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2002 Ford Escort ZX2 2dr Coupe (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
I had one of these for 4 years and 35,000 miles until someone hit me and tore the front end off, spinning me around and deploying the airbags. I walked away unscathed, The car surprised me by taking a hit that well. Tough little car. Was fun to drive, cheap to maintain, great MPG. Interior held up well. Not the most comfortable for highway cruises, to be expected.The car only left me stranded twice, a tie rod end broke at 100,000 miles (that could have been bad) and a loose grounding block on the negative battery cable kept it from starting (thought it was the fuel pump at first, phew) Lots of good forums and info out there on these cars, take advantage.
Folding rear seats, Liked the simplicity... Roll up windows, manual door locks, stick shift, i.e. not much to go wrong and no "button overload"
Bought brand new in 2001. Great value, decent gas mileage, but you get what you pay for. Several issues with this car. First off, there is a terrible vibration at idle, which from what I have found is a problem that cannot be fixed. Due to this, there are cracks in the dash and even the bumper, which will need replacing soon now. At around 50,000 miles the blower went out, around 80,000 the cruise control went. Have also been getting an intermittent service engine soon light. Have changed oil and rotated tires every 5000 miles. The car only has 3 cup holders, two of which are placed in front of your A/C controls and one that is not usable if you are using the DC outlet.
Price, gas mileage. Sporty looking.
Fix vibration issue. More cup holders with better placement. (there is ample space in the doors) Center console would be nice, although I know that deters from the sporty look. Also radio is designed so it cannot be replaced with an aftermarket.
I love this car alot. i bought it for cheap with low miles. i did have some problems such as misfiring when cold but after a tune up, pcv valve replacment, fuel system cleaner, new fuel filter. the car runs great. shifts great with pennzoil synchromesh in the trans. Its just a great car al together for the money. Better then any old rusted civic that is for sure.
more power, better design of rims, different spoiler.
The car far exceeded expectations. No mechanical problems, has all the bells & whistles-moon roof, etc. I have gotten over 40 mpg on trips. The only problem with Fords is the cars develop a rattle that Toyotas do not have. I love this car, fun to drive and handles well.
Great on gas and fun to drive.
Rattle in the dash.
Bought my 02 in 2006 with 17000 miles on it for $4500; it's loaded with every option. Now there are 58000 miles on it with nothing other than oil changes. This car can't be beat for the price, performance, and reliability. The lowest mileage I have ever had was 29 and that was in Houston traffic. On the highway 37-40 isn't unusual. Hands down, this is one of the most reliable models Ford has produced. There have been no recalls, yet Ford never really marketed this car at all. If you get the chance at least take it for a test drive. I never thought that I would end up in a four cylinder coupe - I was driving a 79 Bonneville - but I really love my car.
This is my first car that has had every option available, I love the leather seats, the moonroof, the manual tranny, and the CD player.
Fix the windows, every time it rains, even a little bit, the water runs inside. Other than that I have no problems.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG – Blair County commissioners will pay $3,500 for an appraisal of Valley View Home and surrounding grounds to meet a requirement in the County Code that the appraisal could also be used to calculate future real estate taxes.
Commissioners agreed Tuesday to hire local real estate agent Richard Johnston to prepare the appraisal. They also will have Chief Tax Assessor Michael Baldner prepare an appraisal.
Valley View is currently up for sale through the Chicago firm of Marcus & Millichap, which is accepting responses from interested entities that are responding to a request for proposals.
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Tattoos are commonly used among criminals to show gang membership and record the wearer's personal history—such as his or her skills, specialties, accomplishments, and convictions. They are also used as a means of personal expression. Certain designs have developed recognized coded meanings. The code systems can be quite complex and because of the nature of what they encode, the tattoos are not widely recognized.
Tattooing is forbidden in most prisons. It is therefore done in secret, with makeshift equipment. For example, tattoos done in a Russian prison often have a distinct bluish color (due to being made with ink from a ballpoint pen) and usually appear somewhat blurred because of the lack of instruments to draw fine lines. The ink is often created from burning the heel of a shoe and mixing the soot with urine (for sterilization), and injected into the skin utilizing a sharpened guitar string attached to an electric shaver.
