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Well no, but I wouldn't consider doing that with any book. But I did, very often, have a hard time shutting it off.
My first impression of this story, based on just a few minutes of listening, was: "chick flick", and I came very close to turning it off and giving it a single star rating; so I could get a refund! I was not up for True Romance! How glad I am that I didn't do that, because this story turned out to be one of the most entertaining stories I've listened to from Audible.
Half way through the book I realized it wasn't just the telling story of a farm family, revealed in a remarkably warm and realistic way; detailing the most intimate aspects of life on a sheep farm, and inside the workings of a nuclear family struggling to stay afloat; but a story with a message.
That message began to evolve somewhere in the middle of the book, and was inserted so cleverly that it seemed to appear full blown; in an instant, out of nowhere, and with such skill that it did not shatter it's container; the story that could have very well stood on its own.
I highly recommend this title; in fact, I believe it should be required reading!
"Not as good as previous Barbara Kingsolver"
Yes, it was interesting and good for a long trip.
Global warming and it's impact. the cultural aspect is very interesting, though quite frustrating. Insight to much that is going on today and how isolated areas that are governed by fundamentalist churches, small, suspicious communities, poor access to outside information and lack of belief in science are affecting us all.
I was frustrated with this book. Though it would have been unrealistic to expect the changes I would have liked to see, the book stayed true to the area and culture it represented.
"blah blah blah"
I have and loved them.
Not really my genre. But I usually enjoy her books. I was shocked at how bad this book was.
Her accent seemed to make the people sound simple minded, when they weren't.
She rambled sooooo long on stuff I had to fast forward. I dreaded listening to this one.
Four years on Audible now. Love the convenience of listening while driving, cooking, folding laundry.....
"Monarch monotony."
I enjoyed learning about the Monarch Butterfly and it's migration pattern. I didn't really think the story surrounding it was very interesting.
I loved her book "The Poisonwood Bible" but that's the only other one I've read. This was not nearly as good.
Really nothing special about this book. I would not recommend it to friends.
This is my granddaughter's picture! She is my love.
"Another Story about How People Ruin The World"
I waited a long time before I got this book. It looked interesting but without a little more detail, I should have known better. It took several starts but I finally got through it. I am not an environmentalist but I know there are some things that humans are responsible for messing up in this world. I don't like to read a book for enjoyment and find a lecture on how we are ruining the earth. Maybe it is true, maybe not, but don't expect me to enjoy a lecture when I am looking for an enjoyable story.
"Fiction--but fine writing & a learning experience"
As the main character learns about the butterflies, she discovers herself.
I was raised in the north so I'd like to have seen a more realistic approach to dressing for the weather, tromping around in cold and snow.
Kingsolver has such a sense of place. She knows the lives, the social problems and the strengths of the people of Appalachia. Since she herself reads the work, she does the local accents so well.
Taking wing
I agree with critics who have called the work a bit preachy on environmental/ecology/education issues, but it is still a wonderful read, and I cared about the main characters.
"Don't Quit Reading"
It's a very important novel about real world concerns about climate change. Slow to get into but worth the effort.
While a novel, the story educates one about the monarch butterflies flight and plight as well as the world's current precarious hold.
Read by the author makes it a bit more special.
"Moments of truth knit into a compelling story"
I loved this. I work in a climate-related field and I really appreciated how she embedded science in a completely engaging story. Yes, it was ever so slightly didactic, but the emotional truth-telling more than made up for it, as planetary change whirled individual lives into larger patterns and brought different segments of society together. It worked well as an audiobook because each moment and scene stood on its own, and the slower pace than reading allowed me to savor the fine word choices. Never did I have to try to remind myself who a character was or where they fit into the plot. Kingsolver's voice also turns out to be perfectly pitched and paced to read her own work. I loved it. Did I say that?
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I was hesitant to read this book, in spite of the positive reviews. It seated on my wish list for a while. Every time I had to choose a book, I would glance at it, read its description and would eventually move down the list and listen to another one. The reviews were positive, but I just couldn't conjure up the fact that a book dealing with climate change could be interesting. I finally gave it a try and just loved the story from the beginning to the end. Yes, it deals with hard science and religious believes without being preaching, but showing truly compassion to the world and others. The analogies are something else, subtle and profound at the same time.
