ‘Hancock’ With No Superhero Ancestry Proves Bold But Deadly Decision

Printer-friendly versionPrinter-friendly versionE-mail page to friendE-mail page to friendPDF versionPDF version
Average: 2.8 (8 votes)
HollywoodChicago.com Oscarman rating: 2.0/5.0
Rating: 2.0/5.0

CHICAGO – With superhero films as hot in 2008 as psychedelics were in the 1960s, the new blockbuster superhero film “Hancock” fits in with the label but without any of the ancestry.

While 2008 superhero films such as “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “The Dark Knight,” “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” and “Punisher: War Zone” (along with “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” coming in 2009) are all based on previous stories with a previously ravenous fan base, “Hancock” with an alcoholic and listless Will Smith and Charlize Theron – who hides a surprise bombshell – literally comes from nowhereland.

Charlize Theron (left) and Will Smith in Hancock
Charlize Theron (left) and Will Smith in “Hancock”.
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment

In fact, “Hancock” is the only 2008 superhero film not derived from a previously established comic book.

Will Smith in Hancock
Will Smith in “Hancock”.
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment

The original script for “Hancock,” which was inked by Vincent Ngo in 1996 and called “Tonight, He Comes,” was shuffled through the Hollywood director’s circuit until director Peter Berg (“The Kingdom,” “Friday Night Lights,” “The Rundown”) finally ate it up in Oct. 2006. Filming began in July 2007.

Its truly original origin could have either been its golden savior or its deadly assassin. The decision ultimately proved treacherous as everything it tried to do to be different just made it the same.

Its originality actually might not seem so novel, too, once you consider the 1983 film “The Return of Captain Invincible”. In that film, Alan Arkin plays Captain Invincible and Christopher Lee plays his nemesis (Mr. Midnight).

Captain Invincible is asked to return from retirement to the superhero battlefields, but this time around, he’s a raging alcoholic. Sound familiar? Uh huh.

Upon closer scrutiny, the principal downfall of “Hancock” isn’t even in the question of its origins but more in the forcefulness of its script. “Hancock” felt entirely too written. A good film, of course, is written eloquently well – so well, in fact, that you forget it’s written. A hackneyed story feels forcefully written.

Will Smith (center) Hancock
Will Smith (center) “Hancock”.
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment

After writers Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan launched off on their journey to script a man who can demolish the street beneath him at the mere jetting away into the sky, they added Superman-like strength. As for where to go next, you can actually feel them pondering the decision. They then inked something cliché because they were already committed to the process and the big Hollywood dollars would be on the line.

Now Smith’s cliché costuming to look the superhero part was actually the least cliché part of the entire script. Smith’s character despised it, appeared awkward in it and actually successfully sold you on more authentically being that inebriated chap. Sporting a costume that looked like it could have been purchased at Walgreen’s on a man who felt more comfortable being naked was refreshingly witty.

Will Smith (second from left), Jason Bateman (second from right) and Charlize Theron in Hancock
Will Smith (second from left), Jason Bateman (second from right) and Charlize Theron in “Hancock”.
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment

All in all, we can’t be satisfied with all the “Hancock” plot twists and turns because we didn’t get to the heart of what actually makes a superhero a superhero. Will Smith himself doesn’t know and couldn’t tell you if you asked him – even after he has been jailed, rehabilitated and PR spun by Jason Bateman who’s trying to change the world.

StarView our full, high-resolution “Hancock” image gallery.

StarMore film reviews from critic Adam Fendelman.

While it is a bit of a twist to make your “good” superhero hated and then needed and then loved once he learns to love himself, focusing on that internal exploration of the superhero felt like the self-discovery process should have happened privately with Dr. Phil rather than as a central plotline in a major Hollywood film.

Now Charlize Theron’s character had teeth. Will Smith as an anonymous “John Hancock” who can’t remember his genesis is branded by the film as a Bruce Willis-like “Unbreakable” character, but who the heck is Charlize Theron? Is she just the scorching wife of PR man Jason Bateman or does she have something incredible up her sleeve, too?

“Hancock” director Peter Berg would have been better served directing this script with a focus on her as the central character – a character who veils who she really is under the guise of humanity rather than the bumbling, stumbling Will Smith who merely cloaks his superhero depression with a bottle. Any takers for “The Incredible Housewife”?

“Hancock,” which features Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman and director Michael Mann in a small acting role, opened everywhere on July 2, 2008.

HollywoodChicago.com editor-in-chief Adam Fendelman

© 2008 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com

Anonymous's picture

Next time, before you go into a large “This character is hiding a secret and they don’t show you in the trailer, but watch for this secret because it’s teh best part of the movie” put up “SPOILER WARNING” in the title of your review. Thank you.

JordanC's picture

Agree entirely.

“Hancock” felt entirely too written. A good film, of course, is written eloquently well – so well, in fact, that you forget it’s written. A hackneyed story feels forcefully written.”

I agree entirely with your review, but I just think that rather than it being over-written or “too written”, it’s just written badly. There are a lot of things in the script that seem to have been put there as a place-holder for contiguity with superhero movies that just don’t work at all.

The film didn’t really need to have the whole antagonist twist in it, because it just didn’t work and felt like it was in there for the sake of there being a bad guy. If it was rather, more focused upon Hancock himself and had a more believable turn-around story, it’d actually be palatable as a film, providing it kept all the worthless and unrequited side-plots and the unnecessary humour elements to a very bare, almost non-existent minimum.

Hancock himself wasn’t that bad of a character, he was actually quite a change, but because he is so barely even reflected upon it is frustrating that rather than focus on the reflective, sombre loner and his difficulty adjusting and acknowledging his humanity, we just see so many short-stops which end with smack-talking and stupid “tough guy” comedy moments which drive me crazy.

In I-Robot, he tries too hard to be serious and ends up just looking silly, trying to keep the same facial expressions each time he’s between scenes. At least in this film he had somewhat more of a range, but he needs to actually stop “acting” and start acting. If he was more believable in the role, rather than him being at differing levels of street-smarts and “cool”, then maybe he’d be worth considering for a similar role, but then again… who would want to try this again considering the fallout.

I know there are sparks of talent with Smith because he has an intuitiveness to him that is somewhat unique, but this horrible script and execution did it no favours.

samuel adio's picture

well personally i think you are rong, most people who have superpower in comics are known as geeky nice guys, but this film clearly shows how it would most lykly be if some one had these powers, and i felt the story in its self was oringinal but now knowing about the film “The Return of Captain Invincible” myb the film is not original but it is still better than most superhero films - becuase personally i feel most people grow bord of seeing these “nice guys” fly round in capes and nt do a single thing wrong and the twist at the end is what makes the hole film, it is not a corrny twist where hancock suddely remembers who he is through flash back and he comes from another planet or through and experiment or accedent and the who fac that the woman has powers and is his wife n how she is in the hospital sowing him the scars is genius n i raly use that word. even how he uses is powers is very cleaver becase it make you as an audience see that e is not used 2 being the gud guy, compare the way he lands and how superman lands for example, i du agree about what you say with him feeling uncomfteble with his suit but feel his whole like - wen he sayd “good job” and other things make him uncomfertable. but al in i i liked the film a lot becus it is diffrent from most super hero films i watched

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent spam submissions.
Enter the characters shown in the image.

Hot stories on the Web

User Login

Free Giveaway Mailing

  • Lori Petty, photo by Joe Arce

    CHICAGO – Lori Petty will never be predictable, nor put into some show business box. The free-wheelin’ Ms. P applies her expansive performance skills to the role of Lolly – a guest spot that turned into a recurring character – on Netflix’s hot series “Orange is the New Black,” which released its third season on June 12th, 2015.

  • The Projects

    CHICAGO – The legacy of public housing is one of the strangest forces of karma in the City of Chicago. For example, sites that were once some of the roughest and most neglected housing for the poor now contain luxury condos. It is the people of those former hellholes that still remember the sorrowful history of what they once called home. The American Theater Company (ATC) have gathered these stories for the poignant and extraordinary “The Projects.”

HollywoodChicago.com on Twitter

HollywoodChicago.com Top Ten Discussions


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Type: response

text:
• The Hollywood Reporter on LinkedIn
  • Follow THR on Pinterest

Harrison Ford

Latest News

  1. Harrison Ford's Plane Crash-Lands at Golf Course, Son Confirms

    3:32 pm 3/5/2015

    The actor reported "engine failure" and requested "immediate return" to the airport.Read more

    • 16
  2. Original Replicant Joanna Cassidy Wants to Reprise 'Blade Runner' Role

    10:30 am 3/2/2015

    The actress wants to return for the sequel.Read more

    • 1
  3. 'Blade Runner' Sequel Finds Director

    6:09 pm 2/26/2015

    Harrison Ford will reprise his role as Rick Deckard.Read more

    • 25
  4. Costume Designers Guild Awards: Emmy Rossum to Host, Richard Linklater Getting Honorary Award

    9:36 am 1/14/2015

    Costume designers Aggie Guerard Rodgers and Dr. Deborah Nadoolman Landis will also receive honorary awards at the Feb. 17 show.Read more

    • 5
  5. Chris Pine on 'Jack Ryan' Reboot: "We Didn't Totally Get That Right"

    6:41 pm 12/28/2014

    Fans of the spy franchise shouldn't expect to see Pine in the iconic role againRead more

    • 0
  6. Talent Agent Eleanor Kilgallen Dies at 95

    7:13 pm 12/23/2014

    Kilgallen helped the careers of numerous celebrities, including Grace Kelly, Robert Redford and Harrison FordRead more

    • 0
  7. Ridley Scott: 'Blade Runner 2' Is Best Script Harrison Ford Has "Ever Read"

    5:16 pm 12/13/2014

    Ford "absolutely" wants to be involved in the sequel, according to ScottRead more

    • 12
  8. 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Teaser Trailer

    12:43 pm 11/28/2014

    Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill all return for J.J. Abrams latest installment in the franchiseRead more

    • 6
  9. 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Teaser Trailer Debuts

    2:05 pm 11/26/2014

    "There has been an awakening — have you felt it?"Read more

    • 15
Syndicate content

warcinfo:
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2015-32
operator: CommonCrawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for August 2015
publisher: CommonCrawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf


WARC-Truncated: length

text:
follow us

IFDA hosts program

The New York chapter of The International Furnishings and Designs Association will host a program covering the major spring markets in the United States.

Editors from trade and consumer publications will review the New York Home Textiles Show/The New York Market, the International Home Furnishings Market at High Point, and the New York Tabletop Market.

The event will take place May 8 at 225 Fifth Avenue/The Gift Market in the lower level conference center. Breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m., with the program following.