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Prison Tattooing
Prison tattoos often signal gang membership, form a code, or have hidden meanings. However, due to the lack of proper equipment and sterile environments in prison, the practice poses health risks. Tattooing in prison is illegal in the United States, but inmates find ways to create their own tattooing devices out of their belongings. Improvised equipment is assembled from mechanical pencils, magnets, radio transistors, staples, paper clips, guitar strings, and other common items. The ink used also needs to be improvised, either from pens or made using melted plastic (such as checkers or chess pieces), soot mixed with shampoo, or melted Styrofoam. Prison tattooing is not generally done freely, and the tattooists are normally paid with anything from stamps and cigarettes to actual cash.
There are many different symbols and numbers that represent multiple gangs or groups. Certain images like spider webs can represent the length of sentences. One of the most well-known tattoos is the teardrop tattoo (which can mean the wearer has killed someone). Tattoos are also used to communicate who the inmates are as people – for example, white supremacists will display prominent tattoos to show their beliefs such as the number '311' (representing the KKK), the percentile '100%' (a white supremacist indicator of racial purity), Valknuts (an old Norse symbol), and swastikas. Another common prison tattoo is the five dots tattoo, a quincunx usually placed on the hand, with different meanings in different cultures.
UV Tattoo
UV tattoos are tattoos made with a special ink that is visible under an ultraviolet light (blacklight). Depending upon the ink, they can be nearly invisible in non-UV environments, thus they are a popular consideration for people seeking a subtler tattoo. They are particularly popular in the raver subculture. Although the tattoos are sometimes considered invisible in normal light, scarring from the tattoo machine in the application process may remain, and therefore still show. A UV tattoo becomes visible under blacklight, when it glows in colors ranging from white to purple, depending on the ink chosen. Colored ink is also available, where the ink is visible in normal light (as with a regular tattoo) but the ink will glow vividly under UV light. However, some UV inks are not as bright under normal light as normal tattoo ink and are considered not as vibrant.
Blue Star Tattoo Legend
The blue star tattoo legend frequently surfaces in American elementary and middle schools in the form of a flyer that has been photocopied through many generations, which is distributed to parents by concerned school officials. It has also become popular on Internet mailing lists and websites. This legend states that a temporary lick-and-stick tattoo soaked in LSD and made in the form of a blue star (the logo of the Dallas Cowboys is often mentioned), or of popular children's cartoon characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Bart Simpson, is being distributed to children in the area in order to get them 'addicted to LSD.'
The legend is present also in Brazil as well as Portugal, at least since the 1970s. Flyers detailing the hoax circulated in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s.
Teardrop Tattoo
Teardrop tattoos originated as a prison tattoo that was forced on some inmates by their 'Sugar Daddy' to signify sexual ownership and to permanently mark that person as a 'sissy.' The tattoo was later appropriated in the Chicano gangs of California by members who had killed another person, particularly while in prison. The tattoo can also mean that a family member, close friend or fellow gang member has died, frequently in a gang related incident.
In the United Kingdom, the tear tattoo can indicate someone that has spent time in a young offenders prison. In the U.S., A fully inked in teardrop can mean that a murder was committed. If the teardrop is clear in the middle, it can indicate an attempted murder, or that a loved one was murdered. A tear drop that is empty at the the top and inked at the bottom can indicate that a loved one was murdered and the killer was himself murdered by the tattoo wearer.
Forehead Advertising
Forehead Advertising is a type of nontraditional advertising that involves using a person's forehead as advertising space. John Carver and his London Creative Agency, CUNNING, is credited with inventing the concept in 2003 with ForeheADS. In a 2004 CUNNING campaign, forty young adults were paid $11 per hour to wear temporary tattoos on their foreheads for a 2004 campaign promoting the launch of the Scion tC for Toyota. A short lived startup in Rhode Island, Headvertise, offered up to $150 per week for wearing a temporary logo tattoo on one's forehead. It was last reported that 64 students had featured ads on their foreheads for companies such as Roommates.com.
