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Standard Double Room, 1 Double or 2 Single Beds - Non-Refundable
- FREE Breakfast
Breakfast is included in your stay.
- One Double or Two Twins
Single Room - Non-Refundable
- FREE Breakfast
Breakfast is included in your stay.
- 1 king
Family Room - Non-Refundable
- FREE Breakfast
Breakfast is included in your stay.
- 1 double and 1 single
Family-friendly hotel with a restaurant, in Istanbul (Laleli)
This family-friendly hotel is located in Istanbul (Laleli), close to Beyazit Bath, Museum of Turkish Calligraphic Art, and Sehzade Mosque. Also nearby are Valens Aqueduct and Column of Marcian.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Nobel Hotel features complimentary wireless Internet access. Other amenities include a rooftop terrace and a porter/bellhop.
Room Amenities
LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, and air conditioning.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Nobel Hotel
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. An Internet point is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and an area shuttle. This family-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Currency exchange and tour assistance can be provided.
- Parking nearby (surcharge)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking nearby
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Total number of rooms - 30
- Number of floors - 7
- Free breakfast
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Internet point
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Patio
- Rooftop terrace
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Covered parking (surcharge)
- Secure parking (surcharge)
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Complimentary reception
- Year Built 1967
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Tour assistance
- Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi, Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Park your car
Covered parking (surcharge), Secure parking (surcharge), Parking nearby, Parking nearby (surcharge)
- In your room
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Soundproofed rooms
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Complimentary toiletries
- Slippers
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Air conditioning
- Direct-dial phone
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Satellite TV service
- Hair dryer
- Free Wi-Fi
- Eat and drink
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Nobel Hotel has a restaurant on site.
Room service is available.
The Fine Print for Nobel Hotel
- When you arrive
Check-in time starts at noon
Special check-in instructions:
Only one luggage is allowed per guest during check-in process, due to hotel procedures.
- When you leave
Check-out time is 1 PM
- How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
- You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Special policies:Only one piece of luggage is allowed per guest during check-in process.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- We Should Mention
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties. Guests must transfer via airplane to the property. Guests must contact the property at least 24 hours before travel, using the contact information on the confirmation received after booking. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property. Alcohol is not served at this property.


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4-star romantic hotel in Austin near University of Texas Tower
Hotel Ella is in the heart of Austin, walking distance from Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center and Caswell House.
This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of University of Texas Tower and Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
Make yourself at home in one of the 47 air-conditioned rooms featuring iPod docking stations and flat-screen televisions. Your bed comes with down comforters and Egyptian cotton sheets. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while DVD players and cable programming provide entertainment. Private bathrooms have designer toiletries and complimentary toiletries.
Treat yourself with massages, body treatments, and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find an outdoor pool and a fitness center. This hotel also features concierge services, wedding services, and complimentary use of a nearby fitness facility. Guests can get around on the complimentary shuttle, which operates within 3 mi.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, where you can enjoy drinks at a bar, take in a pool view, or dine alfresco (weather permitting). Relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge or a poolside bar. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are served daily in the dining room for a fee.
Featured amenities include audiovisual equipment, express check-out, and secretarial services. Planning an event in Austin? This hotel has 5200 square feet (468 square meters) of space consisting of small meeting rooms, a ballroom, and banquet facilities.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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- General
Hotel Ella features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge.
This 4-star property offers access to secretarial services, audiovisual equipment, and small meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 5200 square feet (468 square meters) include a ballroom and banquet facilities. This romantic hotel also offers spa services, a terrace, and multilingual staff. A complimentary area shuttle within 3 mi is available for guests. A total renovation of this property was completed in August 2013.
Hotel Ella has designated areas for smoking.
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Room service
- Bar/lounge
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Number of floors - 3
- Total number of rooms - 47
- Restaurant
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business services
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Half board rates available
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Multilingual staff
- Audiovisual equipment
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Ballroom(s)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 468
- Pool cabanas (complimentary)
- Pool sun loungers
- Secretarial services
- Security guard
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Banquet facilities
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Event catering
- Designated smoking areas
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Patio
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 3
- Meeting facilities size (feet) - 5200
- Garden
- Spa services on site
- Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
- Wedding services
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi, Free wired high-speed Internet
- Parking
Valet parking (surcharge)
- Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Complimentary newspaper
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- DVD player
- Turndown service
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Climate control
- Microwave (on request)
- Flat-panel TV
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- iPod docking station
- Daily housekeeping
- Extra towels/bedding
- Private bathroom
- Designer toiletries
- Bathrobes
- In-room massage available
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cable TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Down comforter
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Dining
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning in the dining room between 7 AM and 11 AM.
Goodalls Kitchen and Bar - Overlooking the pool, this restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Happy hour is offered.
Room service is available.
- Recreation
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Rowboats nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golf - miniature nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Rowing or canoeing nearby
- Aerobics nearby
- Pilates classes/instruction nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft nearby
- Swimming on site
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Boat tours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Spa
- Prenatal massage
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets allowed, Pet policy - dogs only
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Valet parking fee: USD 25.00 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: USD 50 per stay
- Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 50.00 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 50.00 per night
- Additional Details
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. This property allows pets in specific rooms only (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can request one of these rooms by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
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- The property is a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World.


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SACRAMENTO — Enforce the laws already on the books. Take away the criminals' weapons, not the law-abiding citizens'. Sound familiar? It's the mantra of the gun lobby.
That is, until the government actually attempts to do it. Then the lobby changes its lyrics.
It seemed surreal listening to lobbyists for gun rights groups Monday, as if the ears were playing tricks. They testified at a state Senate Budget Committee hearing in opposition to legislation that would spend $24 million in surplus money to confiscate guns possessed by people who legally aren't supposed to have them.