The main character's wisdom makes the reader (listener) see the world through her lonely and loving heart.
The narrator, Barbara Kingsolver, is the true soul of this story. In fact, I am trying to find other books narrated by her.
The book makes you wonder whether we sometimes forget that behind facts, science, religious beliefs there are human beings flighting from a place inside them no one else knows.
"Change the narrator for this beautiful story"
Yes, but only with a different narrator.
There is a tremendous opportunity for a professional performer to narrate this story. It is beautifully written and tells a wonderful story. However, choosing the author as the narrator provides no assets to its performance and enjoyment. The question is: can one finish the story before getting too annoyed at the reading style? This is a similar problem with the last book by Ms. Kingsolver.


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The award winning partnership between Emirates Group Security and Edith Cowan University has recently been extended for 5 years at a formal signing ceremony in Dubai.
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SHELBY, MI – Whitehall has little choice but to go small with its basketball lineup.
The Vikings unleashed a four-guard starting cast and it came up big to knock off Shelby from the unbeaten ranks with a 61-53 victory Tuesday night in boys basketball action.
Whitehall weathered an 11-2 run by Shelby to open the game and then held off any comeback hopes by the Tigers down the stretch with a solid performance handling the ball and at the free-throw line. The Vikings went 10-for-10 from the line in the final 1:11 to put it away.
CJ Watson and Lucas Schumm each finished with 18 points to share team-high scoring honors and lead the way for the Vikings to a 3-0 start in West Michigan Conference play and 5-1 overall. Shelby, the two-time defending league champion, falls to 2-1 and 4-1.
"To come in here and have the poise to finish the game the way we did and knock down the foul shots the way we did, withstand the early run and not panic and then go on a run of our own. It's a big win for us," Whitehall coach Nate Aardema said.
Seniors Daniel DuBois and Franklin Uganski were the other guards that got the starting nod and did the job for Whitehall.
"I don't think I've ever had four guys like those. It's unique because they play bigger than they are and they play so stinkin' hard," Aardema said. "As long as we can defend and rebound a little bit, then the other team has to guard our guys too and so far we've been OK with that. It's fun to watch them play and fun to run around and play like that."
Here are five takeaways from the game:
Group effort: Whitehall didn't have a starter taller than 6-foot-1 senior Keenan Aylor, but used its quickness and cuts to the basket to ignite the offense. Ironically, Aylor did his damage from the outside with a couple big 3-pointers in the second half and added 10 points for Whitehall. The Vikings also got contributions inside from Andrew Young and John Spofford, who each finished with four points but they were some timely baskets. Aardema was pleased with the effort throughout the lineup as the Vikings bounced back from their lone loss of the season on Saturday against Spring Lake. "I don't care if you're big or small, if you really compete, good things happen. I thought they did that," Aardema said.
In the paint: Watson was able to slash inside with Shelby's Jeffrey Beckman, a 6-foot-5 senior center, on the bench after picking up his second foul with 1:03 remaining in the first quarter. Watson had eight points in the second quarter when Whitehall made its move to take a 28-18 lead at halftime. Shelby cut into the lead to four in the second half, but the Vikings withstood the rally. Watson also finished with 12 rebounds. "I'm so proud of him, to have 12 rebounds, being 6-foot-1 and he's 155 (pounds). He just anticipates so well, he jumps quick and he works." Watson said the Vikings aren't worried about the size of their starting five. "We just have to run, run fast," he said. "Our whole team is small, so we can't go big. We just put a small lineup in and run it."