Forehead advertising made headlines in early 2005 when a 20-year-old man, Andrew Fischer, auctioned his forehead for advertising space on eBay. The winning company, SnoreStop, bid $37,375 to display their logo via temporary tattoo on his forehead for 30 days. Later that year forehead advertising moved beyond temporary tattoos. Kari Smith auctioned her forehead for advertising space on eBay for an asking price of $10,000. GoldenPalace.com, a Canadian Internet gambling company, paid $10,000 for Smith to permanently tattoo 'GoldenPalace.com' on her forehead. GoldenPalace.com has also advertised its logo via temporary and permanent tattoos on the backs of boxers, bellies of pregnant women, women's legs, and the chest of a swimsuit model.read more »
Ghetto Fabulous
Ghetto fabulous refers to a fashion stereotype alluding to individuals living in an affluent materialistic style while not actually wealthy. It is part of a larger cultural trend of the 1990s where black, urban fashion was becoming a hot commodity through the rise of 'hardcore' rap. Because of the circumstances of many inner city families, poverty and consumerism became the focal point of artistic expression. With the rise of malls in the 1980s, this could be seen in the larger cultural context as well.
'Excessive consumerism and an obsession with bling are certainly not confined to any particular demographic. We are a nation of excess and instant gratification. It has become the American way.' For inner city youth, the ghetto fabulous life was about trying to outrun their socio-economic situations. For centuries, fashion has represented socio-economic status, so lower classes will buy outside their means in order to try and fit into an image of the upper classes.read more »
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan (b. 1970) is a British-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He created several of the most successful films of the early 21st century, and his eight films have grossed over $3.5 billion worldwide. Having made his directorial debut with 'Following' (1998), he gained considerable attention for his second feature, 'Memento' (2000). The acclaim of these independent films afforded Nolan the opportunity to make the big-budget thriller 'Insomnia' (2002), and the more offbeat production 'The Prestige' (2006); which were well-received critically and commercially. He found popular success with 'The Dark Knight' trilogy (2005–2012), 'Inception' (2010), and 'Interstellar' (2014). He runs the London-based production company Syncopy Inc. with his wife Emma Thomas.
His films are rooted in philosophical and sociological concepts, exploring human morality, the construction of time, and the malleable nature of memory and personal identity. Experimentation with metafictive elements, temporal shifts, elliptical cutting, solipsistic perspectives, nonlinear storytelling and the analogous relationship between the visual language and narrative elements, permeate his entire body of work.read more »
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
'The Adventures of Pete & Pete' was an American children's television series produced by Wellsville Pictures and broadcast by Nickelodeon than ran from 1993 to 1996. The show featured humorous and surreal elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on two brothers both named Pete Wrigley, and their various interactions with family, friends, and enemies.
The show was created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi and began as minute-long shorts in 1989 that aired in between regular programs. Owing to the popularity of the shorts, five half-hour specials were made, followed by a regular half-hour series.
YOLO is an acronym for 'you only live once.' Similar to 'carpe diem' ('seize the day') or 'memento mori' ('remember that you will die'), it implies that one should enjoy life, even if that entails taking risks. The expression' is commonly attributed to Golden Age film star Mae West, but variations of the phrase have been in use for over 100 years, including as far back as (the German equivalent of) 'one lives but once in the world' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in his 1774 play 'Clavigo' and as the title of a waltz, 'Man lebt nur einmal!' ('You Only Live Once!') by Johann Strauss II in 1855.
The acronym is in youth culture and music, and was popularized by the 2011 song 'The Motto' by Canadian rapper Drake (who later claimed to want royalties due to the proliferation of merchandise bearing the phrase). Actor Zac Efron has a tattoo with the acronym. The expression has been criticized for its use in conjunction with reckless behavior, most notably in a Twitter post by aspiring rapper Ervin McKinness just prior to his death: 'Drunk af going 120 drifting corners #FuckIt YOLO.'
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The product Levis created is different from the one known today. Lon Adams developed the current Slim Jim recipe while working for Goodmark. Slim Jim is one example of a food product which is listed as containing mechanically separated chicken in its ingredients by requirement of the USDA. Production was interrupted after an explosion and fire in 2009 destroyed the packaging operations of the formerly-sole Garner, North Carolina manufacturing facility, but has since resumed there and in Troy, Ohio. On May 20, 2011 the facility in Garner, N.C. closed, the same day that former spokesperson 'Macho Man' Randy Savage died.