For registration or information, call 212-686-6020 or e-mail

Featured Video

Other Home Furnishings Sites

Casual Living
Furniture Today
Gifts and Decorative Accessories
Home Accents Today
Kids Today
HFN - Home Furnishings News


text:
follow us

Guilford Mills warns of bankruptcy possibility

Don Hogsett, Staff Staff -- Home Textiles Today, January 21, 2002

Greensboro, NC — With losses more than tripling, sales falling off by more than 20 percent and in violation of restrictive debt covenants, textiles producer Guilford Mills warned that it could be forced into bankruptcy if it was unable to refinance about $270 million in debt or win some breathing room from lenders.

Guilford said that unless it could refinance by Jan. 18, or have lenders waive existing covenants, it would be in default under senior loan agreements, giving creditors the right to call in their loans and liquidate the collateral — "substantially all of the company's domestic assets," said Guilford.

In a persistently weak environment that has battered its apparel fabrics business, Guilford recorded a fourth-quarter loss of $113 million, almost five times the size of last year's $24.2 million deficit.

Sales in the closing quarter fell by 21.3 percent, to $145.5 million from $185.0 million, led by a steep 46.5 percent in apparel fabrics. Sales fell off by 6.2 percent in the automotive fabrics unit, to $77.2 million from $82.3 million.

And despite a solid 9 percent increase in its rapidly growing bedding business, waning sales of home fashions fabrics generated a 5.3 percent drop in sales for Guilford's home unit, to $19.3 million from $20.4 million. But thanks to the strong bedding business, fueled by the Jockey Home program, home fashions remained the strongest of the company's three core product divisions.

Guilford said it has "continued to experience tightened lending practices from traditional financial institutions, due principally to precipitous earnings declines and uncertainty within the industry. The industry has likewise been generally unable to obtain additional capital from appropriate financial markets. The absence of a long-term commitment by Guilford's domestic lenders has exacerbated the company's poor performance, due to increased concerns by both trade credit and customer constituencies."

Featured Video

Other Home Furnishings Sites

Casual Living
Furniture Today
Gifts and Decorative Accessories
Home Accents Today
Kids Today
HFN - Home Furnishings News


text:
Gift Premium Subscription To Fid

Join Date:

Last Activity:

05-03-2014 3:58 PM

Likes Given: 3

12 Likes on 11 Posts

  • Seattle
  • Mild.
  • Dry Stout.
  • Empty.
  • IPA,
  • Male
  • Married

  • Posted in thread: Any PVC trellis advice? on 05-02-2014 at 05:18 PM
    I'm growing hops for the first time and its time to get my trellis up. I rent my house and I've
    been given the greenlight to do basically whatever I want with the backyard so in theory I
    could put a w...

  • Posted in thread: Should I Use This Yeast? on 02-18-2014 at 09:16 PM
    I had a yeast cake sitting at the bottom of a carboy for about 4 months that had maybe an inch
    of beer sitting on top of it. I transfered it to a mason jar when I finally got around to
    cleaning it out...

  • Posted in thread: Moving 1,700+ Miles with Beer. Need some advice on 01-01-2014 at 07:16 AM
    I've seriously considered throwing a party to kill the beer but we're moving quick and I don't
    have time to carb, party, clean up, and pack! We've gotta be on the road on the 8th. This move
    was slight...

  • Posted in thread: Moving 1,700+ Miles with Beer. Need some advice on 01-01-2014 at 05:43 AM
    Hey all,I'm going to be moving from Seattle to Nebraska (of all places) here in the next couple
    of weeks and I have 10 gallons of beer that is currently sitting in carboys that needs to come
    with me. ...

  • Posted in thread: Continued airlock activity after 5 weeks on 11-03-2013 at 10:40 PM
    I'd assume if it was an infection you'd be seeing a change in your gravity readings. Your fg is
    lower than expected but fg estimates are just estimates. Also, that is a pretty large beer, I'm
    not surp...

  • Posted in thread: Attention new brewers, yes your original gravity reading is wrong. Don't panic. on 11-03-2013 at 06:58 PM
    Have you tested your hydrometer in plain water to make sure that it reads 1.000? Your og
    reading seems almost impossibly low if you followed the steps as stated.

  • Posted in thread: Tried to catch some wild yeast... WTF is this? on 06-07-2013 at 04:24 AM
    So last Sunday I tried to catch myself some wild yeast. After a couple days I took a look at my
    experiment and saw this....Some Bubbles... that's cool the hell is this thing? fuzzy...

  • Posted in thread: one or Two packs of Yeast Safale? Or 1 pack of Champagne Yeast? on 05-31-2013 at 05:31 AM
    Looks like your OG should be around 1.110 with all of those fermentables in there. I would
    definitely either make a starter or use two packets of yeast if the starter is not an
    option.Here's a pitchin...

  • Posted in thread: Mash Tun is cracked, now what? on 05-29-2013 at 06:10 AM
    Thanks for the input everybody. I ended up going out and picking up a new cooler. Here's the
    result... no regrets.

  • Posted in thread: Fermentation Chamber Help on 05-29-2013 at 05:13 AM
    I built my chamber from cull 2x4s from Home Depot and scrap plywood. I insulated with 2 inch
    foamboard. I have a Black & Decker mini fridge inserted in one end. There are 2 doors on the
    front that swi...

Following Stats

Newest Threads


text:
Home Brew Forums > Recipe Database > HomeBrewTalk.com Recipe Database > Wheat and Rye Beer > All-Grain - Powderhouse White Ale

Thread Tools
Old 08-10-2010, 10:21 PM   #1
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
modernlifeisANDY's Avatar
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Plymouth
Posts: 554
Liked 25 Times on 22 Posts
Likes Given: 16

Default All-Grain - Powderhouse White Ale

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WLP300
Yeast Starter: None
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity: 1.011
IBU: 11.5
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 4.2 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 10 days @ 68
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): None
Tasting Notes: See below.

This beer follows most of the style guidelines for a traditional German hefe, save for the extra hop addition and the additional Munich malt. Aroma is citrusy, with a hint of banana. The beer pours cloudy, somewhere between a wit and a hefe, with a nice, fluffy head that fades into a thin ring that laces all the way down the glass. Taste is pretty spot on for a hefeweizen, with maybe just a hint of extra bitterness that I enjoy. Nice tingly carbonation adds to a smooth mouthfeel, and the white wheat (which I vastly prefer to red wheat) adds a nice smooth body to the beer. I called it an American Wheat for its deviation from style, but it's close enough in taste to Hefeweizen.

Powderhouse Brewery White Ale

4 lbs. White Wheat
4 lbs. German Pilsner
0.5 lbs. Munich
0.25 lbs. Rice Hulls

0.8oz Hallertauer (3% AA) 45 min.
0.4oz Hallertauer (3% AA) 20 min.

WLP300 Hefeweizen Ale Yeast. You can make a starter if you want, but I used a relatively fresh vial and had no problems taking this beer from 1.045 to about 1.011 at 68 degrees in my swamp cooler.

Mashed at 153 degrees for 60 minutes, batch sparged to 6.5g for the boil.

Comments welcome!
Columbia Brewing | Plymouth, Massachusetts
columbiabrewing AT gmail DOT com

Empty kegs

Finishing my RIMS panel!

Last edited by modernlifeisANDY; 08-11-2010 at 03:14 PM.
modernlifeisANDY is offline
elliara Likes This
Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2010, 01:04 PM   #2
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Now legal in Utah
Posts: 1,188
Liked 11 Times on 11 Posts
Likes Given: 10

Holy ****, that is an awesome label! I think I might brew up some of this next...
nebben is offline
Reply With Quote

Thread Tools

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
All-Grain - Wit Power (Allagash White clone) BeezBrew Wheat and Rye Beer 20 07-25-2015 01:13 AM
All-Grain - Belgian Lady White Heat Wheat TerapinChef Wheat and Rye Beer 4 03-27-2009 10:49 PM

Forum Jump

Newest Threads


text:
Peach Tree, Fresno, CA 93722

  • $239,824
  • 28 Days on site
  • Beds: 3
  • Baths: 2.25
  • Single Family Home
  • 1,503 sq ft

Description RealtyStore Logo

This property is in initial default, also known as Pre-Foreclosure. The homeowner of this property has missed at least one payment and is now considered delinquent. In order to avoid a full foreclosure, the homeowner may be willing to sell this home at an attractive price. No asking price is posted on Pre-Foreclosures because these properties are not formally listed on the market for sale yet. Instead, the original loan balance is presented. Use this amount, along with local sale price comparables to establish a reasonable offer on this home. Register with RealtyStore for more Property Details.

  • ID: 129444378
  • Year Built: 2006
  • 28 Days on site
  • Single Family Home
  • Beds: 3
  • Baths: 2.25

Want more information?

RealtyStore delivers unparalleled access to foreclosures in your area.
  • Full address
  • Contact information
  • Property and loan details

Listing Details

Lot Size
Approximately 3220

Local Info

Median Household Income
Median Years In Residence
Median Homeowner Age
Households with Children
Percent of Homes Rented

Nearby Elementary Schools

6235 N Brawley Ave
5255 N Reese Ave
7120 N Valentine Ave

Nearby Middle Schools

5255 N Reese Ave
6240 W Palo Alto Ave
4221 N Hughes Ave

Nearby High Schools

3535 N Cornelia Ave
4221 N Hughes Ave
1373 W Mesa Ave

These are the closest schools to your requested location. Proximity does not guarantee enrollment eligibility. Please consult your real estate agent or school district to confirm the schools you are zoned to attend.

Mortgage Rates

Loading rates...

Property Contact Info

Listing Provided By: RealtyStore

Need More Information?

Please fill out this form to request more photos or more information regarding this property.