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They weren't opposed to the gun seizure, they said—only to the use of this particular money. It would come from the $19 fee each gun buyer pays for a background check to determine whether he's legally eligible to possess a weapon. Is he a felon? Mentally ill?
The lobbyists contended the fee is too high and should be lowered. Never mind that the gun buyer already probably is spending several hundred dollars to buy the weapon. And bullets—depending on the caliber—may go for around, say, $1 each.
They also argued the money should be used to speed up the background check and reduce the 10-day waiting period for taking possession of a gun. In other words, it's more important to rush a weapon into the hands of a purchaser than to grab one from the clutches of a violent criminal.
"They're trapped and lost in their own world, and it's not the real world," says Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), coauthor of the bill, SB 140, and chairman of the budget committee.
Let's back up.
California has a unique program—the only one in the nation—that tracks known handgun and assault weapons owners to make sure they're still legally permitted to possess a firearm. Starting next year, they'll also be doing it with buyers of all long guns.
Although the gun owner originally was a legal purchaser, he may have since been convicted of a violent misdemeanor, or been subject to a restraining order or been diagnosed with a mental illness. A little computer cross-checking produces a red flag. And a squad of armed officers can knock on the door and seize the arsenal. Roughly 11,000 weapons have been grabbed over the past six years.
But a few weeks ago, it was revealed by the state Department of Justice that roughly 19,700 Californians still illegally owned around 39,000 firearms, and there wasn't enough money to confiscate them.
So Leno and Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) introduced the bill appropriating the money on an urgency basis, which means it will require a two-thirds majority vote in each house.
At the committee hearing, the Justice Department reported that the list of "prohibited" gun owners, as of March 1, had risen to an even 20,000 people, possessing 40,790 firearms.
"We know 40,000 guns are in the hands of people who shouldn't have them," Steinberg told the committee. "We know their addresses, we know who they are….
"We're not unmindful that money is precious. But here is $24 million. Go get those guns as fast as you can….This is about the notion that you do whatever you can with what you have."
A no-brainer, you'd think. But not for the gun lobby.
Although the number of prohibited persons possessing weapons is "inexcusable," said Kathryn Lynch, representing the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the California Assn. of Firearms Retailers, it is "inappropriate" to use background-check money to seize the guns.
"I would argue," she continued, "that this is tantamount to an attack on honest citizens."
National Rifle Assn. lobbyist Ed Worley contended that the $19 fee is too high.
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Bacon, Camp & More Lead McCarter Theatre's CRIMES OF THE HEART
McCarter Theatre has announced the complete casting for its new production of Beth Henley's modern American classic Crimes of the Heart. Directed by Liesl Tommy, the cast will feature Mary Bacon (Lenny MaGrath), Molly Camp (Babe Botrelle), Georgia Cohen (Meg MaGrath), Dustin Ingram (Barnette Lloyd), Lucas Van Engen (Doc Porter) and Brenda Withers (Chick Boyle). The production is sponsored by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
Crimes of the Heart will begin performances on Tuesday, March 8 and run through Sunday, March 27 (press opening: Friday, March 11).
About this new production, Emily Mann, McCarter Theatre's Artistic Director, said "I'm delighted to be revisiting Beth Henley's timeless masterpiece with director Liesl Tommy. One of the rising stars of the American theater, Liesl leapt onto the scene with a series of triumphant productions of new plays, including a stunning production of Danai Gurira's Eclipsed in McCarter's 2009 Lab Festival. Now, she brings her masterful sense of comedy, nuanced textual rigor, and extraordinary humanity to one of my favorite plays."
Three eccentric sisters, a husband who's been shot, and a lawyer with a vendetta: the recipe for a 30th birthday gone perfectly wrong. Family cruelty has never been more casually dealt than in Beth Henley's Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern Gothic screwball comedy. Touching, tragic, and daffy, Crimes of the Heart is a darkly comic family feud of epic proportions. The design team includes set design by Andromache Chalfant, costumes by Marion Williams, lighting by Ann G. Wrightson and sound by Karin Graybash.
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Georgia Cohen has toured nationally with The Acting Company and Guthrie Theater in Henry V, directed by Davis McCallum. Georgia is featured as herself in the new documentary about The Acting Company, Still On the Road, directed by Sara Wolkowitz. She holds BA in Theatre Studies from Brown University and is a graduate oF Brown/Trinity Rep's MFA Acting Program.
Dustin Ingram began his stage career at age six. On TV, he has been seen in Glee, Everybody Hates Chris, Brothers, Zeke and Luther, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and three seasons on Nickelodeon's Unfabulous. Film credits include Sky High with Kurt Russell & Kelly Preston, and his upcoming feature film Meet Monica Velour in which he stars alongside Kim Cattrall and Brian Dennehy.
Lucas Van Engen has been in several shows in New York including Relativity, which he also produced. Regional: Take Me Out at the Human Race Theatre Co. of Dayton, Ohio and Carl in Lonely Planet at The Actors Theatre in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2010, Lucas was in the news for riding 3,300 miles across America on a Craftsman garden tractor. The 99-day journey took him from Santa Monica to New York.
Brenda Withers is very happy to be back at McCarter where she appeared as Helena in Tina Lindau's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other recent credits include Pride and Prejudice at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Twelfth Night at Arizona Theatre Company, Know Dog at Luna Stage, and Matt and Ben at PS122. She is a company member at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater and a founding member of Hands and Feet Collective. She studied theater and religion at Dartmouth College.


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Thanks for the article on gas pumps charging you extra. Good work.
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servant would more than be happy to be a GB. you have endured a few years on GB, I see and have accrued a few points. Thank you !!