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Federico da Montefeltro, the famous duca :)
Favorite thing: Federico da Montefeltro is a rather illustrious figure. He was born illegitimate but the actual duke of early 15th century, Guidantonio da Montefeltro, who had no legitimate kids, declared him his son and thus heir, even with official approval of the pope. When he was a kid he was sent to several places including Venezia for better and especially classical education, which was partly responsible for him being the patron for arts as we know him today. He earned a lot of money as a condottiere (mercenary) in his early adult years which might had given him the power to bring forward arts and culture in Urbino and its surroundings. But he was still a commander and felt as such. I have read that he was among the leaders who inspired Niccolò Machiavelli to write his "Il Principe", "The Prince". His being a commander was also reason why he is always portrayed from the left side only: he lost his right eye and the upper part of his nose in a knight fight. The most famous painting of him and his wife, Battista Sforza, is the diptych.
(I should know more about him by now, since in a way he is "my" duca, regent of Montefeltro, where Gubbio once belonged to. But I am still in a learning curve about him. More one day).
Memorials of importnat citizens
Favorite thing: During Urbinos heydays many important people (scientists, artists...) came to live here, some were even born here. To memorialize those persons that contributed to the glory of Urbino, memorial tablets were placed on the houses where they lived. You can find them all over Urbino. Specially a lot of them you can find in Via Barocci, where nearly every house had an important tenant.
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Favorite thing: Remiders of the year when a house was built are built in the walls of many buildings in Urbino. Most of them date back to second half of 15th century when the town bloomed ubder Federico II. But the numbers are old-fashioned and differ from modern ones. This one on the picture 1S92 actually means 1492. That S is a half 8, equals to modern 4.
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It came in decline in 1508 when son of Federico II, Guidobaldo, died without a heir.
At the end of 16th century Urbino again came to power for a very short time and in 1631it came finally under the authority of church. Many of the works of art were then moved to other cities, like Rome and Firenze.
Fondest memory: On the picture is the relief of Federico II. It's very similar to the very famous painting made by Piero della Francesca. He made portraits of Federico and his wife Battista Sforza which can be seen in Firenze in Galleria Degli Uffizi.
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Daniel Raymond (1786–1849) was the first person to publish a systematic text on economics in the United States, Thoughts on Political Economy—much of it a critique and refutation of Adam Smith. Raymond argued that the economy of Great Britain was fundamentally crippled by the nation's organization as an oligarchy, with only the higher-ranking members of that society fully participating in the national economy, while the majority of subjects were forced into brutal, impoverished subsistence work. This difference between an oligarchy and a republic underpinned Raymond's rejection of Smith's theory that a nation's wealth is an aggregation of exchange values brought together by the invisible hand of "the market." Clearly echoing Alexander Hamilton's conception of the need to increase labor power through the promotion of manufactures, Raymond argued that wealth is properly understood as the capacity to acquire the necessaries and conveniences of life by the application of labor-and that labor can be made more productive by the application of technology through the development of machinery.
It may be difficult to sort out all the economic arguments, but in the end, the importance of Raymond's argument to the crises we face today is made clear in one concise statement: national wealth can only be augmented by industry NOT by parsimony. This, of course, is a direct refutation of the current prescription of austerity and budget balance mania.
Especially notable is Raymond's treatment of the rich, which should be taken as solid historical evidence that the wrong-wing is dead wrong about class warfare—it is very American. It is not well known today that along with a standing military, the Founders recognized the rich as a grave threat to the republic. Madison's Federalist Paper Number 10 on political factions notes that economic interests—i.e., the rich—are the most usual cause of factions. Raymond confronts this issue head on.
In his important book, Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream, Gabor Borritt points to the influence Raymond had on the American System economists, such as Henry Carey, who were favored by Lincoln.
In the excerpt below, Raymond identifies two types of corporations: political, and money. By money corporation, Raymond means all business corporations, but he has some particularly strong words for banks in particular, which may confuse some people who think "money corporation" means only banks, when it does not.
The second class of corporations may be denominated money corporations , and their influence on national wealth, is more direct and immediate than the first class.
This class embraces banking companies, insurance companies, road companies, trading companies, and every description of associations incorporated for the purpose of promoting the fortunes of the members of the corporation. The act of incorporation is for the purpose of giving the members an artificial power, which they would not possess in their individual capacities….
The very object of a money corporation is to give to the members an artificial power, which they would not otherwise possess, or to exempt them from some liability, to which they would be subject, but for the act of incorporation.
The very object then of the act of incorporation is to produce inequality, either in rights, or in the division of property. Prima facie, therefore all money corporations are detrimental to national wealth. They are always created for the benefit of the rich and never for the poor. The poor have no money to vest in them and can therefore derive no advantage from such corporations. The rich have money, and not being satisfied with the power which money itself gives them, in their private individual capacities they seek for an artificial combination, or amalgamation of their power that its force may be augmented.