Quickness edge: The Vikings used their speed to cover the outside while sagging down on Beckman. He finished with 22 points, but had just four in the first half when he was out either of the lineup or Shelby had trouble working the ball inside. Beckman's early foul trouble was a big factor. "That does hurt, especially offensively, then the other guys feel like they have to step up in his position, in his place," Shelby coach Rick Zoulek said. "You've got to have that, good teams have to deal with that. You have to go 3-4-5 minutes without one of your better players and we just didn't do very well. We didn't panic, I thought we tried to play quicker than we should. They were quicker than us and we can't play to their speed." Senior guard Danny Beckman added 14 points and Dustin Carlson-Hicks had 10, but Shelby got just seven points from the rest of the lineup. "I thought Whitehall did a good job of staying with their game plan of just saying shut it off inside. Sag off," Zoulek said. "They did a great job of blocking out Jeffrey every time and kept him off the glass."
Sweating the details: Zoulek thought Whitehall did more of the little things right and that added up to the outcome. "They took care of the ball better, made better choices with the ball. They hit some big shots and big free throws, obviously, that's something you've got to do, too. But I thought we made a lot of poor choices, especially in that first half, with the basketball," Zoulek said. "It wasn't just our perimeter guys. We were moving the ball and trying to find a way to get it inside, but our post players didn't do a very good job of sealing off and getting open and moving better. That's something I've got to do better at in practice. Our post players are good and big strong kids, but I've got to coach them up a little better."
Strong start: The Vikings are the only undefeated team in the West Michigan Conference race and Watson said the goal isn't to slow down. "It's a big win. Our plan was to beat Shelby both times and that's one time," he said. "We just have to go at it the next time." Shelby, North Muskegon, Montague and Oakridge are a game back in the standings. "To be 3-0 in the league right now after playing Shelby, Mason County and Oakridge, we feel really fortunate and really excited," Aardema said. "Those are three pretty good teams and we needed to play well to win all of them. It's a long league season and I think it's a really good league this year. We feel good to be 3-0."
Mark Opfermann covers sports for MLive/Muskegon Chronicle. Email him at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter and Facebook.


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October 3, 2012, 12:06 am TWN
The China Post news staff--Taiwan's new top official on China took his oath of office on Tuesday, but was immediately attacked by the opposition for failing to identify photos of most of Beijing's top politicians.
Wang Yu-chi (王郁琦), a trusted confidant of President Ma Ying-jeou who served as his spokesman from 2008 to 2010, was criticized in parliament immediately after being sworn in as chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council.
Wang was shown photos of the top nine members of the Chinese leadership but could recognize only two. Among those he failed to identify was China's 7th Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Jia Qinglin (賈慶林).
"You cannot even recognize Jia Qinglin," said Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) of the China-skeptic main opposition Democratic Progressive Party. "This could be very dangerous for China ties."
The appointment of Wang last month surprised many and raised concerns about whether the scholar-turned-politician was familiar enough with China affairs.
Wang succeeds Lai Shin-yuan (賴幸媛) who has been appointed the island's envoy to the World Trade Organization.
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Video: Fallen tree on College; apparent cause is wind
Local resident John Holland captured dramatic photographs and video of a 50-foot tree that fell down Monday at College and Alcatraz avenues in Berkeley, apparently due to wind.
The tree fell shortly before 3:30 p.m., on the west side of the street just above 3170 College.
Holland went live on Periscope to document the situation. Watch the video below.
City spokesman Matthai Chakko confirmed, at about 4:35 p.m., no one had been hurt by the fallen tree, and the Berkeley Police Department was on the scene. Traffic was moving through the area, and city forestry staffers were investigating the cause of the damage, he said.
He said shortly before 5 p.m. that wind appeared to have been the culprit.
Holland said the tree appeared completely hollow inside. One car appeared to have been damaged by fallen limbs, he said. … Continue reading »
How I became a docent for burrowing owls. What a hoot!
By Rubi Abrams
Newly retired from a fulfilling career as a community college librarian last year, I was ready to plunge into as many birding activities as I could schedule. Birding-related travel, classes, meetups, speaker series, feeder watch, bird counts – the more the better, and most sponsored by Golden Gate Audubon Society. But I was also eager to use my professional skills. I was itching to be a citizen scientist, to have a "conservation conversation" in my community.
Read more (and see photos) on burrowing owls.