We guarantee 100% privacy. Your information will not be shared with additional third parties.


text:
Outlets at Tejon – Back to School – Banner
College Of The Canyons – Banner
Small Dog Creative – Banner
IHOP – Banner
Bob’s Country Meats – Banner
Knott’s Berry Farm – 2015 – Giveaway – Banner
Union Bank – Banner
All Americans Bail Bonds – Banner
Olive Terrace Bar and Grill – Banner
Brent’s Carpet One – Banner
Providence Medical Center – Banner
Concerts in the Park – 2015 – Banner
YMCA – July – Banner
Valencia United Methodist Church – BBQ – Banner
Green Convergence – Sun Power – Banner
Beyond Harmony – Banner
Museum of the Bible – Passages – Banner
Academy Swim Club – Banner
Oakmont of Santa Clarita – Banner
Adage IT – Banner
Newhall Land – Summer – 2015 – Banner
Nothing Bundt Cakes – Banner
Disneyland – Diamond Celebration – Banner
Galpin Motors – Banner
AV Party Rental – Banner
The Gentle Barn – Banner
Gerard Cosmetics – Banner
Beach Bus – 2015 – Santa Clarita Transit – Banner
Carousel Ranch – Heart Of The West – Banner
Facey – Banner
Keyboard Galleria – Banner
Koalafornia – Banner
Patterson’s Collision Center – Banner
Action Family Counseling – Banner
Simply Taylored – Banner
Samuel Dixon – Rubber Ducky – 2015 – Banner
CLWA – Less Lawn – Banner
It is forecast to be Clear at 7:00 PM PDT on July 28, 2015
Home » KHTS Staff

KHTS Staff

Station Owner
Carl Goldman, along with his wife, Jeri repurchased KHTS AM-1220, Santa Clarita’s hometown station on October 24, 2003. Since then, they have rebuilt KHTS as a critical voice of the Valley.
Station Owner
Jeri Seratti Goldman, along with her husband, Carl Goldman, moved to the Santa Clarita Valley in 1990. She has two children, Ryan is a sophomore at West Point, and Kyle, a seventh grader at Rancho Pico Jr High.
KHTS Staff
Office Manager
KHTS News Director
KHTS Staff
KHTS Staff
Kimberly Beers
KHTS Newsroom
Margie Cummings
KHTS Staff
Melissa Lampert
KHTS Staff Writer
KHTS Staff Writer
KHTS Video
Staff Writer / Our Hometown Stories
Academy Swim Club – News Banner
Action Family Counseling – News Banner
College Of The Canyons – News Banner
Beyond Harmony – News Banner
All American Bail Bonds – News Banner
AV Party Rental – News Banner
Wicall’s Carpet
Gerard Cosmetics – Tile
Academy Swim Club – Tile
The Gentle Barn – Tile
Museum of the Bible – Passages – Tile
Union Bank – Tile


text:
2000 Honda CR-V BULB, NEO-WEDGE (14V 60MA) (TEC) - (35851SM4003)

  • $5.53
  • $1.55 (28% off)
  • $3.98
Genuine Honda Parts
Honda Parts
  • Honda
  • 35851-SM4-003
  • BULB, NEO-WEDGE (14V 60MA) (TEC)
  • 35851-SM1-A01
Respected Factory Warranty This part is guaranteed by Honda's limited part warranty.
Fitment Guaranteed We guarantee fitment when VIN is submitted with order!
Worry free shopping! Our store is protected by encryption that exceeds industry standards. Your payment information stays safe!
Simple Returns We make returns easy! Returns Policy
Experienced Support We are parts professionals and will answer questions quickly.
2000 Honda CR-V BULB, NEO-WEDGE (14V 60MA) (TEC) - (35851SM4003)

Part can be found as reference #7 in illustration

Click to enlarge

Product Description

Part #35851-SM4-003. This BULB, NEO-WEDGE (14V 60MA) (TEC), is a genuine OEM part for your 2000 Honda CR-V,

This Part Also Fits:

HondaPartsUnlimited.com has been serving customers proudly for years with great prices, excellent customer service and fast affordable shipping using real-time rates from USPS, UPS and FedEx. We service Honda and Acura vehicles from 1985 to 2016. If you need help locating a part or accessory feel free to contact us.

Read More about Hondapartsunlimited


text:
Google+   Facebook button  Twitter button
3DS | AND | IOS | PS3 | PS4 | VITA | WIIU | X360 | XB1 | All

Ruiner Pinball

Ruiner Pinball (JAG) game cover art
Platform: Jaguar
Genre: Casual (Pinball)
Developer: High Voltage Software

Your Account Options
You currently have no privileges related to this game profile because you are not signed into an HonestGamers account. Please log in, or click to register for a free account.

Reader Reviews

Ruiner Pinball review

Reviewed May 24, 2007

LS650 says: "There used to be a time when pinball machines were common, and one could find them in arcades, laundromats, and corner stores. You'd plunk a quarter into the big upright box, pull back on the plunger, and slap those flipper buttons to shoot the metal ball around the tableful of bumpers, chutes, and targets. The appeal was both visual and physical as you tried to get the metal ball to smack into targets with a noisy thunk. For years now, developers have tried to recreate the experience of a pin..."
LS650's avatar

We love reader reviews. If you're a great writer, we'd love to host your Ruiner Pinball review on this page. Thanks for your support, and for letting your friends know about us. Every time you start here when you shop online, contribute game reviews or tell your friends about our content, you help to ensure that we'll still be here years from now!

Site Policies & Ethics | Contact | Advertise | Links

eXTReMe Tracker
© 1998-2015 HonestGamers
None of the material contained within this site may be reproduced in any conceivable fashion without permission from the author(s) of said material. This site is not sponsored or endorsed by Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft, or any other such party. Ruiner Pinball is a registered trademark of its copyright holder. This site makes no claim to Ruiner Pinball, its characters, screenshots, artwork, music, or any intellectual property contained within. Opinions expressed on this site do not necessarily represent the opinion of site staff or sponsors. Staff and freelance reviews are typically written based on time spent with a retail review copy or review key for the game that is provided by its publisher.


text:
Pioneer Lake Fishing near Lindstrom, Minnesota

Courtesy Google Images

Details for Pioneer Lake

Species Caught Here:

Access: Public Property
Body of Water Type: Lake
Lat/Long: 45.401352 -92.819099

Bodies of Water near Pioneer Lake

Local Hotel Rooms

Description for Pioneer Lake, Chisago County, Minnesota

Pioneer Lake is a lake located just 1.6 miles from Lindstrom, in Chisago County, in the state of Minnesota, United States, near Center City, MN. For Fishing License purchase, fishing rules, and fishing regulations please visit Minnesota Fish & Wildlife. Please remember to check with the local Fish and Wildlife department to ensure the stream is open to the public. Now get out there and fish! Check out our Fishing Times chart to determine when the fish will be most active.


text:
Hooked On Golf Blog

The Ball Is FLYING Right Now

Written by: Tony Korologos | Date: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Categories: GolfHackers

100 degree temperatures.  4200 above sea level.  No moisture in the air.  The back is loose.  The ball striking is pretty good.  Bridgestone B330-RX golf balls.

These are all reasons why the ball is FLYING right now.  Every summer I have to readjust my yardages.  “Summer yardages” are now in effect.

During Saturday’s Sandy Amateur, which I had great ball striking except for three swings, I had all sorts of trouble with yardages.  I hit a gap wedge with no wind with no elevation change, about 150 yards.  I was hitting my sand wedge about 130 yards.  On the 1st hole (my 9th because it was a shotgun start), I hit my 6-iron onto the green from 200 yards and made an eagle putt from about 12 feet.  That was the highlight of the day.  The lowlights are that the ball was going so far I was flying over greens.  On the 5th hole I had 135 to the back pin.  I flew my gap wedge to pin high, it bounced off the green into the hazard behind it.  Blech.

League play is today, and the temps will be 95-98.  I’ll be using summer yardages today for sure.

Comments are closed.

  • Login | Register
  • HOG InterviewGary Player

    Golf Legend Gary Player

  • Social Networks

    HOG Twitter

    Tony Korologos Twitter

    Google Plus

  • Partner Sites

  • Archives

  • Latest Golf Reviews


text:
Friday , Jul , 19 , 2013 Diego Garcia

Top 5 Most Overpaid NBA Players Of 2013.

Top 5 Most Overrated NBA Players of the 2013 season.

HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: These guys are earning way too much money and it's just that simple.

Pau Gasol

This is the list of the overpaid and the underachievers. Some of these players are very good players, but that doesn't mean for a second they aren't getting way over paid for their production levels. This is the 2012-2013 top 5 most overrated players based on their performance and earnings this season.

#5 Danilo Gallinari: Gallinari almost didn't make the list  playing for the over achieving Denver Nuggets who currently sit at 54-24 in the Western Conference. They've played above expectations all season. Yet, Gallinari is still taking home $9.4 million for producing 16.2 PPG and 5.2 RPG. Again, these numbers don't seem completely outrageous, but keep in mind Gallinari is a cherry picker. He's not creating a most of his offense. He's having it handed to him from drive penetration and kick-outs. He is essentially a very well paid jump shooter.

#4 Metta World Peace: MWP isn't a bad player, but his production this season is marginal with only 12.5 PPG and 5.0 RPG for the 42-37 Lakers. Plus, he's taking home $7.3 million for those numbers. I know he's supposed to be a defensive threat, but clearly that's no longer the case as the Lakers have one of the worst defenses in the league. MWP needs to save up his money because after this contract his take home dollars are going to drop to the floor.

#Jeremy Lin: Lin wisely cashed in on "Linsanity" last season to the tune of $8.3 million. Houston was hoping he would regain his insane form with the Knicks. He's had decent numbers with 13.2 PPG and 6.1 APG, but these certainly aren't 8 million dollar numbers. Harden's doing all the real heavy lifting in Houston.

#2 Pau Gasol: Gasol is in the black hole that is the Lakers. His numbers are a paltry 13.5 PPG and 8.1 RPG which is impossible to justify at $19 million for the season. Gasol is so grossly over-compensated for his pay that it makes him impossible to trade. No one wants to absorb his price tag. This is the very definition of overrated.

#1 Dwight Howard: This should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, including Dwight Howard. He came into LA as the savior. He was on the cover of every major basketball and sporting magazine talking about how many rings he was going to win and now he's looking like the worst NBA cancer since, well, he was in Orlando. Howard will make $19.5 million this season for producing 16.8 PPG, 12.4 RPG, and 2.4 BPG. Oh, did I forget to mention, the Lakers are only 42-37 and might not even make the playoffs. That's a lot of money to pay someone to self-destruct an organization that used to be known for greatness.

For more info, updates, and dirty filthy NBA gossip follow @HoopsVibe.

Photo Credits: WENN.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Comments are closed.


text:
Great Video

An old college friend sent me the link to this video…I cannot watch it without tears filling my eyes. I love Stephen Curtis Chapman’s passion and heart for the orphans of this world, both here in the US and around the globe.

Before we made the decision to adopt earlier this year, videos like this haunted me. Knowledge of the incredibly huge amounts of children who live every day with no mom or dad or family just broke my heart. It still breaks my heart, and now when I am reminded of so many children whose greatest wish for Christmas is a family, I am spurred to pray that God will provide more and more of them with homes. And that he will be their strength and their comfort while they wait.

Note: I am slowly, slowly learning the ins and outs of adding video to a blog post. My much more techno-savvy husband isn’t here right now to patiently show me how to make the video box below a wee bit smaller. But, at least I managed to add it all by myself, wahoo! Baby steps, people…

How Many Kings…

Early this Christmas season, on a quiet Sunday afternoon I sat down in our little front room to rest and listen to some music. I flipped through the genre called “Christmas” on our Ipod (have I mentioned I married a wonderfully organized man who is also super-savvy about all things technical?).  Jay of course had each and every one of our Christmas albums neatly listed – and of course, each album had its own cover picture which correlated to the jacket on the original CD.  Except for one.