An incorporated banking company has a great advantage over individuals in loaning money. By combining the fortunes of a great many individuals, they not only operate with greater effect and with less danger from competition, but their private property is also, ordinarily, exempted by the charter from all liability for the debts of the bank. Here then are a parcel of rich men, cloathed with the privilege of having their property, beyond a certain extent, exempt from liability for their debts, a privilege which no private citizen enjoys….
Why do a parcel of rich men wish to combine their capital and form a bank, or an insurance company? For no other purpose but to augment the artificial power, already too great, which money gives them in accumulating more. Can the poor derive any direct advantage from such an institution? Can they hope to own any part of its stock? Can those who have no money hope to enter into competition with those who have in buying the stock? Such a hope must be remote indeed….
Every money corporation, therefore, is prima facie injurious to national wealth, and ought to be looked upon by those who have no money, with jealousy and suspicion. They are, and ought to be considered, as artificial engines of power, contrived by the rich, for the purpose of increasing their already too great ascendency, and calculated to destroy that natural equality among men which God has ordained, and which no government has a right to lend its power in destroying. The tendency of such institutions is to cause a more unequal division of property, and a greater inequality among men than would otherwise take plac,e which necessarily bring in their train as has already been shown poverty, pauperism, and misery on the rest of the community. The influence of such institutions on national prosperity is precisely the same in proportion to their amount of stock as that of a national debt.
I do not say that corporations of this description ought never to be created, but only that they should be created with caution. It must be recollected that too great an equality in the division of property is as prejudicial to national industry and wealth, as too unequal a division There must be some high prizes in the lottery in order to encourage people to venture their fortunes in them. There must be rewards for industry, enterprise, and talents in order to stimulate their exertion.
A money corporation should be cloathed with as few exclusive privileges as possible. It should be encumbered with as many restrictions, as shall be necessary to keep the stock always as low as par. Whenever it rises above par, it is a sure sign that the company has gained an advantage of the public equal to the excess above the par value. The private property of the stockholders should never be exempted from the payment of the debts of the bank.
Under such restrictions as shall keep the stock down to its par value a bank may be useful at all times. It does not then, tend to the unequal and unnatural division of property.
Corporations also for the purpose of building roads, canals, and making other permanent improvements may be very beneficial to a country. But in incorporating all such companies, it should be a universal principle, never to incorporate them for the purpose of giving the individuals an artificial power to increase their own fortunes. Wealth of itself gives the possessor, artificial, and unnatural power enough when exerted singly and individually, and quite too much when combined and cloathed with artificial advantage.
People are not usually aware, of the immense advantage a company of monied men acquire in consequence of an act of incorporation It gives them a much greater influence and power, than the same amount of property would do, divided among the individual members of the corporation. It enables them to control in a great degree the operations and industry of a whole community….
By possessing such an immense engine of power, a bank can often so far control the operations of private individuals in every branch of business, as to be able to put almost any man down, who shall attempt to do business without their agency, or who refuses to submit to their domination. The young, the ardent, and enterprising are encouraged to engage in business, by the facility of obtaining the means through the agency of banks. They have, perhaps, a few thousand dollars of their own and some friend is persuaded to become their endorser at bank, for the purpose of getting more and after a few years of laborious industry, they find that all their own money and the proceeds of their labour have been swallowed up by the banks, and they may think themselves well off, if a part of their friend's property has not gone the same way.
It is no doubt a melancholy fact, that more than all the profits of all the industry of Baltimore, in the last five years, have found their way into the vaults of the Baltimore banks. The people, it is true, have lived in the meantime, but the people of Baltimore exclusive of the bank stockholders, are no doubt at this day possessed of less property, than they were five years ago. The banks have become possessed of a great portion of the real property in the city, while the industrious labouring class of the community, have been continually growing poor….
It is a prevailing vice in all governments, of extending their patronage and protection to the rich and powerful, to the almost total neglect of the poor and weak. Laws are made for the purpose of enabling the rich to augment their fortunes with greater facility, and which do, in reality, operate as exclusive privileges. Institutions are established for the purpose of accumulating the revenues of the rich and adding them to their stock of wealth. Governments seem never to have reflected, that in proportion as one man or one class of men grow rich, others must grow poor—they seem to have forgotten that the whole is equal to all its parts, and that an unequal division of property necessarily causes an unequal division of the annual product of labour.