I'm guessing you'll see $4.05 or more per gallon there. We had about three stations down to $3.13 a gallon, now they're back up to $3.33 and 3.35 a gallon. I'd get gassed up now as it's going up more.
I wish I could have told everyone yesterday, but I couldn't make it online other than to post prices in the morning. Sorry.
you'd have seen a return of in excess of 10k to 15k already, and remember it takes money to make it. This is NOT the work of speculators, as speculators are hoping for a good return and do not move markets up, it's those with the big money that are at work MANIPULATING it higher, and the media with their news reports only helps the manipulators to make more and for us to have less. This is going to make diesel and natural gas go up a well, along with food prices and most all other goods, as it takes fuel to move it all. Looks like Obama and all his buddies and socialists and communist admirers and lovers are going to get their wishes fulfilled of us having to pay more for fuel, as we might even see the price of gas at over $4.25 a gallon in California, Alaska and Hawaii for the lower prices and Canada will probably see $1.29 a liter or more for it's minimum. God help us all that are poor and middle and lower middle class, because they'll only soak us more.
You're welcome! Figured we could all use a good laugh! For those of you who I told the price of gas was going to drop, forget it now. The downward trend has come to a halt if you haven't already noticed. All the stations around here that had dropped by two to 20 cents a gallon are now up by as much as 14 cents a gallon as of this writing. A few are up a bit more above their previous highs. The price of gas is already up by over 25 cents a gallon on the wholesale markets, and that price increase hasn't truly hit the pumps just yet, so you can expect another 15 to 25 cents a gallon up, possibly as much as 35 cents a gallon or more, depending upon what it does today. The trend this morning pointed up sharply with heavy volume in trading, so the manipulators are well at work and the regular investors who bought into it on Thursday and Friday looking for a gain really made out like bandits already. If you had the money to invest even 2k to 5k like some did...
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There are over 2,500 manmade blockages in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that inhibit migratory and resident fish from reaching their spawning habitat. The loss of habitat has impacted population numbers of many fish species. While there have been improvements in opening historic spawning habitat through the successful completion of the 2003 Fish Passage Goal which opened approximately 1300 miles of river habitat, continued effort was warranted. The Chesapeake 2000 Agreement recognized the importance of providing additional habitat for migratory and resident fish by committing to the development of a new Fish Passage goal. A major component of a "healthy" Bay ecosystem is abundant fish populations through habitat restoration and protection.
Therefore the Chesapeake Bay Program signatory partners adopted the Fish Passage Goal as follows:
During the period 2005-2014, Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions will complete 100 fish passage and/or dam removal projects, which will open 1,000 miles of high quality tributary habitat to migratory and resident fishes. Actual fish utilization and passage will be documented at all new fish passage projects and, wherever possible, these projects will be integrated within locally supported watershed management or restoration plans.
Priority will be given to:
- Projects which open larger stretches of highest quality habitats
- Complete dam removals as opposed to structural fish passages, where practical
- Projects which enhance passage of migratory fish over resident fish and/or where shad and herring stocking programs occur
- Removal of impediments in streams formerly impaired by acid mine drainage (AMD) where water quality improvements will support a diverse assemblage of fish and other aquatic resources
In addition, projects in Maryland will be prioritized under the following guidelines:
- Dam removals are favored over fish passage construction. Dam removals are favored over other forms of fish passage construction when feasible, since they completely restore a stream to its natural state and provide for free passage up and down river for all aquatic organisms.
- When fish passage is necessary, natural fishways and by-pass channels are favored over traditional fish ladders. Traditional fish ladders may still be the only alternative for select sites. However, before a fish ladder design is selected there are a number of issues that need to be addressed:
- Guarantee of an institutional sponsor for long term operation and maintenance, including a budget dedicated for this purpose.
- Ease of access & costs for maintenance
- Potential & frequency of blockage by debris and sediment,
- Creation and maintenance of attraction flows for upstream migrants,
- Range of effective flows and seasonality of migrations for all target species,
- Predation and lack of suitable nursery habitat for larval and juvenile migrants in the impoundments
- Introduction of non-native or undesirable species to upstream habitat
- Potential success of downstream migration
- Projects will be prioritized based on the amount and quality of habitat reopened. E.g., projects which reopen habitat in forested/buffered areas will be favored over projects in urban or poor water quality areas.
- Assuming projects have the support of the landowner, projects are prioritized as follows, in association with the above general guidelines:
- Diadromous and/or Rare, Threatened or Endangered (RTE) species found below the blockage and suitable habitat upstream of the blockage. Projects can be ranked further based on the diversity and quantity of anadromous and/or RTE species found below the blockage. Projects which pass anadromous fish into lake or pond environments will not be recommended until research in the Chesapeake Bay watershed shows successful spawning in these lake/pond environments. Note: projects which block hosts for RTE species will be listed here (ex. fish carrying mussel larvae).
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- Projects which block historical anadromous fish habitat (but anadromous fish not present) and suitable habitat upstream. Watersheds with active or proposed stocking programs will be favored over watersheds without such programs.
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Congratulations to Thibaut de Bettignies, who was recently award the best student presentation at the Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany Conference. The ASPAB conference brings together many of Australasia's best algal and seagrass researchers, and this year had a strong focus on kelp biology and ecology. Thibaut presented his work on 'The importance of storms in driving export of organic matter (kelp wrack) from rocky reefs'. Thibaut's work is redefining our understanding of what type, how much and when kelp material is removed from reefs and becomes available to be exported to adjacent marine ecosystems. His work is demonstrating the relative importance of erosion of tip material from the kelp thalli as the major form in which kelp is lost from reefs, with the dislodgment of whole thalli relatively less significant. Thibaut also presented a poster at the conference and is now having a well-earned rest, visiting his family back in France.