Under the heading “Various Artists” was a random assortment of songs from, appropriately enough various artists…but no jacket cover, album title or names of songs were noted.  Intrigued, I hit play on the album to see what was up with that, and was immediately taken with the first song. Really really taken. As it played I called to Jay who was in the next room, “Where did this song come from? Which album is this? I LOVE this song…have you ever heard it before? Wow, this is an amazing song!!”  Turns out he hadn’t ever heard it either…nor did he have any clue how the music appeared on our Ipod.  How it got there remains a mystery, but I’d like to think of it as a delightful surprise Christmas present, no matter where it came from.

The song is “How Many Kings” by Down Here. I think this was actually released a couple of years ago, but I have never heard it before.  The words were striking, and I loved the music and artistry. The content closely mirrored some of what our pastor had talked about in church just a couple of hours before. How beautiful and startling: this concept of the God of the universe humbling himself to the point where he becomes one of the weakest and frailest who dwell on this earth…completely dependent on ordinary, sinful humans for his very subsistence.  Though I know of no other songs by this Canadian band, I love this release enough to look into some of their other offerings.

I am no artist myself so my words do little justice to this beautiful song…which I why I am going to stop blathering and let you listen to it for yourself!  While I cannot find the exact recording that somehow magically appeared on my Ipod, I did find this video of a live performance. It’s live, so it’s not musically/technically perfect, but if you have a sec…take a listen!

Follow the star to a place unexpected
Would you believe after all we’ve projected
A child in a manger

Lowly and small, the weakest of all
Unlikeliness hero, wrapped in his mothers shawl
Just a child
Is this who we’ve waited for?

Cause how many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many Gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?

Bringing our gifts for the newborn savior
All that we have whether costly or meek
Because we believe
Gold for his honor and frankincense for his pleasure
And myrrh for the cross he’ll suffer
Do you believe, is this who we’ve waited for?
It’s who we’ve waited for

How many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many Gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
Only one did that for me

All for me
All for you
All for me
All for you

How Many Kings Lyrics- DOWNHERE Song words

Single Song Words by Artist / Band : DOWNHERE
Lyrics Title : How Many Kings
Taken from Album : –
Single Released : 2007

Aging Rockers Who Rock

Over the last year or two, I’ve bought numerous albums from bands that I had ignored (at least all their new stuff) for a decade or so. And in many cases I have been very pleasantly surprised. Downright thrilled by a few of them. Here’s a quick selection of aging rockers who rock.

Iron Maiden: Wow! Just wow. Brave New World (2000) showed a return to form with some great tracks, Dance of Death (2003) was okay, and then A Matter of Life and Death (2006) blew me away. I’d easily put that last one in a top 5 list of best Maiden albums ever.

Dream Theater: They never really slowed down, but I didn’t know it, because I wasn’t buying their albums. They pretty much all rock, with Systematic Chaos (2007) being no exception.

Rush: Some of the best stuff ever on their latest. When Snakes and Arrows (2007) opened with “Pariah dogs and wandering madmen/Barking at strangers and speaking in tongues” to a heavy hitting sound, I was floored. I need to go back and pick up Vapor Trails (2002).

King’s X: Ogre Tones (2005) is glorious, full bore King’s X, with the diverse sound of the early albums that includes both Doug and Ty on lead vocals, but with much of the more hard-driving sound that was developed on Dogman.

Savatage: Probably need a separate entry on them, as their music is all over the map. But it used to rock, and it still does.

Megadeth: I only have a few tracks from The System Has Failed (2004), and I have not heard United Abominations (2007), but what little I have heard makes me glad Dave Mustaine recovered from his radial neuropathy.

Here’s a couple bands that didn’t make the list even though I have their newer stuff and still listen to them.

Dio: Killing the Dragon (2002) and Master of the Moon (2004) are okay, but don’t compare to Dream Evil (1987) and some of his other earlier work (not to mention Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules from his Black Sabbath days).

Queensryche: I like many of their more recent albums, but I just don’t think they stand up to Operation: Mindcrime (1988) and Empire (1990).

I’ve probably missed some good ones. What other established metal bands survived the grunge movement and have put out a great album recently?

Mississippi Miracle

This is just good fun.

Iron Maiden

Last night we had some friends over for dinner and at some point the conversation managed to wind its way around such that my reference to the Battle of Passchendaele made sense. And the question came up as to how I knew about this grim killing field from World War I, and of course the answer was Iron Maiden

At which point I found myself explaining something that is probably utterly mystifying to anyone who did not grow up listening to heavy metal but is enjoyed greatly by those of us who did: much of Iron Maiden’s repertoire is based on references to literature, history, film, television, and mythology. And it is often done quite respectfully. Even, one might say, tastefully.

To make the point here, I’ll highlight a few of the songs that I’ve enjoyed and then ask my faithful readers who might have listened to a little Maiden growing up to chime in with further references. Of course, that assumes I have any faithful readers left. So here goes.

The Trooper – Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and the Battle of Balaclava (part of the Crimean War)

Where Eagles Dare – book and movie of the same name

Flight of Icarus – Greek myth

To Tame a Land – “Dune” by Frank Herbert. Here’s a great detail from Wikipedia.

However, when Steve Harris requested permission from the author to name the song “Dune” and to use a spoken quotation as the track’s intro, his request was met with a stern reply from Frank Herbert’s agent: “No. Because Frank Herbert doesn’t like rock bands, particularly heavy rock bands, and especially rock bands like Iron Maiden”. This statement was backed up with a legal threat, and eventually the song was renamed “To Tame a Land” and released in 1983.

Children of the Damned – film of the same name

The Prisoner & Back in the Village (2 songs, 1 topic) – British television show “The Prisoner”

Run to the Hills – Europeans coming to the Americas

Aces High – British RAF versus the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain

Rime of the Ancient Mariner – though 13 minutes in length, it is still an abridged version of the poem

Abigail’s first nursery rhyme

The song is performed by Abigail, but it was written by Abigail and her friend Molly Queal yesterday.

I Had a Little Monkey

Hymns for a Kid’s Heart

Note: This post should have been done at the beginning of Lent, so forgive my tardiness. I will try and repeat this write-up again next year in order to give readers more notice.

But…if you are looking for a wonderful tool to use this season as you help your children and family prepare to celebrate Palm Sunday, Good Friday and the events leading up to and including Easter, specifically relating to the hymns which our churches often use for the celebration of the Passion of Christ, I highly recommend this:

It is one of a series of four books, all of which we own and love, which Joni Eareckson Tada and Bobbie Wolgemuth have collaborated on and which are designed to help introduce children to the richness of these hymns. The book presents twelve Passion hymns, and includes some of the history behind each song, wonderful accounts about the authors, and a devotional which aids children in gaining an understanding about each hymn, as well as written music for piano/guitar. A wonderful CD is included and features beautifully orchestrated versions of all the hymns featured, with children’s voices accompanying the two women’s. It is extremely pleasant listening, and we often play selections from these cd’s during the week to help our children prepare for Sunday worship using whatever hymns we might be singing that day.

What’s playing in Jay’s iPod?

Okay, you know the drill. No Google, just your innate knowledge of obscure lyrics. First person to name the band wins, um, nothing?

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

For the greater good of God

He gave his life for us he fell upon the cross
To die for all of those who never mourn his loss
It wasn’t meant for us to feel the pain again
Tell me why, tell me why

Book Meme

I didn’t notice that my brother had tagged me. Here goes…

1. One book that changed your life:

Through New Eyes by James Jordan (free version)

I read it in college and, quite frankly, didn’t agree with very much of it. Yet my enjoyment of the Bible started growing exponentially afterwards, and I’ve never looked back.

2. One book that you’ve read more than once:

Magician by Raymond Feist (along with the rest of the Riftwar series)

I’ve always enjoyed this series and have read through it every 7 or 8 years.

3. One book you’d want on a desert island:

Fifty Wooden Boats ???

I’m reading this question to mean “one of the books” rather than “the one book”. Too much pressure otherwise.

4. One book that made you laugh:

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government by P.J. O’Rourke

5. One book that made you cry:

The Endless Knot by Stephen Lawhead

My eyes leaked at the end of this one.

6. One book that you wish had been written:

A Young Man’s Illustrated Primer

I suppose only Neal Stephenson fans will really get that.

7. One book that you wish had never been written:

Dragons of a Fallen Sun

I could do without the whole Dragonlance thing. If anyone out there doesn’t like the Fantasy genre, I blame it on the likes of Dragonlance.

8. One book you’re currently reading:

Future Grace by John Piper

My brother gave this to me years ago… I’m finally enjoying it.

9. One book you’ve been meaning to read:

The Resurrection of the Son of God by N. T. Wright

I had started it, we had another baby, and I once again lost my ability to concentrate well enough to read big theological books.

10. Now tag five people:

No thanks… hope no one minds.


text:
Bitless options? - Page 4

       The Horse Forum > Training Horses > Natural Horsemanship

Bitless options?

This is a discussion on Bitless options? within the Natural Horsemanship forums, part of the Training Horses category

    Like Tree6Likes

    LinkBack Thread Tools
        10-19-2012, 03:15 PM
    Finally I am able to read some posts LOL Every time I've tried to go through the different forums it won't open the posts people have made!
    I agree it's nice to talk to people without people getting upset just because you don't agree with what they've written.....will have to check back later, heading to town to shop YUCK!
    Sponsored Links

    Quick Reply
    Please help keep the Horse Forum enjoyable by reporting rude posts.

    Register Now

    In order to be able to post messages on the The Horse Forum forums, you must first register.

    Already have a Horse Forum account?
    Members are allowed only one account per person at the Horse Forum, so if you've made an account here in the past you'll need to continue using that account. Please do not create a new account or you may lose access to the Horse Forum. If you need help recovering your existing account, please Contact Us. We'll be glad to help!

    New to the Horse Forum?
    Please choose a username you will be satisfied with using for the duration of your membership at the Horse Forum. We do not change members' usernames upon request because that would make it difficult for everyone to keep track of who is who on the forum. For that reason, please do not incorporate your horse's name into your username so that you are not stuck with a username related to a horse you may no longer have some day, or use any other username you may no longer identify with or care for in the future.

    User Name:
    Please enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.
    Confirm Password:
    Email Address
    Please enter a valid email address for yourself.
    Email Address:

    Human Verification

    In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic.

    Old Thread Warning
    This thread is more than 90 days old. When a thread is this old, it is often better to start a new thread rather than post to it. However, If you feel you have something of value to add to this particular thread, you can do so by checking the box below before submitting your post.