All these fatal errors in legislation, (except those wilful ones produced by the selfishness of men,) proceed from confounding national with individual wealth, and from that disastrous doctrine of accumulation—from that doctrine which makes national wealth to consist of the surplus of produce above consumption, and which teaches that national wealth can only be augmented by parsimony, and not by industry, which makes avarice the fundamental principle of national wealth; the necessary consequence of which is poverty and pauperism to the labouring classes of the community.
When consumption equals production, the labouring classes will enjoy the greatest abundance. The rich will, under all circumstances, have the ability to procure the necessaries and comforts of life in sufficient abundance Governments, therefore, have no occasion to trouble themselves on their account, or adopt measures to augment their revenues The maxim of governments should be "the rich are able to provide for themselves, the poor need the protection and patronage of government;" instead of which, they act upon the principle that the poor are able to provide for themselves—the rich need the protection and patronage of government In European governments, where the titled and privileged few constitute the nation, it is natural to expect that the fundamental principles of the governments, and of their systems of political economy will have relation only to those privileged great and rich ones; but in a republican government, the nation should be considered as composed of all the people belonging to it, and no measures ought to be adopted, which have a direct or remote tendency to give one class exclusive privileges or undue advantages over the rest of the community
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If you have never been in the Netherlands on the first Monday of any given month, you have managed to miss out on a real treat. I can remember my first Monday of the month like it was yesterday. I had been in the Netherlands for about a week and a half, it was a lovely summer day, birds in the sky, sun shining, and me enjoying my new city by sleeping in late and enjoying a cup of coffee. Ahhh…what a day.
And then, there it was. The noise that shook my walls and rattled my brain because I am lucky enough to live between three loudspeakers. If you don't know what I'm talking about, have a quick listen here:
Terrible isn't it? Well, poor newly-arrived me had no idea what on earth was going on. Should I jump under the table? Should I run around screaming? Was the apocalypse upon me? I ran outside to verify the level of chaos, and what did I see? People just going about their business as though nothing was happening. Children playing in the park. Flocks of disrupted but otherwise unharmed birds circling overhead. No chaos. No destruction. But for the ear-splitting sound, barely any disturbance at all. Now, I had heard that Amsterdam was a relaxed city, but this seemed like a bit TOO relaxed to me. Would you be relaxed with this in the background?
After a quick phone call I discover that, indeed, this is completely normal, if and ONLY if it is precisely 12 noon on the first Monday of the month. But that begs the question, doesn't it? What happens if there actually is an emergency at precisely 12 noon on the first Monday of the month? What happens then?!
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Indeed, I have, on occasion, been in amsterdam during such an occasion, altho i lived in Haarlem. I worked at AMC and would take my sack lunch out to eat in the gardens.....it made me love Holland even more......my life in Holland was the best experience of my live........thus far thank you for your articles.......it is as though i have a friend writing letters to me........ graag Candy
So you have this thing also in the Netherlands, I didn't know it, thanks for this information. You really learn something about dutch & the Netherlands in this blog! - I thought it was a rare phenomen associated with the Swiss paranoia. In Switzerland we're also having these alarms a few times in a year, and there even are special alarm signals for everything, from floods to an atomic war.
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HI Sarah (my daughters name is Sarah).....i can not tell you just how much l loved living in Haarlem.....every 2 years they take over the entire center and put flowers in a tapestry.....it is something to behold......and it is only a short ride via train to amsterdam, if you need something or want to go into town for something.....but Haarlem has all one could ever need or want......they even have their own anne frank type home......owned by corrie tenboom, she was the first clock maker in all of holland (maybe ever...) during WWII (i am a big WWII history nut) Corrie ran the underground. they were protestant, the father was a preacher, as was the brother. corrie and her sister helped run the clock maker shop (less than a block from the town square). they bricked up Corries bedroom wall, and hid some jewish families from the germans until someone turned them in. the entire family was killed but for Corrie, and were sent to Auschwicz.......such an awesome story...please go there and take the tour.....(if history does interest you) sorry i get so excited about holland.......nostalgic.....I lived in schalkwijk and had such a neat buurvrowe. she and her husband were living in rotterdam during the bombing WWII. they lost everything. they rode from rotterdam to bloomendal via bicycle!!!! she was so exciting to talk to! sorry, i get carried away, so glad to talk to you Sarah! Candy
Chuckle - actually once a year every Dutch household gets (or should get) a sheet of instructions what to do when those sirens go off for real. You're supposed to tune in to the local radio or tv station, or check the internet. (The latter, however, quickly gets an overload of visitors and shuts down.) And - depending on the emergency - you're to close windows and doors. Two years ago they accidently pushed the button for all the sirens in Friesland to go off in stead of just the 'affected' area when there was a fire in a cheese factory and one of the big gas tanks on the premises threatened to blow sky high. Anyway, those monthly sirens are just to test if they still work and as you've noticed, they usually do /grin. And like most Dutch I either ignore them, or check if my watch is fast.