Remembering the delightful young adult novel Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, I was inspired to get involved with the GGAS Burrowing Owl docent project. In the novel two young boys embark on a campaign to save the burrowing owl colony in their Florida town from real-estate developers. Although not threatened by local developers, our local burrowing owl populations have declined steeply, and they are currently a federally listed Species of Management Concern and Species of Special Concern in California due to habitat disruption. Though protected, there is still plenty to do in educating the public about these delightful creatures. … Continue reading »
After 50 years, a rare desert plant blooms in Tilden Park
After 50 years of quietly minding its own business at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Tilden Park, a rare desert plant by the name of "giant nolina" has started flowering — probably for the first time ever.
The giant nolina, also known as giant beargrass, is a California native plant found only in the Kingston Mountains of the eastern Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, according to the Botanic Garden.
There are in fact two nolina plants at the garden, and they were collected by the garden's founding director, James Roof, and a garden staff member, Walter Knight, from the area near Beck Springs in the Kingston Mountains back in 1966.
Unlike many plants with giant blooms, the giant nolina does not die after flowering – it just keeps on growing. … Continue reading »
First time observed: Hundreds of monarch butterflies cluster in Berkeley's Aquatic Park
In late October, Berkeleyside received a tip that thousands of tiny fish were jumping in the waters of Aquatic Park.
Less than three weeks later, we received another "scoop" about the park that throngs of monarch butterflies were clustering in the trees.
I'd seen groups of monarchs in well-known gathering places, called "roosts" or "bivouacs," in Pacific Grove and Santa Cruz. But I'd never heard of such a spectacle in Berkeley.
So I rushed the next morning to Aquatic Park, to the trees just east of the 14th hole of the disc-golf course, the site where the butterflies had purportedly been spotted. … Continue reading »
Making a splash: Fish jumping in Berkeley's Aquatic Park
Dark clouds gathered last Tuesday morning, and many of us hoped for a storm. Yet, the not-so-still waters at Berkeley's Aquatic Park didn't roil from raindrops; they bubbled from thousands of small jumping fish.
According to Dr. Peter Moyle, Distinguished Professor Emeritus with the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology at UC Davis, these little silver fish were juvenile topsmelt (Atheriopsis affinis). Full-size topsmelt can be as long as 14.5 inches. … Continue reading »
Sweetness and light: Diary from a hummingbird's nest
Have you ever had one of those days in which everything sparkles?
For me, that day was March 1. It was my first day out on my own, following a painful injury. It was the day I picked up and freed a pigeon, trapped in the dark corner of a café where I like to write. It was also the day when my friend showed me something I will never forget: a hummingbird's nest.
I drove home, retrieved my camera, then returned an hour later to take photos of the nest. In fact, I returned more than a dozen times in March and April. Below are my favorite photos from the experience. … Continue reading »
An end for giant North Berkeley eucalyptus
City workers began taking down a huge eucalyptus tree at King Pool in North Berkeley on Wednesday morning after it was found to be decaying at its core.
According to local resident and Berkeleyside freelance reporter Mary Flaherty, the crew was working to remove large branches from the tree and grind them up. A worker told Flaherty the work began at 8 a.m. Wednesday and would likely last for two days.
Berkeleyside reported in February on the planned removal. The tree was found to have wood fungus and decay, said city staff, and its location next to the pool and a playground thus created a dangerous situation.
The tree was estimated to reach 140 feet, with four massive trunks.
Thursday, Robert Collier shared this photograph of the work up to that point. City spokesman Matthai Chakko said the tree will be cut down to a depth of 16 inches below ground.
Scroll to the bottom of this post for the latest photographs. … Continue reading »
Photos: With some rain comes a rainbow over Berkeley
The sun peeked through the clouds early this morning creating a dramatic rainbow that appeared to plunge into the bay, perhaps leaving its treasure there?
At least four readers thought it was precious enough to photograph, and they shared their images with us before 8 a.m. (After this post was published, several more readers sent us their rainbow photos and we have added them to the collection.) … Continue reading »
Bay Nature: Restitches our connection to natural world
No matter how grand the "internet of things" becomes, all the digital wizardry in the world will never rival the unsurpassable majesty of nature.