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Christmas, a festival of waste
Christmas is a time of relaxing with family, culinary excesses, and financial extravagance as friends and loved ones splurge on gifts.
Not known as the 'silly season' for nothing, Christmas is, of course, also the season of specious economic arguments. Exhortations for Australians to spend up big this time of year to stimulate the economy are a good example of the 'broken window fallacy', christened thus by French liberal economist Frederic Bastiat in the 19th century.
Bastiat pointed out that a broken window pane might bring cheer to the glazier, but the money spent on replacing the window is income lost to the tailor, the book shop, and ultimately every other business in the country.
Christmas is the same: extravagant spending at department stores, whether paid on credit or from disposable income, is ultimately a loss to other parts of the economy.
To the extent extra Christmas spending more than offsets belt-tightening in later months, it implies a reduction in saving. Less saving means less money for banks to lend to businesses and less money for consumers to spend at some point in the future.
A good economist should observe both what is seen – happy retailers – and what is not seen – the voiceless remainder of the economy. But this fallacy has infected a sizeable chunk of the economics profession, which is often caught trying to assuage the personal pain wrought by earthquakes and floods by pointing to their 'beneficial' impact on economic activity.
Some Keynesian economists still note how the Second World War was the 'stimulus' that ultimately ended the Great Depression.
But calls to spend around Christmas are even more damaging than the 'broken window fallacy' might suggest. One would naturally be as determined to get good value for money when replacing a window as when shopping for any other good or service.
Milton Friedman once famously spelt out the four ways of spending money, each having profoundly different implications for economic welfare. First, one can spend money on oneself, which is most likely to produce the best value given individuals will weigh up both the costs and benefits of their purchase.
The second and third ways are more inefficient, equally so. One can spend other people's money on oneself. The ensuing spending is likely to be excessive but at least it will match up with the buyers' preferences.
Christmas is the best example of the third way: spending one's own money on others. That way, costs are contained but the quality of the purchases can leave a lot to be desired.
Shoppers buying for themselves are typically willing to pay more for their purchases than they actually pay, carefully concealing their maximum price. The difference between the former abstract amount and the actual invoice is known as 'consumer surplus' – the size of any 'bargain'. A surplus is guaranteed because no-one would head to the checkout with a negative consumer surplus.
But receivers of gifts might attach less value to those gifts than their purchase price. One might call this difference a 'consumer deficit'. As economic growth furnishes even poor people with every conceivable luxury, the aggregate 'consumer deficit' on Christmas day is likely to be growing.
So it turns out that far from being an economic boon, Christmas is also a festival of economic waste.
The fourth way is spending other people's money on other people. The spender has the least incentive to watch over costs, and naturally can't know the preferences of the recipients either.
The further the distance between the real payers, the decision-makers and the recipients, the more disastrous the economic consequences: a local charity is more likely to spend donations wisely than a distant parliament is likely to spend taxpayers' money.
For all the waste and inefficiency of Christmas giving, it is still a vastly superior way of allocating resources than what occurs in government. The waste is hard to quantify because national income statistics treat a dollar of private spending the same as a dollar of public spending.
Government is not something that happens once a year, but every day of every year. It is therefore crucial that politicians and bureaucrats pay particular attention to the inherent value of their expenditures. The Labor government's recklessly wasteful spending on school halls in the wake of the GFC – to list just one isolated but colourful example – should be a reminder that they still are not.
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acotrel says:
I refuse to worry about money - life is too short. I intend to enjoy my christmas and forget that the LNP even exist. They are such a waste of space , I think I'll write to Santa and ask him to remove them from the face of the earth.
I'm sorry, but I am totally sick of negativity, and your article is just that - negative AND depressing.
FlyOnTheWall says:
I love a good economist argument, I also love anyone who points out flaws in Keynesian theory… but dude, it's Christmas!
Go spend a bundle on your friends and family, enjoy the gift of giving! Trust me, it'd effing brilliant!
marley says:
Well, I dunno. I"ve got a relative in the surf business - and he needs a good Christmas season to keep on the right side of the ledger sheet. But it's not all inefficient spending on gifts for others - a lot of his sales are that highly efficient spending on oneself the author commends, because Christmas coincides with holidays, families at the beach and people needing swimsuits, board wax, sunnies, t-shirts and the like.
Super D says:
What a pleasant surprise. From the title I was expecting some sort of misanthropic diatribe about how people are just mindless fools at Christmas. While there was some of that at least it was tempered with an acknowledgment that government planned economy spending is even worse. I really wasn't expecting that and it has brought me some Christmas joy.
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I think the "broken window" analogy holds the most weight in redundant or worse, privatized infrastructure/services than it does in consumer shopping. In consumer shopping, the only person out of pocket is the consumer, which is fine because the consumer wanted to purchase the item- when the only losers are people selling items the consumer wasn't interested in (this applies to gifts as well). In paying needlessly for infrastructure's redundant workers or private buyers, I am going out of pocket for money that could have been spent on businesses and trading (where the economy is stimulated most), but instead going towards a profit for some greedy mug to sit on a road that I've always been using. Because the user has no choice but to use infrastructure, the money is automatically deducted, and less is spent on the real economy.
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Said like a true believer 'acotrel'!
This is exactly the attitude your ALP heroes & heroines Kevin Rudd, Wayne Swan, Julia Gillard & Penny Wong adopted when they were so disastrously elected to run Australia and just look at the mess they have made!