As far as I remember if sirens sounds more then 2minutes then we have problems ;D btw I googled your site because I haven't heard sirens for maybe.. like half year already.
What happens when there's actually something wrong at test time? I don't know actually, but I suppose someone will shout into a microphone broadcasting: THIS IS NOT A TEST, ****ING PANIC NOW!
My 'first time' was in Nieuwmarkt last September. I was riding my bike when I heard the air raid sirens. At first couldn't believe it! Was it for real? Something like "Oh man I just got to this city, can't believe we're doomed already!" but I assumed everything was ok when I saw people standing with their beers on the surrounding cafes. Since then I enjoy the test and I usually try to find any tourist listening to it with terror! heheh. Nice blog! I just stumbled upon googling for all this story of the air raid sirens :)
If it is real, it just plays non stop with no interruptions. This type of siren has to be test played frequently as to avoid that it gets stuck (it's some sort of ventilator that sorts the air through a small cavity that makes the noise) or that it accumulates dirty or other objects inside. In the Fire Department where I used to work, there was a siren for major emergencies and it was played every sunday midday for this purpose. For about one year there was a local determination that made impossible to test play it (it was only to be played in case of actual need), and during this period there was a bird nest in it, which had to be removed and the siren didn't worked as expected when it was needed.
Ok, I'm still confused. I don't think i've ever received the letter of what to do...and what does it mean? Is there (some how) a tsunami coming in from the coast? (I live in the hague) It really confuses me, and I do worry sometimes what to do if it rings on a Tuesday or something...please reply! :(
Dear Anomynous, Do to the geographical position of Ireland and Great Britten in relationship to the Netherlands any tsunami coming from the Atlantic will most likely be stopped before reaching the Dutch coast. The Atlantic ocean is the most likely place for a tsunami to come from. However in the geographical history of Europe tsunami's have occurred extremely rare. In case of a normal flood (which do happen relatively frequently in the Netherlands. The Dutch government will be warning you with other means. And if necessary, start an evacuation. Every Dutch city and safety region has already prepared a scenario for this. In this the Dutch government is well prepared and efficient. For example in February 1995 due to a flood warning at least 200,000 people were evacuated from the central river delta region just in case, even though the flood never happened. Mind you big parts of the Hague are build on the dunes so there above sea level. If the sirens sound any other day, just go in doors and turn on the radio and wait. Most likely just a big fire with possible toxic fumes has happened. I hope this helps. To answer Sarah's question if something happens at 12:00 o'clock first Monday of the month the sirens will sound more then 1 minute which is the normal test period. And you know there is trouble. Best regards, Floris
Hello...this is my first visit to Holland and the first Monday of the month. Just heard this alarm that sounded so full of mystery and foreboding. Here I was walking toward a shop and stopped in sheer panic. I didn't know what it was...what to do..where to go. Then I realized everybody just going about their daily lives as normal, so I figured I'd do the same. I did ask my hosts about it when I got back home, but although they knew what it was, they didn't know what action to take should it happen out of schedule. So, I decided to do some research, coming across your blog made me chuckle and reminded me of my experience. Thank you.
Thank you for writing this! I just heard the alarm going off in Rotterdam. I was scared/confused.. now I know what to expect every month.
The first video looks typical of Maastricht, where I have lived. The first time I heard them, I had no idea what was happening and my neighbors were outside acting like they didn't hear it. I had to ask them what was happening. I do not speak Dutch very well and when they said "air raid sirens" all I understood was "air raid". I had to call my Dutch friend to make sure it was just a routine test.