    Thread Tools

    Similar Threads
    Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
    which is better? Dr Cooks bitless bridle or NURTURAL BITLESS BRIDLE?? Teegz Horse Tack Reviews 16 05-19-2012 07:00 PM
    Bitless options (non-bridle) mayflyaway Horse Tack and Equipment 3 05-22-2011 12:26 AM
    Options BarrelRacer86 Horse Talk 5 12-26-2010 03:01 PM
    Please help me with my bit options! BigBenny Horse Tack and Equipment 3 07-10-2010 11:32 AM
    So many options! Whipple English Riding 7 02-24-2009 11:06 AM

    All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:04 AM.

    Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
    Copyright ©2000 - 2015, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
    Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0


text:
The Horse Forum

The Horse Forum (/)
-   Horse Artwork (
-   -   Free Charcoal/Sketched Drawings (

TwisterRush 10-13-2009 03:17 PM

Free Charcoal/Sketched Drawings
Im bored, and i havent done artwork for along time lol, so im a bit rusty,
But if anyone wants ill draw/Charcoal there horse for them, or pet.
Just let loose :) 1 Photo per person lol !
Photo Size is preferably Big, I dont like doing small photos, cant see the detail or anything very well..

jadeewood 10-13-2009 03:28 PM

choose one off the link. thanks. theres many pages by the way

apache pictures by jadecoralwood - Photobucket

luvmyperch 10-13-2009 03:34 PM

Sweet!!!! You pick... I love his face in these two.

Yay! My sister used to sketch my horses for me but now she's too busy!!

Erin_And_Jasper 10-13-2009 03:44 PM

my new favorite pic

TwisterRush 10-13-2009 03:52 PM

Ill get on them as soon as possible :)
Just so you all know, i dont do humans, but humans can be in the photo, ill just take them out, and i dont do tack very well.. inless it is on the head.

luvmyperch 10-13-2009 03:56 PM

That's Good! I don't want to be in it! He's the handsome one...

Lucara 10-13-2009 04:05 PM

Oh I'd love to get a nice little drawing of Duchess =D

Could you leave out the background though?

Hopefully its clear enough.

TwisterRush 10-13-2009 04:22 PM

^ yes that is fine, and dont worry i dont include backrounds either, im horrible at those, animals are my specialty :) !

TwisterRush 10-13-2009 04:58 PM

Here is yours :) enjoy.
Sorry the photo is very ... bad... i had to take it with the digital camera. i dont have a scanner... well i do,,, but its not downloaded to my computer because i lost the CD, Also i hope that the back isnt to high and his chest to big and lol im so critical to my drawings...

jadeewood 10-14-2009 03:12 PM

wow i love it thanks.

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:00 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2015, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0


text:
  • Shore Runner turns it on late to win the Lucky Coin.Posted 1 day ago
  • I'm A Chatterbox DQ'd giving Curalina the win in the Grade 1 CCA Oaks.Posted 2 days ago
  • In defense of her Royal North win of last year, Ageless sets a new course record at Woodbine.Posted 2 days ago
  • Catch A Flight gets up in the final stride to win the San Diego.Posted 3 days ago
  • Hard Not to Like gets up in the final jump to win the Grade 1 Diana.Posted 3 days ago
  • Big Book remains undefeated with a score in the Fleet Treat.Posted 3 days ago
  • Uncle Vinny gets the win after Magna Light DQ'd for erratic stretch in the Sanford.Posted 3 days ago
  • Postponed wins the Group 1 King George at Ascot in a thrilling finish.Posted 3 days ago
  • Big John B loves Del Mar, and is your Cougar II winner.Posted 4 days ago

Point/Counterpoint: Wise Dan vs Little Mike

Wise Dan vs Little Mike
2012 was the year of the terrific turf males. With at least three horses notching multiple G1 wins, and two of them dominating in their Breeders' Cup races, the Eclipse for Turf Male is one of the most contested of them all. HRN Managing Editor Brian Zipse and Head, Heart & Hooves' Alex Fawell debate which gelding should take the Turf Male Eclipse hardware.

Across The Pond

Alex Fawell:

What impressed me most about Little Mike this year was his ability to win while continually stepping up in both class and distance. In 2011, Little Mike ran five times, all at Gulfstream Park. He won three Grade 3 races in front-running fashion, two at 8 and on at 8.5 furlongs, but failed to hang on in the Gulfstream Park Turf. There, Little Mike finished sixth in what was his first Grade 1 try and his first try at 9 furlongs. After missing the summer and fall of 2011, Mike tuned up in December with a win in a 1 mile optional claiming race.

Little Mike started 2012 looking for a victory at 9 furlongs. It came in his first race of the year, the ungraded Sunshine Millions Turf. Little Mike then sought to repeat his Canadian Turf victory, but could not hold on and took a close fourth. Dale Romans could have kept Little Mike at Gulfstream following the loss and looked for a repeat in the Appleton, but instead he ambitiously sent Little Mike to Churchill for the 9 furlong, Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs. Rather than falter in his toughest test to date, Little Mike stayed the distance en route to a commanding victory, much to the surprise of the betting public, who sent him off at double-digit odds. This was not to be the first time Little Mike outran people's expectations.

Dale Romans only sent Little Mike to Grade 1 races for the rest of 2012. He first shipped Little Mike to Hollywood Park, where he was respected by bettors and send off at 8-5. Little Mike disappointed his numerous backers that day, however, and finished third. From there, Dale Romans made an entry that proved to catapult Little Mike to the top of the 2012 turf class. Having been caught at a mile in his previous start, it was reasonable to doubt Little Mike in the Arlington Million. The prestigious Grade 1 race would be Little Mike's first start at 10 furlongs and first run over the lush Arlington turf course. Little Mike rose to the occasion again in the Million, keeping the field at bay with another commanding front-running performance.

The one-time Grade 3 Gulfstream miler had now taken two prestigious Grade 1 races at 9 and 10 furlongs, but once again, he did not rest on his laurels. Little Mike stepped up once more, to 12 furlongs, in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic. However, Little Mike ran into a very good long distance turf horse, Point of Entry, who had already won the Grade 2 Elkhorn, the Grade 1 Man O' War, and the Grade 1 Sword Dancer. Point of Entry beat Little Mike for his third straight Grade 1 victory. The two would meet again in the Breeder's Cup Turf, where it seemed Point of Entry had the advantage, having shown himself to be the superior longer-distance turf horse up to that point.

Little Mike was not so easily deterred, but when the Breeder's Cup Turf began, it looked as all hope may have been lost right away. The speedy Turbo Compressor shot out of the gate, leaving Little Mike to settle in third. In every other Stakes race, win or loss, for two years, Little Mike was on the lead. Now, he was stalking the pace in his toughest test to date, but having already shown himself capable of exceeding distance and class expectations, it was no surprise that Little Mike adapted. He took the lead coming into the stretch and held off a hard-charging Point of Entry to notch his first win at 12 furlongs and third Grade 1 of the year.

While Wise Dan had a stellar 2012 campaign and, in my opinion, is a deserving Horse of the Year, he won four Grade 1 turf races, all at 1 mile. While Little Mike only won three Grade 1 races, he also won the Sunshine Millions Turf and was victorious at 9 furlongs (twice), 10 furlongs, and 12 furlongs. Rather than run on familiar courses or stay at a comfortable distance, Little Mike was continually challenged with longer distances and tougher company throughout the year. He cemented consideration for the 2012 Turf Male award by winning the Arlington Million put the capstone on a championship season by winning the biggest turf race of the year, each time having to go two furlongs further than he had won at previously. His Breeders’ Cup victory was all the more impressive considering he came from off the pace and still beat the classy Point of Entry. For rising to the challenge of facing tougher horses at longer distances throughout the year, I believe Little Mike should be 2012's Turf Male of the Year.

Brian Zipse:

Little Mike was quite a story in 2012; after all, not many would have predicted his three big wins this year. A nice story is one thing, but a true champion, like Wise Dan, should be rewarded for his accomplishments. With a big win in the Clark Handicap last fall, he announced his candidacy as one of the best horses in the nation this year, and he not only met expectations, he exceeded them. His totality of excellence will almost certainly culminate with the Horse of the Year Award, but I also truly believe that his consistent superiority on the grass this year clearly points him out as the deserving winner of Champion Male Horse.

I think you hit on something there that is very telling, Alex. A portion of Little Mike’s appeal is that he continued to surprise in 2012. While both he and Wise Dan won a trio of grade 1 races on the turf this year, they did so with decidedly different odds. While Wise Dan was bet down to 9-5 against a world class field in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, Little Mike was let go at 17-1 in the Turf. I believe the reason these odds are important in this debate, is because it goes a long way to show who the better overall horse was in 2012. The reason for this huge difference of odds, in races of similar quality, of course, boils down to past performances. While Little Mike could never string together two wins a row this year, Wise Dan was the picture of consistency, winning each of his four turf races, and did so with authority

After running strongly on both dirt and Polytrack early in the year, trainer Charles Lopresti moved his star to the grass, and the rest, as they say, is history. In four consecutive races, Wise Dan travelled all over North America to dominate all-comers in middle distance turf racing. From a yielding turf at Saratoga to a rock hard course at Santa Anita, the five-year-old son of Wiseman’s Ferry was way too good for his competition. In the Grade 2 Fourstardave, the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile, the Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile, and finally the Breeders’ Cup, Wise Dan left absolutely no doubt that he was the best horse as he won each race with devastating ease.

Distance racing is nice, and I commend Little Mike for stepping up and winning one of his two 12 furlong races this year, but it is not the only thing. Whether we like it or not, I would argue that middle distance turf racing in America has become every bit as important as their longer counterparts, and moreover, likely have surpassed them as far as depth of quality. No one had any qualms on voting Goldikova as the best of the turf females two years in a row, despite the fact that she was most certainly a “miler”. While I believe that Wise Dan possesses far more versatility than being only a miler on grass, I understand that his argument for Champion Turf Male this year rests solely on what he did at a mile on the turf, and just the same as Goldikova, I have no qualms with that.

I don’t think anyone could argue that Wise Dan was much the best North American middle distance grass horse this year, but what about Little Mike? As you mentioned, Point of Entry, was considered to be the best long-distance turf horse in the nation, and I don’t know if what happened in the Breeders’ Cup Turf was enough to completely change that thinking. Keep in mind that in the race before, Point of Entry defeated Little Mike by nearly 30 lengths. If Little Mike and Point of Entry raced again this weekend, I have little doubt that Point of Entry, and not Little Mike, would be the choice. And does anyone really believe that Little Mike would defeat Wise Dan at any middle distance? I know that I do not.