Applied to the Bay Area, this global truth spears the soul four times a year as it arrives in the unassuming vehicle of the quarterly magazine Bay Nature.
Marking the 15th anniversary of a publication dedicated to the natural world of the San Francisco Bay Area, the magazine, whose offices are in Berkeley, has flowered into 53 consecutive editions, an informational website, "Bay Nature on the Air" videos, and free naturalist-led hikes.
At the helm of the independent nonprofit organization, Bay Nature Institute, sits publisher and editor David Loeb. Or rather, Loeb hikes, animal-watches, kayaks, cycles and otherwise explores water, land and sea while searching for the next story, the next gorgeous photograph. … Continue reading »
Photos: Berkeley's magnolia trees in winter bloom
Antoine Wojdyla is a physicist at Lawrence Berkeley Lab and lives near the Fourth Street shopping district. He rides his bike to work and, recently, has taken a few detours to document the dozens of gorgeous magnolia trees that are in winter bloom in the city.
Being organized, he also compiled the locations of the trees into what he calls a "magnolia blotter," and shared them with Berkeleyside (below).
"It makes a good counterpoint to the crime blotter," he writes. … Continue reading »
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One of Berkeley's largest trees to be cut down
A giant eucalyptus tree that presides over the swimming pool at King Middle School needs to be felled due to safety concerns, according to City of Berkeley tree experts.
The tree, which sports not one, but four massive trunks, and soars to an estimated 140 feet, is much loved by regulars at the pool, and news that it will be removed has come as a blow to many.
"There's no outrage in this story, just sadness and admiration for a truly majestic tree that has reached its end," said local resident Robert Collier. … Continue reading »
Flying high again: Golden eagle returns to East Bay skies
Last September, while working on an article for Berkeleyside, I took a short trip to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek. My mission there was purely amphibious: to photograph western toads that the museum keeps on display.
The toads were cute, for sure.
But soon, my experience turned from amphibious to serendipitous.
For I was the lucky photographer who happened to be at the museum when a golden eagle was brought through its doors. … Continue reading »
Why Acorn Woodpeckers are appearing in Berkeley
By Bruce Mast
They are the clowns of the oak savannah — Acorn Woodpeckers — with their harlequin faces, gregarious habits, and off-kilter laughing calls that inspired Woody Woodpecker.
Here in the Bay Area, Acorn Woodpecker colonies are fairly common in the East Bay hills and the western slopes of Mount Diablo, particularly where there are concentrations of valley oaks. South of Livermore, they can be locally abundant in the Diablo range. They are rare in Tilden and Redwood Regional Parks, however, and practically unheard of west of the Hayward Fault.
So what's up with the recent spate of Acorn Woodpecker sightings in urban San Francisco and the East Bay lowlands? … Continue reading »


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Urbana 12, Glenville State 9
URBANA, Ohio – The Glenville State defense held Urbana quarterback D.J. Mendenhall to his worst game in more than a year, but the Pioneers' offense had four turnovers as the G-men suffered a disheartening 12-9 Mountain East Conference setback here Saturday afternoon to the host Blue Knights.
Mendenhall, who threw for just 122 yards last year in a 14-10 win against Quincy, was picked off three times and missed 18 of 35 aerials while throwing for just 176 yards.
Darren Elliott had a pair of interceptions and Demetrius Quarles had the other against Mendenhall, who had opened the season with a trio of 300-plus yard passing performances.
Quarles' fumble recovery in the end zone at 8:23 of the first got things going in the right direction for GSC, but the extra point failed.
David Hill's 2-yard TD run evened the contest with 2:41 left in the opening quarter, but the two-point conversion pass was unsuccessful.
Mendenhall gave the Blue Knights (2-2, 2-1 MEC) the lead for good with just 1:32 left in the first half when he engineered a 13-play, 84-yard drive that was capped with his 8-yard TD strike to Alvin Busbee.
Another two-point conversion pass failed, but GSC trailed 12-6 at intermission.
Even though the Pioneers (1-3, 1-2 MEC) cut the deficit to three thanks to a Ryan Cullen 30-yard field goal at 9:34 of the third, those proved to be the final points of the game.