Please don't spout "percentage of GDP" crap back at me. The fact, one understood by everyone, is that thanks to your darling ALP & it's "I don't care about money" attitude Australia, in addition to the collectively 100s of billions ALP State & territory Governments have run their States & Territories into, just Four pairs of hands, those of Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Wayne Swan & Penny Wong have managed to rack up a massive $152,000,000,000.00 c in Debt & as a direct result of their abandonment of their repeatedly promised "Surplus" - a Surplus any fool, except those four, knew was unrealiseable, that little debt will now blow out to over $170,000,000,000.00.
You & they must be praying that the Mayan Long Calendar forecast is correct & that the World will end today. It was thought tobe at sunrise this morning but now you'll have to wait until midnight & when nothing changes you'll still be faced with over $170 billions of Debts.
Kika says:
And a Festivus for the rest of us…
I hope you all have your festivus poles ready and are prepared to start the airing of grievances…
Wait, that's everyday on the punch right?
LC says:
Is someone sitting next to you with a gun to your head forcing you to spend exorbitantly this Christmas?
No? Then what's the problem?
Gordon says:
Fear not Punchians, the dismal science can show Christmas buying is an unalloyed good in the driest of terms:
Voluntarily buying anything makes two people better off: the buyer (who wanted the goods more than the money, otherwise they wouldn't have done it). and the supplier who wants your money more than the goods (ditto). Net wealth has increased: two people have more than they had before.
This is the basics of non-zero-sum thinking, and is the most basic foundation of any economic system featuring volutary trade. The Author's quibble about which sort of spending is more or less beneficial might be valid but they impact only at the margin.
Giving a present makes a third person happy: the receiver, (even if it is a justin bieber CD you could argue they are up a drink coaster or an impromptu frisbee, or, the item is regifted until it finds a happy receipient, or someone is paid $ to dispose of it).
The only Christmas spending that is a net loss of wealth is where (like spending on drug addiction, or bankrupting yourself) the spending is non-rational and destroys the earning potential of the purchaser. So: spend to your budget and be happy thrice.
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I've created my wordpress theme from the default Twenty Eleven theme, and I want to show a different sidebar on a few pages. I found this tutorial: http://ablereach.com/wordpress/wordpress-add-a-second-widget-ready-sidebar/ But it really doesn't answer my question. So, I need a sidebar that is shown on admin panel at widgets page, and it should be at left side of the page.
First add this following function to your functions.php,
Add this code where you want to fetch custom sidebar,
This code works fine to me.
May not be a great, super awesome solution, but I just came across WooDojo by WooThemes. It's like Jetpack by WordPress.com plugin.
WooSidebars is a part of WooDojo plugin suite. You can download the plugin here (I think it requires WooDojo pre-installed).
What it does...
With WooSidebars you can override any widgetized area on your WordPress-powered website, displaying different widgets for different screens (a page, a category or search results, for example) without touching a line of code.
I am only suggesting this plugin because you can be sure that the plugin won't be abandoned like most on WP.org, and the code is not bad at all.
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I've been trying to build a kite from some materials around the house. I have a pretty decent frame work and sail. It is just a bowed diamond kite. I remember as a kid buying the .29 kite at the old drug store and I was trying to re-create that type of kite. What I'm not sure of is the placement of the bridle, the length of it, and exactly where to attatch the string to the bridle. I've tried to fly it, but it wants to dance back and forth. not having much luck.... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi Mr. Crowder, can you give more details ... what size is your kite, where did you get the dimensions, and what is the distance from the top to the horizontal stick. Did you use a tail. Tell us about the bridle and where you attached it.
From where you live over to Roanoke is about 125 miles , on April 20th there is a huge kite festival and 20 to 30 kite makers will be on hand. It's an all day event and you'd get a chance to talk with a bunch of great kite people . I'd enjoy meeting you.
Re: some questions on details
I just tried to build a kite from memory. When I was a kid, we bought those .29 high flyer kites. We attached a ball of tobacco twine and flew them as high as we could. I built this kite like those or at least how I remember them.
Tobacco twine is hard to find these days. I did find replacement string for a chalk stringer that carpenters use and this has worked well, but it is not long enough. I flew it today for the first time and had some fairly good flights, but wish I could have flown it higher.
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Hey DM , I can't remember tobacco string, what I used was string that my grand mom saved from the stitching on feed bag's . Took a lot of pieces tied together to get a high flyer. New's paper Diamond kites were the style and tails came from wore out clothing strips. We couldn't afford the .29 centers. Glad you had a successful day flying.
Re: some questions on details
Guess you found something to get you going. Trick is is to use a Prusik knot on the bridle:
This allows adjustment of the tow point. A few years ago I found a bunch of Hi Flyer kites from the 50's with the price of 19 cents on them. Have flown a few.
Bridle by attaching at point where spars cross and about 1/4 to 1/3 way up from th bottom.
If you hold the kite by the bridle, start by having the kite level. Then move your fingers so the nose is slightly higher, about 1 to 2 inches higher than the tail. Attach your tow point here (use a pig-tail with a prusik knot to allow adjustment). If the kite will not lauch, move the attachment point towards the nose in small increments until it launches and flies.
If the kite wants to spin, move the attachment point towards the tail.
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Spiral-bound for easy flipping, then covered in hard-pressed cotton. Mesh-graph, archival paper. Made in Japan and available in signal red, dark blue, light blue or yellow. (
Made entirely in Japan, the notebook covers are bonded with starched, pressed, water-resistant cotton in four rich, muted colors. The paper is made from boiled natural fibers and formed into thin, smoothly textured paper.
This texture keeps the pen from slipping too easily and makes it an ideal writing surface to keep thoughts flowing. This paper is pH-neutral, meaning that it will not yellow over time and can last up to 1000 years. The 1 mm x 1 mm, light blue pin-graph paper makes for more versatile guidelines, and works well for both writing and drawing. The paper is ecologically made and chlorine-free.