In the end, I believe this argument really comes down to the objective versus the subjective. Sure it would be nice to see the two horses each win one Eclipse Award, and yes, I understand the desire to root for the little horse who kept defying the odds to win big races this year, but I prefer to award the best horse. In 2012, the best grass horse in America was Wise Dan. While Little Mike carried his dangerous speed to wins every other race this year, Wise Dan thoroughly dominated his competition in such a way as to demand recognition as the best. Whether it was top North American milers from coast-to-coast, or some of the finest middle distance grass horses that came over from Europe, like Excelebration, Cityscape, and Moonlight Cloud; Wise Dan proved superior each time, and that is why I believe he is the right choice for Champion Turf Male of 2012.

Will Wise Dan join the list of Horse of the Year Champions?

comments powered by Disqus

Older Comments about Point/Counterpoint: Wise Dan vs Little Mike...

HOTY ...I'll Have Another :)
No question Little Mike should win the Turf Champion eclipse. The BC turf, and Arlington Million are the two biggest middle distance turf races in the USA, That tops the two top Mile races on Grass. Woodbine Mile(IMO is bigger race then the Shadwell Mile) is not run in the USA. This should be a Debate between LM, and POE.
Who was more dominant on turf? Little Mike was third best on Turf, sorry but that is a fact. POE and LM met twice last year, once with LM narrowly beating POE, the other with POE simply destroying LM. 8-9f on grass I seriously doubt anyone thinks that LM could handle Wise Dan. Going 12f I seriously doubt anyone thinks LM is better than POE. Little Mike has a great story, but he was not the most dominant, nor the second most dominant horse in his division.
WISE DAN is deserving, but LITTLE MIKE ran on turf all year.
Wise Dan is the HOY, but I would love to see Wise Dan get HOY and Little Mike get Turf Male.
mike has stamina and distance edge, but dan did run a real great season. but neither deserve hoy, it fort larned in a runaway. but i would give mike turf male.
I have to go with Little Mike. I just can't see him having the season he did and NOT being awarded for it. Wise Dan for HOTY, yes, but Little Mike must be Champion Turf Male.
Hands down WIse Dan. I saw him DESTROY a great field in the Woodbine Mile.
I'm with Wise Dan on this. Yes distance matters, but do does the quality of competition. While neither faced nor beat much on turf coming into the BC, the more dominant horse was WD. When the BC came WD dominated again, and this time against a world class field along with California's wonder miler, Obviously. Another thing, Wise Dan could win going a mile on any track they ran him at this year, Saratoga, Woodbine, Santa Anita and Keeneland. All very different types of dirt tracks. Little Mike did have a comort zone distance, 9-10f. He did not run well over 12f at Belmont, most likely because the going was heavier, making it harder to get 12f. Came to the golf green of Santa Anita and he did fine, why? Because the surface made it much easier for him to travel, making 12f not seem quite so long and laborous.
Little Mike!!!!
Top Turf Male should be decided between Point Of Entry and Little Mike. Little Mike won the more prestigious turf routes; I just don't know if a horse with a 28+length loss to another in the lead for an Eclipse in the same category has ever taken the award. Big asterisk or throwing out of the Joe Hirsch. But, not Wise Dan for turf male, not over those two.
I think Wise Dan was the better horse in 2012 and will win both Horse of the Year and Champion Male Turf, but count me in the group that does believe that distance matters in Thoroughbred racing and Little Mike won the biggest turf races in the United States in 2012, the Arlington Million and Breeders Cup Turf, so I would not be dissappointed with Little Mike getting the Eclipse. It is nice to see a debate between two deserving horses for an Eclipse Award, in many divisions today it is hard to see any of the horses deserving the awards when compared to past winners.

Related Pages

Related Stories

Top Stories


text:
image points to stable
HorseShowCentral > Riding Styles & Disciplines

English or Western Riding Styles and their Disciplines

The flowing, movement of horses. Horseback Riding Styles, and their Riding Disciplines are listed below.

Click on English or Western Styles for their various disciplines, historical and modern day practices, plus photos. English Style Riding Disciplines Western Style Riding

As all who actively ride or are engaged with horses know, there are many riding disciplines, but most all of them fall into a recognized category of styles, either basically English or basically Western. Then there are a few subsets that are neither really, but are found almost everywhere, and the tack used, or the specifics of a class in a show , determines  in which of the two main categories it is placed. So Riding styles are listed below in sections/categories for either English or Western, with the disciplines each encompasses. More

English Riding Disciplines
Horse RacingHorse Racing
There are many kinds of races but two are the most common. One is the running race, whether on track, grass, or steeplechasing; whether for a quarter mile or over distance. Then there is the harness racing of the trotters and pacers.
Thoroughbred RacingThoroughbred Racing
Thoroughbred races began in England and the earliest report dates from 1074! France goes back to 1370. 1837 for Italy. Germany as early as 1874. Of course the rest of the world followed suit.
Quarter Horse RacingQuarter Horse Racing
Short racing orignated in North America, usually match races, and the distance of a quarter of a mile was very popular. Today, Quarter Horse races offer some of hte richest purses in the world.
Chases owe their existence to the enclosing of British fam land in the 18th century and the Grand National at Aintree began in 1839. The first hurdle race in the US took place in New Jersey in 1844. Chases are not for the faint at heart!
Polo has a long history, from Alexander the Great, and in Persia there are polo painting dating from the 16th century. The most desirable qualities for a player are courage, coolness, and aptitude for ball games.
Australia has been a strong advocate of Polocrosse and efforts to grow the sport have succeeded. Several countries now support teams and there are competitions within countries as well as between countries.
There are various levels to achieve: Training Level; Levels One through Four; Prix St. George; Intermediate Levels I and II and Grand Prix. Competitors begin with unofficial levels and progress. Dressage is the art of harmony within and without.
Classical DressageClassical Dressage
The modern sport of dressage is far from classical, which can be described by the word baroque and leads to a suppling of the horse that makes him a better athlete, and improves his soundness and longevity.
Show JumpingShow Jumping
Show Jumping first took place in 1866 when a class was held at a Harness Show in Paris. Today such jumping is a tough, combined struggle to conquer faults and time, measured in fractions of seconds, while neither rider nor mount can lookover the walls they jump.
Eventing (Three Day Event)Eventing (Three Day Event)
This test combines, dressage, cross county and show jumping and often takes 3 days, a modern pentathlon in which mount and rider must have complete confidence in each otther to energize the last reserves of both.
Harness RacingHarness Racing
A sport with origins as far back at 1350 B.C. is now a national passtime in many countries where fans thrill to the speed of the trotters or pacers in harness pulling their sulkies, with amazing times for the mile.
Western Riding Disciplines
Cow HorseCow Horse
The term implies a horse that is used for working and herding catter, or one is specifically bred for the work, or simple as a title for one that is very good at cow work. AQHA or Paints are tops today in competitions.
Western HorsemanshipWestern Horsemanship
This is the only competition class in which the rider’s seat, position, posture, position and action of hands and legs are being judged, as well as his or her ability to effectively cue the horse with cues as invisible as possible.
Western PleasureWestern Pleasure
In this discipline, the name of the game is not, like some seem to believe, to find out who can move the slowest (or hold his head the lowest), but to find the best-moving, best-behaving, cleanest-performer of the class.
Western RidingWestern Riding
Competition classes are judged on the quality of gaits, on flying lead changes, and manners and on response to the rider’s aids.
Western Trail ClassWestern Trail Class
In showing, zero faults is not the whole story. Judges want to see a horse that displays brains and skill, and the capability to negotiate obstacles on his own!
Cutting HorseCutting Horse
The cutter has 2.5 minutes to show his stuff. He may peel off a cow from the fringes of the herd, but must show at least one so-called deep cut, bringing out the cow he wants to work, without disturbing the herd.
Finished reiners must be shown with only one hand holding the reins, with only one finger between loose reins. Plus, The reiner’s patterns also include high-speed circles and run-downs.
Reined Cow HorseReined Cow Horse
California reinsmen and vaqueros were the apex of mounted herdsmen and their way of training with the rawhide hackamore and the results they got were unique and incomparable.
Ranch Horse CompetitionRanch Horse Competition
A certain slate of classes have emerged which are collectively named versatility, and all are discussed here. However, to win the title, once must compete in all five clases.
As it is known in today’s world, roping develped in the Americas. Competition includes calf, team, single steer roping, steer stopping and breakaway.
Calf RopingCalf Roping
Because the rider needs to focus on the calf, rating (speeding up or slowing down to maintain his position behind the calf) is a primary skill of his mount.
Team RopingTeam Roping
Also called heading and heeling, in this sport the header and heelers are judged spearately during a terrific display of partnership betwen riders and their mounts, with one minute to rope!
Team PenningTeam Penning
Against the clock, three team penners cut out the three cows assigned to them, and drive them to the other end of the arena and drive them into the pen. This really takes a team effort to accomplish.
Barrel RacingBarrel Racing
Time is everything and every knock-down costs dearly. Tight turns, change leads or direction without loss or stride, moving forward at all times -- because there is a time penalty of five seconds if a barrel is knocked down.
Pole BendingPole Bending
A slalom-like course around six poles, performed at a gallop, then blasting speed heading for home! Easy and natural flying lead lead changes are a must along with sheer speed.
Halter HorsesHalter Horses
Led towards, by, and away from the judge in all classes, at the walk and the trot, then stood up squarely to be judged for conformation and eye appeal!
Showmanship at HalterShowmanship at Halter
Not the animal at all, but the ability of the exhibitor is what is judged and the judge will design and post a pattern for the exhibitor to follow.
Trail RidingTrail Riding
Taking a trail ride, alone or along with others, is one of the healthiest activities both for yourself and for your mount. It is often the best activity for your horse’s mental well-being!

Since 1100 B. C (Iron Age), various riding styles, disciplines and equine sports have been honed through games, races and other competitions, or through the work man needed his steed to do, then competitions were based on this skill. Surely there is little doubt that such sport occurred even earlier. The role of riding styles and disciplines has greatly exceeded simply entertainment; at first, it increased excellence in horsemanship that gained great rewards on the battlefield. Societies that could mount large cavalries had an enormous advantage over those less prepared. Sports and competition helped hone the skills of soldiers and generated improvements in equipment and breeding that time after time altered the outcome of history.

Of course not all riding disciplines had their origin in military training. Hunting and even competitive jumping, as disciplines within the English  category , grew from the necessity of hunting.  Rodeo with its disciplines within the Western category  began as a way of demonstrating the skills needed on ranches and farms and the necessity of moving and handling food animals.