GSC, which returns to action at 1:30 p.m. next Saturday inside Morris Stadium when W.Va. Wesleyan visits, had a chance to take the lead late in the fourth. The Pioneers had a first-and-goal at the 10, but had to settle for a 32-yard Cullen field goal attempt that went wide right with 5:20 to play.
The Pioneers had two more possessions, but quarterback Sean Steele (19 of 36, 155 yards, 3 INTs) was picked off on each of them.
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So I love Avatar: The Last Airbender, Megamind, and Twilight as you might have noticed from my favorites. And a few others. I love music and I love to read.
Music artists that I like are Lifehouse, One Republic, Maroon 5, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Evanescence, Linkin Park, Nickleback, Daughtry, Green Day, 50 Cent...Well anything like that that you could dance to like in a club or something...So yeah I like to dance but only when I'm alone. Anyway just letting you know. XD
Favorite books; House of Night, Twilight saga, Eon and Eona, Harry Potter, Pendragon series, Fallen series, Fablehaven, Leven Thumps, Percy Jackson series, The Lost Hero series, Beautiful Creatures, Night World, and lots more that I can't remember right now.
Pairings I LIKE For Avatar: The Last Airbender (ATLA):
KataraXAang (Kataang)
TophXSokka (Tokka)
MaiXZuko (Maiko)
TophXAang (Taang) But only when I'm in the mood.
Pairings I DON'T Like for ATLA:
ZukoXKatara (Zutara)
TophXHaru (Toru)
SukiXSokka (Sukka)
Ty LeeXAang (Ty Laang)
SokkaXAang (Sokkaang)
TophXZuko (Toko)
Pairings I LIKE For Megamind:
MegamindXRoxanne (Megarox)
MinionXOC Don't know how I can put that together, so I'll just leave it.
Metro Man (Music Man)XOC
Pairings I DON'T Like For Megamind:
MinionXRoxanne (Minianne)?
MinionXMegamind (Minimind) Hehe "Minimind" Get it? Cuz it's "Mini" instead of "Mega"? Hehe XD
Metro Man - Music ManXMegamind (Music/MetroMind)
Pairings I LIKE for Twilight:
JacobXRenesmee C./Nessie
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Non-cannon pairings.
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Ringhotel Essinger Hof - Essing
For those seeking a truly relaxing holiday in the splendid Bavarian countryside, there is no better choice than the Essinger Hof. This recently renovated, 3-star hotel in Essing, Germany is a great place to unwind and escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The hotel lies near Altmühltal Nature Park, a stunning location offering numerous recreational activities, including cycling, hiking, canoeing, and climbing.
In the park, guests and their children also have the opportunity to see and hunt for fossils, which date back to the age of dinosaurs.
After a long day, guests can head to the 3-story hotel's restaurant to enjoy a hearty meal. The restaurant offers both Bavarian and international specialties for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Room service is also possible during limited hours. In the summertime, relax with a pint of ale in the beer garden, or sit in the garden and enjoy the fresh air.
If you wish to ease your sore muscles after a day of vigorous activity, you may do so in the sauna. Other amenities at the Essinger Hoff include a children's playground, elevator, city maps, a luggage room, a fax service, tourist information, free secure parking, and complimentary wireless Internet access. Wedding services, banquet facilities, one meeting room, and event catering can all be arranged on request. Service animals are welcome and pets are allowed for a surcharge.
Ringhotel Essinger Hof - Essing
Hotel Info: 1-877-214-4288from $59
- Superior Double Room
- Family Room Breakfast excluded_Bookable for 2 adults and 2 children up to age of 12
- Classic Single Room
- Executive Double Room
- Classic Double Room
Also popular with travelers from the USA
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 22 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-8 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Pets allowed *
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Sauna
- Playground on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Conference space size (feet) - 25
- One meeting room
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Wedding services
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Garden
- Terrace
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Phone
Special features
DiningOnsite venue - This restaurant specializes in regional cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Ringhotel Essinger Hof - Essing's small print
Also known as
- Essinger Hof
- Essinger Hof Hotel
- Ringhotel Essinger Hof Hotel
- Ringhotel Hof Hotel
- Ringhotel Essinger Hof
- Ringhotel Hof
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.5 per person, per night for adults; EUR 0.25 per night for guests up to 12 years old.