The notebooks are spiral-bound, for ease when flipping through its pages, then cloth-bound for a clean look. When flipped open the cover extends past the bottom of the paper, a clever design consideration that supports your hand as you keep writing to the bottom of the page.
The medium notebook is 4.5" x 7", perfect for jamming into a coat pocket or a purse.
Each notebook is subtly adorned with Postalco's logo, a carrier pigeon, the speedy, correspondence-oriented birds that were trusted with urgent messages tucked into little leather pouches strapped to their backs.
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The cloth binding make the notebooks good for archiving, catalog these by writing on the pressed cotton fabric and stowing your growing stack in a bookshelf.
The colors of the cotton lightens with use, and the weave will become more apparent. The fabric is treated with a light water resistant coating. If the cover gets wet, pat dry with a soft cloth.
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Currently based in Tokyo, Postalco originated in Brooklyn, New York. Husband-and-wife team, Mike and Yuri Abelson, a product designer and a graphic designer, respectively, began with a love of the international transport of mail and Japanese craftsmanship. This soon evolved into an exploration of the beauty of paper, with its smooth texture and tangible warmth, and their skills and fancies converged seamlessly into Postalco. Their current store is in the 4th floor of a quiet building in a low-key Tokyo neighborhood, a location befitting their understated, clean sense of style.
Mike and Yuri work closely with the craftsmen who make their goods, discussing every stitch and fold in the construction of their notebooks, envelopes and wallets, with workers who are just as obsessed with quality as the designers. Mike insists that a notebook as meticulously constructed as these can only be made in Japan, and Postalco designs their products as a reflection of the unmatched resource of Japanese craftsmanship.
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Explore Vancouver and Anchorage with your guide. View two of the most pristine glaciers: Glacier Bay National Park and College Fjord. Embark on an incredible cruise journey up North America's west coast, sailing between Canada's most western megacity, Vancouver, and the United States' most northern major city, Anchorage. Take the famed Inside Passage en route to three of Alaska's most iconic towns - Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway. Enjoy majestic views of snow-capped mountains and glaciers as you sail through Glacier Bay National Park and College Fjord. Your luxurious cruise ship provides stately comfort, pure relaxation, and premium activities and entertainment to enjoyably pass the time on your northern voyage.
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The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (4*) is nestled between the majestic coastal mountains of British Columbia and the tides of the Pacific Ocean in Vancouver, one of Canada's most cosmopolitan metropolises. Sumptuously styled and fully equipped rooms are what await you at this spectacular hotel, designed to provide all the elegance and charm of an English castle. Among their commodities you will find first-class accommodations but also, amazing facilities and amenities. Griffins Restaurant is the most popular bistro in the city of Vancouver, with an extensive and plentiful buffet and dramatic décor, highlighted by arched windows which overlook the Vancouver Art Gallery. 900 West Lounge is Vancouver's hottest address of the moment, with award-winning cocktails and sultry sounds of live jazz music. For your leisure moments, the hotel also provides a lovely indoor pool and the luxurious Absolute Spa, the perfect place to pamper yourself with some well deserved rest and relaxation.
This city tour is a great way to see Vancouver's most popular sights. You will be swept away on 3 hour journey including the glorious Stanley Park, historic Lions Gate Bridge, Old Gastown, the picturesque Cyprus Mountain view point capturing the full beauty of Vancouver, the Olympic torches, Robson Street, English Bay, Granville Island and much more. Guests may wish to personalize their tours with specific highlights of their own. Tours may be modified to accommodate requested and photo opportunities.
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Welcome aboard the Island Princess!Take some time to get settled in and explore the ship's facilities. Tonight your welcome dinner will create an opportune moment to meet some of your fellow cruisemates.
Port charges are included in your itinerary price.
This Alaskan cruise route sails aboard either the Coral Princess, Diamond Princess, Island Princess, Crown Princess or Sapphire Princess. No matter the vessel, you'll be cruising in modern luxury aboard the renowned Princess line of ships.
Today is a day spent at sea, en route to your first Alaskan port destination, Ketchikan. Fill your day with activities aboard your luxurious cruiseliner. Take a personal enrichment class, do yoga, go duty-free shopping, or just relax with a dip in one of the pools or spas. There is plenty to do aboard the Island Princess.
Ketchikan is located on Revillagigedo Island, 90 miles (145 km) north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia and 235 miles (378 km) south of Juneau, Alaska. Ketchikan's economy is based upon tourism and fishing, and the city is known as the "Salmon Capital of the World." The Misty Fjords National Monument is one of the area's major attractions. Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town. Ketchikan comes from the Tlingit name for the creek, Kitschk-hin, the meaning of which is unclear. It may mean "the river belonging to Kitschk"; other accounts claim it means "Thundering Wings of an Eagle."
Juneau is located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. The economy is based on government, tourism, mining, and fishing. Juneau is named after gold prospector Joe Juneau, though the place was for a time called Rockwell and then Harrisburg after Juneau's co-prospector, Richard Harris. Downtown Juneau sits at sea level, with tides averaging 16 feet (4.9 m), below steep mountains about 3,500 to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) high. Atop these mountains is the Juneau Icefield, a large ice mass from which about 30 glaciers flow; two of these, the Mendenhall Glacier and the Lemon Creek Glacier, are visible from the local road system. Juneau is one of the most beautiful state capitals in the nation.
Skagway is a first-class borough in Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. The port of Skagway is a popular stop for cruise ships, and the tourist trade is a big part of the business of Skagway. The White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad, part of the area's mining past, is now in operation purely for the tourist trade and runs throughout the summer months. Skagway (originally spelled Skaguay) is from the Tlingit name for the area, "Skagua" or "Shgagwèi" meaning "a windy place with "white caps on the water."