Thanks for the post! It saved me some serious distress. Been in the Netherlands for a week now and the sirens went off while i was sipping coffee at home. Had similar doubts about whether the "end" had come and whether I need to hide... :). Googled and found your soothing post. Thanks! Cheers, J


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text: December 21, 2015 Postcode: EH16 I first used Mike's services to completely re-do my bathroom some years ago, and based on the work he did then, I had no hesitation in getting him back to re-do my kitchen in December, 2015. Mike, and his partner Steve Brown (Steven Brown Joinery) spent considerable time during the design phase to offer ideas and suggestions, and also spent time with me visiting potential suppliers to make sure I got exactly what I wanted. When the work actually started, they start the moment they arrive on-site and do not stop until they finish in the evening. The quality of their work and attention to detail is exceptional. For what they produce, and how they do it, their terms are entirely reasonable. Highly recommended. Service: Value: Get details »


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Candlewood Suites Houston Medical Center Accommodation & Rooms
- Free WiFi and free parking
Main amenities
- 80 guestrooms
- Indoor pool
- Free area shuttle
- 24-hour fitness center
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Front desk safe
- Convenience store
- Self-serve laundry
- Barbecue grills
- Free newspapers in the lobby
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Kitchen
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Stovetop
- Microwave
What's around
- NRG Park (1.4 mi / 2.3 km)
- Houston Maritime Museum (2.6 mi / 4.2 km)
- Houston Natural Science Museum (4.7 mi / 7.6 km)
- Menil Collection (5.5 mi / 8.8 km)
- Children's Museum of Houston (6.4 mi / 10.3 km)
- Houston, TX (HOU-William P. Hobby) 19-min drive; 12.8 miles/20.6 km
- Houston, TX (EFD-Ellington Field) 28-min drive; 20.9 miles/33.7 km
- Houston, TX (IAH-George Bush Intercontinental) 34-min drive; 29.5 miles/47.4 km
- Houston Station 16-min drive; 10.3 miles/16.6 km
- Free self parking
- Free area shuttle
Candlewood Suites Houston Medical Center Accommodation & Roomsfrom ZAR 1,301
- Studio Suite, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking
- Suite One Queen Bed Smoking
- Standard Suite, 1 Queen Bed
- Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking (Roll-in Shower)
- One Bedroom Suite One Queen Bed Smoking
- Suite, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible, Non Smoking
- Suite, Accessible, Non Smoking
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At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 80 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- 24-hour check-in
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-out
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Pets allowed *
- Restrictions apply *
- Up to 80 lb
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking
- Free area shuttle
In the hotel
- Barbecue grills
- Indoor pool
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- 32-inch flat-screen TV
- Cable/satellite TV channels
- DVD player
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Kitchen
- Stovetop
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Dishwasher
- Weekly housekeeping provided
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Candlewood Suites Houston Medical Center Accommodation & Rooms's small print
Also known as
- Candlewood Houston
- Candlewood Suites Hotel Houston
- Candlewood Suites Houston
- Houston Candlewood Suites
- Candlewood Suites Houston Medical Hotel Houston
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for USD 10.00 per stay
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of USD 75.00 per accommodation, per stay (maximum USD 150 per stay)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Excellent 4.0 /5 from 208 reviews
Comfortable stay
It was a nice cozy place to stay, but was a little difficult to locate. Had to go through two or three other parking lots to get to the hotel itself, but once we made it in it was nice
We stayed at this hotel 6 years ago and the rooms look exactly the same. Remodeling is a must. The bed was so uncomfortable your back hurts when you wake up. The appliances didn't work well, just old and need to be upgraded. The air conditioner did not work well. It was either freeze or hot and stuffy. The dishwasher sounded as though it could barely make it. The washers were rusted and the dryers barely dried. The employees were all wonderful, they did keep the hotel clean.
We were in the area for a quick surgery at Texas Children's Hospital. We were looking for a hotel that was relatively close without costing us an arm and a leg. This hotel certainly wasn't the Ritz, but it was clean, comfortable and the staff was lovely. There was a kitchenette, including a full-size fridge so that was a nice touch. The bathroom was very spacious and clean as well. Overall, it was a good stay and met all of our needs perfectly. I would stay again if needed.
Amazing stay staff was great.
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