Optional extras
Self parking costs EUR 5 per night
Rollaway beds are available for EUR 25 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 6 for adults and EUR 6 for children (approximately)
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of EUR 5 per pet, per day
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.


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With so many surprises this season in the NFL—the 5-2 Kansas City Chiefs' Jamaal Charles running wild, the 2-5 Minnesota Vikings and struggling QB Brett Favre, the NFC East favorite Dallas Cowboys starting 1-6, just to name a few—things are really starting to heat up in Week 9.
Randy Moss is on the move—again—and Donovan McNabb might be replaced by JaMarcus Russell, and with all of the uncertainty in the league right now, there's no better time to make my picks for every game this week has to offer.
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The Horse Boy Has One Heck Of A Mom, It Appears
You've got to love a woman who is willing to do anything to help her child, including washing out her vagina with vodka and being whipped by shaman. Oh, and then there's that bit about being kicked by a horse. As seen in the documentary The Horse Boy, Kristin Neff, who lives in Austin, did that and much more in order to help her autistic son, Rowan.
Traditional therapies had done little to improve Rowan's condition, which included inconsolable tantrums and incontinence. When her husband Rupert Isaacson decided to travel to Mongolia to find a tribe that had both a shamanic tradition and a horse culture, (Rowan had previously responded well to horse therapy), Neff was skeptical.
Neff isn't quite the horse enthusiast that her husband and son are, so the idea of spending a month on horseback, trekking through wilderness, was a bit of a sell but she eventually agreed. In 2007, the family, along with a film crew, took off for Mongolia where Isaacson had arranged for several shaman to treat his son.
Isaacson spoke with Hair Balls and admits that his wife was a good sport about it all. "She was quite reasonably concerned that that [the trip] would add to the general family stress level, which was already high. However by the time we were actually ready to go...by then she had seen the cumulative positive effects of all this [horse] riding with Rowan and that the other therapies we were trying just weren't yielding results that were that radical.
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Ghost had told Neff and Isaacson that Rowan would continue to improve over the next few years and Isaacson is happy to report that he has. He has learned to ride a horse by himself and interacts with other people on a level they had previously thought was impossible. "It's been extraordinary. The other Kristin was making a pretzel for him and he said, 'Put it in the microwave, if you put it in the toaster oven it might get over cooked," says Isaacson.
Isaacson admits that he can't prove Rowan's improvement is due to the shaman treatments he received in Mongolia, but he believes that the treatments had an impact. "There's a difference between healing and cure. Healing is the [elimination] of negative symptoms to the point that a condition is no longer a dysfunction. Rowan is still autistic, of course, he isn't cured. But today he's doing things today that he's never been able to do before. I don't really understand it, but I'm thrilled at the results."
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Most wines sold in the United States are vintage bottlings—that is, they carry a date that refers to the year the grapes were harvested. Some wines—mostly certain Champagnes and Ports—do not carry a vintage date, and are known as "non-vintage," or NV.
Vintages can vary. Some years might be too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, or have other difficulties during the growing season. By making a non-vintage wine, producers can avoid tough vintages and have more flexibility in what they blend. The goal of many non-vintage wines is to maintain a house style, a wine that will taste consistent from bottling to bottling.
While it seems that wine lovers accept NV bubblies and Ports—and appreciate that it's special when a vintage is "declared"—outside of that, non-vintage wines are often looked down upon. While there are plenty of enjoyable NV wines, many of them are mass-produced and tend to be less expressive than vintage bottlings.
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EHC Program Inside Track Newsletter
In this issue:
- Research in Action: EHC Program Tools Help NYC Clinicians, Patients Review Treatment Options
- More New, Free Effective Health Care Program Resources
Research in Action: EHC Program Tools Help NYC Clinicians, Patients Review Treatment Options
Urban Health Plan (UHP), a network of New York City health centers that serves more than 54,000 patients in the Bronx and Queens, is a leader among the many organizations that have partnered with AHRQ's Effective Health Care (EHC) Program.