The area around Glacier Bay in southeastern Alaska was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925. It was changed to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve on Dec. 2, 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in the southeastern part of Alaska west of Juneau. The park area was included in an International Biosphere Reserve in 1986 and is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park covers 5,130 mi² (13,287 km²). Most of the park is a designated wilderness area which covers 4,164 mi² (10,784 km²) of the park.
College Fjord is a fjord located in the northern sector of Prince William Sound in the U.S. state of Alaska. The fjord contains five tidewater glaciers (glaciers that terminate in water), five large valley glaciers, and dozens of smaller glaciers, most named after renowned East Coast colleges. College Fjord was discovered in 1899 during the Harriman Expedition, at which time the glaciers were named. In 1964 College Fjord was the epicenter of the Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history. It is a popular destination for cruise ships. From one place, it is possible to see eight of College Fjords Glaciers at once.
This morning you will disembark your ship and bid farewell to your fellow cruisemates, as your Alaskan cruise journey has now come to its conclusion.
Meet your driver for a private transfer to Anchorage.
Meet your driver-guide for a private half-day tour of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. Full of interesting sites, picturesque scenery, and history, Anchorage makes for a great sightseeing tour. Your tour will pass attractions like the Log Cabin Visitor Center, the Alaska Railroad Depot, and the Museum of Art & History. Visit Resolution Park and the Captain Cook Monument as well as Ship Creek Viewpoint, which overlooks Cook Inlet. Return transfer to your hotel included. Admissions (if desired) payable on spot.
Sheraton Anchorage Hotel is on the eastern edge of downtown and is 3 blocks from the Museum of History and Art, and within 8 blocks of the Egan Convention Center and the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. The Sheraton Anchorage Hotel and Spa's Ptarmigan Restaurant serves all meals, while Josephine's, with panoramic views, serves a lavish Sunday brunch. Also on site are a 24-hour business center and 24-hour health club. All Sheraton Anchorage Hotel and Spa guestrooms have signature Sweet Sleeper beds and views of the city, mountains, or Cook Inlet. Amenities include cable TVs with pay movies, and high-speed Internet access. Dogs are welcome.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for putting together the magnificent Antarctica Tour that my daughter and I just finished. Every detail worked perfectly from the time we got on the plane at SeaTac airport in Seattle, until the time we returned to SeaTac.
Giselle Lopez, the excellent tour guide in Buenos Aires was waiting for us at the airport there with a car and driver. Her half day tour of the city was excellent--she is a fantastic guide and so knowledgeable. When we checked into our hotel room, it was just great--and then we turned on the TV to a local news channel and were greeted with the news that a new pope had just been chosen and he was from Argentina! (How did you arrange the timing on that?) The location of our Hotel Madero was perfect for a short walk in the vicinity. That evening, in spite of a horrific traffic jam, our driver arrived on time to take us to Rojo Tango. Next morning we were taken to the airport right on schedule.
We were met in Ushuaia by a guide and van who took us on a tour of the National Park. Again we were fortunate to have such a knowledgeable guide. Las Hayas Hotel is definitely a winner. Our room was deluxe and dinner couldn't have been finer. Next morning we took a cab into Ushuaia for some shopping and lunch. Our driver met us a promised at the Hotel Albatross and delivered us to our cruise ship (our bags had been picked up that morning by the cruise company at Las Hayas).
The Russian cruise ship, Akademik Sergey Vavilov, was another winner. We had a lovely cabin (my daughter insists it was the best one on the ship because of size and location). Surprisingly, many of the Staff were from Seattle, the Pacific Northwest and Canada, which made for a lot of conversation for us. Again the Staff were so knowledgeable and helpful and took special care of this 80-year-old little lady. The lectures on board were great, the food delicious, the guests delightful. The Russian crew were a delight taking care of our needs efficiently and quietly.
Antarctica is so very special and spectacular. We came home with so many amazing photos and videos. We have been regaling our friends with our adventures.
From the time we left the cruise ship in Ushuaia til I walked in my front door, it was 33-1/2 hours! Next time could you arrange for Scottie to "beam us up?"
Again, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for a truly amazing once in a lifetime adventure. I hope to call on you again in the future.
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Leslie Klinger has made a name for himself as one of the leading annotators of popular fiction. He first won acclaim for his New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, which took an in-depth look at Arthur Conan Dyle's timeless detective. And Klinger's followed that up with The New Annotated Dracula, which, while exhaustively researched, has some fun with Bram Stoker's vampire count by treating Stoker's original novel -- which famously uses countless real-world details of the Victorian period to create a startling air of authenticity -- as though it was non-fiction. I recently chatted with Klinger, who's now annotating Neil Gaiman's Sandman, about his love of Dracula, on the fun of annotating classic books, and on what's next for him. Read what Klinger had to say after the jump.
On when his Interest in Dracula began:
"I came across the book when I was in college, a long time ago. I was an English major and it was one of those books that seemed to be important to read. I don't remember what course I read it for, but I read it and it was a great surprise. The surprise was that I expected it to be kind of dry and dusty, but I should have learned by then that the books were reading in college went far beyond one's sort of impression. So I remember the same thing about Moby Dick. I thought, 'Wow, this is really going to be a chore to read.'
But I remember saying, 'Wow, this was a great book!' Dracula, I just didn't imagine that it would be scary, and to my great surprise it was scary. This was back in the dark ages, before we had the current explosion of vampire stuff, but the Hammer films had been around and I had expected this not very scary book. But instead, I found this very powerful story. I kind of put it aside. I read it in college and was a great fan over the years, paid attention to earlier editions of the book. I was interested in Dracula from the beginning, but I didn't think of doing anything with it until after I finished my Sherlock Holmes books. My wife said, 'Why don't you do the same for Dracula?' I said, 'Gee! That'd really be fun because it's the same time period.' I like to envision Holmes and Dracula walking down the street at the same time. The late 1890s or even 1880s."