The main styles and their disciplines come from an underlying motivation to gain a competitive edge, and have given rise to numerous improvements through the centuries. Improved tack is streamlined, more effective and better suited to varied tasks. Lighter weight vehicles stem from early chariot racing into the harness racing industry of today. Supplies, health and care of our animals have all improved and continue to do so.

Sports and riding disciplines within the overall area of of two basic riding styles, have also provided links with the past and the maintenance of skills which otherwise would have most likely declined or even disappeared. Some equestrian sports span a history of three thousand years.

However, the most notable effect of the various equine sports of the world, is the systematic development of breeds, with improvements  in refinement, intelligence, and beauty, coupled with the astounding sophistication of improvement in the communication between rider and mount -- a direct result of all forms of equestrian sports and styles, that has led to very refined riding disciplines for results, be it pleasure or competitive sport.

Styles vs Disciplines:

Riding styles have developed throughout the world and throughout time periods according to what types of task were attempted, and the actual tack used to help accomplish this task has fallen into either an English or a western category. Within each of the basic styles however, there are subsets of disciplines.

So as far as styles go, there is one that is more western, that uses western tack (saddles, bridles and other tools) yet within this comes the many, many  disciplines, from Pleasure to Cutting and Ranch and Cow work, all of which which have over time acquired basic rules in competition.

Concurrently, as another of the two basic styles, there is English which uses English tack (somewhat varied, but still basically English), yet within this broad category there are many varied disciplines, from racing to dressage, to Saddle Seat to Hunt Seat, etc. English Style Riding Disciplines Western Style Riding


text:
- Domain Names, Web Hosting, and Website - Domain Names, Web Hosting, and Website Services
Call Host Depot Today at 1-888-340-3527!

Search Engine Optimization

This plan features...
 natural search program
 2nd generation submissions
 blog program
 3 pay-per-click programs
 link building program
 google analytics
>> click here for more info

Our advanced search engine optimization plan is a great way to increase your traffic. Read further to understand the role that a properly optimized site can play in your entire business marketing campaign.

Click here for our free SEO guide

Copyright © 1997-2015 Host Depot, Inc. All rights reserved.
View our privacy policy or acceptable use policy.
Mobile users switch to the mobile site.


text:
HostelBookers Logo
No booking fees

The Mitraa

Hostel | 427 Race Course Road, Singapore, Singapore 218673

83.7% Overall Rating

394 out of 418 customers would recommend this property

Recent review (15/06/2015)

"Really nice staff that is doing everything to help you. If you get tipps - follow them. The boys know their way around the best food courts and sights in town! The location is perfect, only a short walk to the next…"

Read all The Mitraa reviews

  • Air Conditioning
  • Self-catering Facilities
  • No curfew
  • Secure lockers
  • Lounge area
  • Internet / Wi-Fi
  • 24 hour reception
  • Safety deposit
  • 24 hour hot showers
  • Tours/Travel Desk
  • Washing machines
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Common area / room

What's Included

  • Breakfast
  • Linen

Cancellation Policy

Customers can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 2 days before arrival (local time). Payments made to HostelBookers are non-refundable.

Check-In/Out Details

Earliest check-in: 13:00
Latest Check-out: 12:00

Group booking?

Group of 15 or more traveling to Singapore?

Contact us directly

See other properties in Singapore

Mori Hostel
15.37 USD

Hostel 79.8% 26 reviews
Mitraa Backpackers Inn
18.29 USD

Hostel 87.2% 170 reviews
The Hive Singapore Hostel
43.90 USD

Hostel 86.1% 14 reviews
Gap Year Hostel
13.17 USD

Hostel 80.7% 41 reviews
Moni Gallery Hostel
14.63 USD

Hostel 86.6% 33 reviews
Green Kiwi Backpackers Lavender
17.56 USD

Hostel 86.1% 96 reviews
Rucksack Inn@Lavender Street
17.56 USD

Hostel 92.3% 17 reviews
ABC Premium Hostel Pte Ltd
17.56 USD

Hostel 80.8% 11 reviews

The Mitraa is a newly opened, comfortable and friendly hostel in the cozy central district of Singapore, within 5 min walk from Farrer Park / Boon Keng MRT's and 10 min from Lavender MRT. We provide affordable accommodation for all budget conscious travelers. Read more

Enter dates to check prices

    Invalid date
    Invalid Date - Cannot be in the past
    Invalid Date - Check-Out cannot be beyond 28/07/2016

    Invalid date
    Invalid Date - Cannot be in the past
    Invalid Date - Check-Out cannot be beyond 28/07/2016
    Your check-out date is before your check-in date. Please check your dates and try again.
    Bookings can only be made for a maximum period of 31 days. Please enter alternative dates and try again.

About The Mitraa

Mitraa means ‘friend’. Our services are aimed to give you the comfort of a friend. We are ideally located in the center of the City, well connected to all parts of the Country Our friendly services are extended to tourists, students, visiting parents, explorers, performing artistes and guests from all over the world.

Accommodation Information

We are ideally located in the center of the City, well connected to all parts of the Country.
Mitraa is with in 5 min walkable distance from both Farrer Park MRT and Boon Keng MRT stations and 10 min walk from Lavender MRT.
Closer to Mitraa are some of the Singapore’s most popular restaurants, shopping malls, Chinese & Indian Temples, Mosques and recreational clubs.
The hostel is adjacent to several sports clubs, where you can go in for a swim, bowling, tennis, soccer, cricket etc.

We have double bedded rooms and 2 / 4 / 6 bunker bed rooms. All are individually controlled air-conditioned spacious rooms.
Wifi in all rooms of the hostel ensures those guests with laptops can use the internet from the comfort of their own bed.
The affordable price of the beds includes a comfortable bed and bed linen, safety locker, internet access, breakfast, clean toilet and shower rooms.

Hostel Features
• Fully Air-conditioned rooms
• Free Breakfast
• Free Wifi Internet
• Lounge area w/TV & DVD
• Clean bed linen provided
• Clean Toilets & shower rooms
• Cozy outdoor terrace for a drink, puff or games
• Individual safety lockers
• 24 hrs reception
• CCTV Security surveillance
• Printing / Scan / Fax / CD burning facilities
• Cloth iron and ironing boards
• Complimentary luggage storage
• Very friendly staff
• Mini Library & local Newspapers for reading
• Power outlet for each room
• Airport pickup service
• Air ticket booking
• Local tour & travels
• Free Maps


text:
Hostels in Anjuna, India

  • Show Map
    Hide Map
  • 1 Anjuna Hostels, 1 available
Best Anjuna hostels - showing all hostels in Anjuna. Book a cheap hostel in Anjuna & pay no booking fees. We have a hostel for you in all the major areas of Anjuna - downtown Anjuna hostel, city centre hostels Anjuna & airport hostels.
We have 1 hostels in Anjuna with an average rating of 0% based on 0 reviews.
City Guides and Information

Video guides, travel podcasts, city maps & free city guides. What to eat, where to stay and things to do and see - our travel guides have it all.

Find a guide »
Latest Blog Post

There's nothing like having your own transport to get around and when travelling the world it's no different.

Read more »
Great Value and Choice

We offer the most comprehensive selection of hostels on the internet with over 35,000 great places to stay in 180 countries. The ultimate online resource for hostels everywhere.

Find great value hostels »


text:
Home to the world's greatest Hostels

30,000 properties, 180 countries Over 3.5 million guest reviews 21 million bookings

Apartments in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal

Hostelworld.com brings you a great selection of apartments in Povoa de Varzim. Read customer reviews of Povoa de Varzim holiday apartments and check out all our photos of Povoa de Varzim apartments. View Povoa de Varzim short stay apartments on a city map so you can find an apartment in a suitable location.

  • Sort By:

  • Privates From
  • US$20.33
Montgeron Park Apartment APARTMENT
  • No Reviews

3 Results: Thu 30th Jul 2015 - Sun 2nd Aug 2015 » Change Search

Filter Result:

Price Range

Showing between

Showing between

Property Type

Room Type

  • Private
  • Dorm

  • show all

Payment Type

Please give us your feedback


text:
Home to the world's greatest Hostels

30,000 properties, 180 countries Over 3.5 million guest reviews 21 million bookings

Agapinor Hotel Reviews

24 - 28 Nikodimou Mylona Str, Paphos CY 8047, Paphos, Cyprus

Reviews & Ratings Explained

47 Total Reviews
  • 83%Value For Money
  • 93%Security
  • 83%Location
  • 77%Staff
  • 87%Atmosphere
  • 93%Cleanliness
  • 90%Facilities

The rating percentage is calculated from customers who booked within the last 12 months.

All ratings and reviews are based on the feedback and opinions of the customers who submitted them and do not express the opinions of Hostelworld.com. This way, you get an up-to-the-minute opinion of just how good a hostel really is.
Read our review guidelines »

  • Show:

Nice, clean, central place. Good breakfast. Somewhat lacking in character, but good value for money.

Owner Comment (Hide)
Dear Guest, Thank you for choosing to stay at our Hotel and for taking the time to post your comments. We were all very pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay and found our Hotel to offer good value for money. If we can be of any assistance in the future do not hesitate to contact us.

View all Paphos Hotels

Please give us your feedback


text:
Home to the world's greatest Hostels

30,000 properties, 180 countries Over 3.5 million guest reviews 21 million bookings

Global on the Waterfront

67 The Esplanade, Cairns, Australia

  • 65%Value For Money
  • 63%Security
  • 93%Location
  • 64%Staff
  • 52%Atmosphere
  • 48%Cleanliness
  • 53%Facilities

Property Information:

Everything is at your door step, The Lagoon, boardwalk, marina, restaurants, shops & nightlife. There are evening activities always going on with our sister property (Global Central) and your room key gets you loads of discounts in bars & clubs. There are markets and live entertainment every Saturday or 3 doors up are the night markets 7 days a week.

Our travel staff have years of experience to help you with free advise on what activities and tours will help you live your dreams... Skydiving, White Water Rafting, Snorkeling, ATV's, Sailing, Cultural and Aboriginal Experiences we have it all and can make it happen.

You can also find the most amazing views of the ocean from the TV/ lounge area on the1st floor or Stay in one of the Waterfront Dorms. So kick back and take it all in or play a game of pool. There is also a ROOF TOP Sunbathing Deck where you can take in views of the whole city. Our swimming pool is the famous Esplanade Lagoon @ our doorstep.

We have 3,4,5,6, 8 & 10 share dorms, twin, single & double rooms. We pride ourselves on cleanliness, linen is supplied and the beds are already made for you. All rooms are spacious with fans and free air-conditioning.

LIVE THE DREAM @ WATERFRONT...... Fun, Friendly Staff

Must be 18+ to stay at this accommodation. Sorry no children allowed.