On treating Stoker's novel as though it was non-fiction:
"I come from the world of Sherlock Holmes, where for more than a hundred years, fans would have said, 'Let's examine those stories as if they (and it's a game – we admit it's a game) were true, as if they were biographical and historical documents.' This leads to a different approach to some of the material; and I thought, 'Gee! It would be great to do that with Dracula,' because it lets me look at fascinating background material to take Bram Stoker at his word, where he said in the introduction to one of the editions, that it is all true and it is based on one of the papers that his friends gave him. I said, "It would be fun to look at that and figure out what parts of it are true. What parts of it did Stoker fictionalize to cover up the truth? So this led me to look into such things like tide and cables. And the train time tables for Varna to try and figure out whether the descriptions in the book are accurate. It was a lot of fun to approach it that way. But I also wanted very much to make the book usable by scholars who didn't want to play the game. Essentially, everything in the notes is true, it's the interpretations that are done with a wink for fun."
On what books he may next annotate:
"There is a certain tension here. The certain tension is that Norton, the publishers, who I love working with – they are a wonderfully supportive publisher, they have been extremely generous in letting me put in a lot more material than was originally compiled. In Sherlock Holmes, for example, the book was originally budgeted for about 1800 pages. It came out at 3000 pages. They, however, have this really selfish attitude that they want to make a profit. [Laughs.] That requires them to sell enough copies of a book to re-coup their costs. So it has to be a book that has enough of a following that they can see that they will sell a bunch of copies. For example, we had talked about Frankenstein. That's a book I would love to annotate, because it's kind of like Dracula. A lot of people think they know what it is, but they're thinking about the movie version. They haven't read the book or paid attention to that wonderful book. But, unlike Dracula, there isn't enough of a market, it appears. The book, itself, doesn't sell that well. The same is true for some of the others that I have suggested. For example, I had thought about doing an annotated version of War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, which is another one of my favorite books. Similarly, the book just doesn't really sell very well. At this point, maybe some of your readers would like to come up with brilliant suggestions. I'm kind of stumped about a book that, on the one hand, I would love to do, and on the other hand, there is actually a market for it that a large number of your fans will buy. I have been asked, 'How was I such a trend visionary (Sherlock Holmes took almost seven years in writing and Dracula took about two and a half years) that I knew that the Twilight books and films would be so immensely popular right at the time of the release of Dracula?' And at the time of the Sherlock Holmes books, of course, how did I know Holmes was going to be this huge of a film success? Well, I didn't! I had no idea!"
On his greatest fear:
"I guess my greatest fear is to be wrong. Since I'm a lawyer by day and an annotator by night, I keep asserting things like 'This is the way it is,' and my greatest fear is that I have done a sloppy job on something and I am going to get caught out to be wrong. It's a subtle fear, it's not quite like saying, 'Spiders.' But I think, honestly, that's my greatest fear. Spiders is number two."
On his favorite film version of Dracula:
"Yes, and it certainly isn't Bram Stoker's Dracula. I would probably go with Nosferatu, which echoes many elements of the book. People don't necessarily think of it as a Dracula film; but it clearly was based on Dracula, and it doesn't matter to me whether it was the original or the remake – both of them are brilliant films. I would probably go with that as my favorite Dracula film. If it has to be a really strictly Dracula film, I'd probably go with Dan Curtis' Count Dracula starring Jack Palance, or the BBC film version starring Louis Jourdan. That's a wonderful version. Very true to the original book, except for Louis Jourdan being so incredibly good looking."
On the latest film version of Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr.:
"I loved it. I would have to disclose that, as a consultant on the [film], I worked with the producers and the actors, so I have a vested interest in it. But I really liked it because they had their hearts in the right place, they had my books on the set every day. They were really trying to do the right thing. There were well over two hundred films of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes and Dracula are respectably the number one and number two most filmed character of all time. Nobody, in either case, has really done it right. In neither case, have they done it in the sense of staying true to the original stories. Everybody has their own spin on it. I am very fond of the Downey film; I loved the Jeremy Brett television series of Sherlock Holmes. The Fox films were good, but the Universal films were so bad; the scripts were so terrible. Nobody has done it perfectly well. The answer to the best film in both cases, is the one that plays in my head when I read the book."


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The versatile Bosch MCM4100Gb food processor can tackle a vast range of food preparation jobs for you.
All the prep that goes with creative cooking – chopping, slicing, dicing and mixing – can be time consuming and tiring.
Get the results you want quickly and effortless with this 800 watt food processor, which comes with a comprehensive range of quality attachments to suit all occasions.
These include:
- Stainless steel chopping blade
- Stainless steel cutting disc inserts (thick and thin)
- Shredding disc inserts (coarse and fine)
- Plastic dough tool and whisking disc
- French fries disc
- Citrus press
- Juice extractor
There are also 2speeds and a pulse setting for use with the2.2-litre bowl and a 1.25-litre liquidiser that's perfect for smoothies, soups and sauces.
There's also an integrated accessories drawer so all your discs can be stored away, while taking up minimum space in your kitchen. You'll wonder how you ever survived without your essential kitchen assistant!
Useful info:
- 800-watt motor
- 2 speeds plus pulse setting
- 35 functions
- 2.2-litre bowl
- 1.25-litre liquidiser
- Detachable stainless steel blades
- 500g plastic mixing bowl
- Plastic blender attachment
- Cutting discs
- Stuffer
- Universal knife
- Cutting and shredding inserts
- Bosch MCM4100Gb food processor


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