Search for availability

City Guide

Download our comprehensive, compact guide for Cairns
  • Latest Review

    Our room was a small windowless cell, which for the price we paid and our short stay was bearable, but any longer and I don't think we could have handled it. The beds were quite uncomfortable, the top bunk springs had all busted and the mattresses were pretty lumpy and saggy. I don't think I'll stay again. BUT the location was fabulous, I guess that was the one redeeming factor.
    Read More
      Anonymous, Australia, All Female Group, 25-30
  • See all reviews »

  • 24 Hour Reception
  • 24 Hour Security
  • Air Conditioning
  • Airport Transfers
  • BBQ
  • Book Exchange
  • Breakfast Not Included
  • Cable TV
  • Card Phones
  • Ceiling Fan
  • Common Room
  • Free City Maps
  • Internet Access
  • Jobs Board
  • Kitchen
  • Laundry Facilities
  • Linen Included
  • Luggage Storage
  • Meals available
  • Outdoor Terrace
  • Parking
  • Pool Table
  • Postal Service
  • Tours/Travel Desk
  • Vending Machines

  • Age Restriction

Cancellation Policy

This property has a 1 day cancellation policy.
Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay, unless otherwise stated below (see 'Things to Note' information).

Global on the Waterfront Located at 67 The Esplanade, , Cairns.
Global on the Waterfront
Cairns Queensland 4870 67 The Esplanade
62% 316
-16.9202767 145.7774162
Global on the Waterfront
    Rooms available     Deluxe Double Bed Private Shared Bathroom     Double Bed Private Shared Bathroom     Double Bed Private Shared Bathroom     4 Bed Female Dorm     4 Bed Female Dorm     3 Bed Mixed Dorm     4 Bed Mixed Dorm     4 Bed Mixed Dorm     Standard 4 Bed Mixed Dorm     4 Bed Mixed Dorm     5 Bed Mixed Dorm     6 Bed Mixed Dorm     6 Bed Mixed Dorm     Standard 8 Bed Mixed Dorm     8 Bed Mixed Dorm     Standard 10 Bed Mixed Dorm     Single Private Shared Bathroom     Single Private Shared Bathroom     Twin Private Shared Bathroom     Twin Private Shared Bathroom
Please give us your feedback


text:
Find UK courses - part time courses, undergraduate, postgraduate courses

Oil and Gas Management MBA Coventry University London Campus

Next start date: Oct 2015 more start dates
Price from£15,000.00

About this course

Add to wishlist

Oil and Gas Management MBA: This course is designed to equip graduates with the appropriate management skills and knowledge to undertake a leadership role in the oil and gas industries, one of the World's fastest growing and most dynamic sectors.

Modules include: advanced business practice; sustainable strategy (from planning to implementation); leading in a changing world; finance, funding and legislative frameworks for success; marketing in a global age; international environmental law; project management; integrated emergency management; the impacts of oil production in the developing world; organisation internship or oil and gas simulation or consulting project or dissertation.

Course dates & prices

Starting Length Attendance Details Where Class size Price

Oct 2015

Jan 2016

Apr 2016

1 years

Full time No application date provided Tower Hamlets,
E1 7JF
View map
per year

*More info: £15000 overall cost

Course type

Additional entry requirements

A 2nd Class honours degree (2.2) or above; English Language IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component or equivalent; No work experience required

Postgraduate Qualification (MBA)

Awarding body

Coventry University

Subject areas

Mba, Oil & Gas Operations

Other courses you might be interested in

Course reviews

This course currently has no reviews.

Write a review
The information for this course is supplied by UCAS and was last updated on 28 Jul 2015.


text:
Book Online Now

Why Book With Us

  • No booking fees
  • Flexible cancellation policies
  • 24 hour customer service
  • Like booking hotel direct
  • Privacy
  • Security
Read More »

Email Offers

Unsubscribe - We respect your privacy

Stay in Touch!

Facebook Twitter Google+ Follow Us on Pinterest

Lugano Hotels > De La Paix Hotel > Overview

De La Paix Hotel

The De La Paix Hotel was stylishly transformed and expanded out from an 18th century villa and now offers excellent modern facilities and a unique combination of modern comfort and luxurious elegance. Each of our 131 rooms and suites is furnished in an elegant style and equipped with air conditioning/ satellite TV/ Pay-TV/ Mini bar and Wireless Internet access in order to meet the highest expectations both of our holiday and business guests. There are two restaurants offering Italian and International cuisine. The Neptune opens into the garden terrace and offers a refined and relaxing atmosphere. At the popular Al Barilotto/ designed in the rustic and casual local style/ you can enjoy grill specialities and pizzas. For relaxing moments/ to gather with friends or talk about business/ the hotel offers several lounges like the American Bar La Cupola and the elegant foyers. The garden-terrace with its heated swimming pool in summer and the portico are ideal places to spend relaxing moments and admire the magnificent amphitheatre formed by the surrounding mountains. The De La Paix Hotel is the leading venue for banquets/ conferences and meetings. All our elegant ballrooms enjoy natural daylight and are provided with the most up to date facilities. They can comfortably accommodate up to 500 people. Its multilingual staff will be delighted to welcome you with warmth and cordiality. City tax 4.7 SFR per person per stay to be paid at the hotel upon check out.

Via Cattori 18
Lugano, 6900 CH

US 1.800.4.HOTELS
UK +44 (0) 208.604.2018

Check In Time: 14:00:00
Check Out Time: 10:00:00

Book Now

Hotel Amenities

  • Wakeup service
  • Multilingual staff
  • Bell staff/porter
  • 220 AC
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Lounges/bars
  • Full service housekeeping
  • Bus parking
  • Coin operated laundry
  • Concierge desk
  • Conference facilities
  • Handicap rooms
  • Currency exchange
  • Elevators
  • Accessible facilities
  • Indoor parking
  • Parking
  • Poolside snack bar
  • Restaurant
  • Room service
  • Safe deposit box
  • Tour/sightseeing desk
  • Meeting rooms
  • Business center
  • Secretarial services

Room Amenities

  • Smoke detectors
  • Telephone
  • Turn down service
  • Self-controlled heating/cooling system
  • Color television
  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Hairdryer
  • International direct dialing
  • AM/FM radio
  • Minibar
  • Non-smoking
  • Balcony/Lanai/Terrace
  • Safe


text:
Saint-Laurent-de-Mure Hotels with Gym

Search for Gym hotels in Saint-Laurent-de-Mure

  • Your recent searches

  • Recent Hotels

Pay now or later on most rooms

Free cancellation on most rooms

Best Price Guarantee

Book Hotels with Gym in Saint-Laurent-de-Mure

"Saint-Laurent-de-Mure hotels with Gym - If your vacationing with family and friends or just trying to relax after a day shopping and sightseeing, you will need hotels with Gym to help you feel like in the comfort of your home. At you can compare, review and book a variety of Saint-Laurent-de-Mure hotels with Gym at the cheapest rates. Booking Gym hotels in Saint-Laurent-de-Mure online is easy! Simply input your travel dates and search to get fast results on hotels with the best discounts.

  • Find and compare different Gym hotels in Saint-Laurent-de-Mure by price, star rating, amenities, theme, location, neighborhood or brand
  • Search for the perfect Saint-Laurent-de-Mure hotel with the lowest room rates and best amenities by reviewing hotel details, guest reviews, photos and more!
  • Booking your room online is secure and fast!
  • After you book, you will receive an email and text confirmations on the reservation details of your online hotel booking
  • Don’t forget to sign up for the Welcome Rewards Program, it’s free! – the membership Program offers you 1 free night* after you book 10.

Collect 10 nights get 1 free*

And look out for Secret Prices on select hotels

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10


text:
Business Niagara Falls hotels

Search for Business hotels in Niagara Falls

  • Your recent searches

  • Recent Hotels

Pay now or later on most rooms

Free cancellation on most rooms

Best Price Guarantee

Explore Niagara Falls

Business Niagara Falls hotel, Canada Spoil yourselves on your next holiday by booking a Business Niagara Falls hotel with Thanks to our comprehensive online hotel directory you can search through all of our Business Niagara Falls hotels and compare their room rates to find the right one for you. All you have to do is:
  • - Search for Business Niagara Falls Hotels
  • - Choose your perfect hotel and view its room rates, description, customer reviews and quality photos
  • - Securely book your hotel in Niagara Falls online today
  • - Receive email confirmation for your online booking and hotel reservation

Niagara Falls travel guides

Star Rating

Accommodation Types

Collect 10 nights get 1 free*

And look out for Secret Prices on select hotels

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10


text:
Hotels near Castle Peak Bay

Search for hotels in Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

Pay now or later on most rooms

Free cancellation on most rooms

Best Price Guarantee

Castle Peak Bay hotels, Tuen Mun

Castle Peak Bay in the Tuen Mun area, Hong Kong

Are you looking for a cheap Castle Peak Bay hotel, a 5 star Castle Peak Bay hotel or a family friendly Castle Peak Bay hotel? You just landed in the best site to find the best deals and offers on the most amazing accommodations for your stay.

When you search for hotels near Castle Peak Bay with, you need to first check our online map and see the distance you will be from Castle Peak Bay, Hong Kong.

Our maps are based on hotel search and display areas and neighborhoods of each hotel so you can see how close you are from Castle Peak Bay and refine your search within Tuen Mun or Hong Kong based on closest public transportation, restaurants and entertainment so you can easily get around the city. All the hotels details page show an option for free or paid onsite parking.

If you wish to see the hotels with the highest featuring discounts and deals near Castle Peak Bay, simply filter by price/ average nightly rate. We recommend you filter by star rating and read our genuine guest reviews so you can get the best quality hotel with the best discount.

One of the new features on guest reviews is that also show reviews from Expedia for Castle Peak Bay hotels and the TripAdvisor Castle Peak Bay hotels reviews so you can make sure that you checking with a reliable source. See the review scores on our Tuen Mun hotel information pages.

Make the most out of your family vacation when you book your accommodation with – book your hotel near Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Mun after reviewing the facilities and amenities listed for each hotel.

After booking your hotel near Castle Peak Bay, expect to receive your reservation confirmation in the mail in less than 10 minutes. The confirmation email contains more information on all nearby attractions, local directions and weather forecast, so you can better plan the days during your trip.

After getting the best hotel rates you can still save more by winning 1 free night! That’s right, book 10 nights in any hotel near Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Mun and after you sign up for the Welcome Rewards program, you are eligible hotel you receive 1 night free*

The best hotel deals are here: We have Castle Peak Bay hotel deals, Castle Peak Bay last minute deals and offers to get you the cheapest Castle Peak Bay hotel with our lowest price guarantee.

Tuen Mun travel guides

Hong Kong travel guides

Collect 10 nights get 1 free*

And look out for Secret Prices on select hotels

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10