An AHRQ partner since May 2012, UHP uses plain-language EHC Program publications to help patients and their families explore the benefits and risks of treatment options for various health conditions. The publications are based on recent AHRQ-funded evidence reviews.
Members of the Network's staff, meanwhile, use companion EHC Program research summaries for clinicians to support the practice of evidence-based medicine. Each clinician research summary includes a "Clinical Bottom Line" on treatment options and rates the evidence behind its findings.
"UHP is committed to providing high-quality health care to our patients," said Helen J. Arteaga, director of the UHP Plaza del Sol. "These free resources help keep our health team updated on the latest evidence, and support our patient engagement and education efforts. Our bottom line is improving the health of our communities."
Most UHP patients are Spanish-speaking and low-income. The network has ordered nearly 2,500 EHC Program summaries to support their English- and Spanish-language patient education efforts, including:
- Treating Sleep Apnea.
- Medicines for Type 2 Diabetes.
- Treatment Options for GERD or Acid Reflux Disease.
- Non-surgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence.
- Treatment Options for ADHD in Children and Teens.
- Monitoring Your Blood Pressure at Home.
In addition to its main site in the Bronx, UHP has six satellite clinics, eight school-based programs, four part-time facilities, one mobile medical unit, and two administrative/program sites that house a variety of programs including their Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
UHP, active with the Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Disparities Collaboratives, has received national recognition for its performance improvement work. Its work in the South Bronx, for example, has been recognized by The Joint Commission for reducing pediatric hospitalizations related to asthma.
New Interactive Map Spotlights Use of EHC Program Tools
"AHRQ's Impact on Health Care" is a new interactive Web page that highlights the use of AHRQ products – including comparative effectiveness research tools and resources from the EHC Program – to improve care. The page features an interactive map that allows searching by State, as well as a full text keyword search. Impact Case Studies are unique because they feature the "downstream" effects of AHRQ funding, highlighting people who have successfully used the tools and resources to change practice, change policy, or improve patient outcomes. For more information about Impact Case Studies or the products featured, or to provide your own feedback about an AHRQ product, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
More New, Free Effective Health Care Program Resources
New Evidence-Based Treatment Summaries for Patients and Clinicians
Treatment summaries help patients and clinicians learn about treatment options and compare their effectiveness, benefits, and risks.
Restless Leg Syndrome: Effective Treatment Strategies
New materials from AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program summarize evidence comparing the effectiveness and safety of restless leg syndrome treatment strategies. The patient summary details the benefits and potential harms of available medicines and non-medicine treatment strategies, as well as key questions that patients and clinicians should consider when choosing treatment options. Resources include—
- A clinician research summary that outlines the clinical bottom line.
- A summary of treatment options for patients.
- A CME/CE course for clinicians to receive free continuing education credits.
- A slide set for clinicians to share the evidence with colleagues and students.
- The full research review.
Case Management: Strategies for Chronic Illness Management
New materials from AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program evaluate the evidence on outpatient case management (CM) as an intervention strategy for chronic illness management. The patient summary discusses the benefits and potential difficulties of interventions and key questions patients and clinicians should consider. The clinician summary provides an overview of the available evidence on this disease management approach. Resources include—
- A clinician research summary that outlines the clinical bottom line.
- A summary of treatment approaches for patients.
- A CME/CE course for clinicians to receive free continuing education credits.
- A slide set for clinicians to share the evidence with colleagues and students.
- The full research review.
New Research Reviews Comparing Treatment Options
Each of these reviews compares available evidence from numerous research studies.
Bariatric Surgery for Treating Diabetes
Bariatric Surgery is an accepted procedure usually performed on morbidly obese patients to lose weight and to treat and prevent weight-related comorbidities like diabetes. According to new AHRQ research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on June 5, 2013, bariatric surgery may be effective in the short term for treating diabetes in patients with body mass index of at least 30 but less than 35 kg/m2. At one year, surgery patients also show much greater weight loss than usually seen in studies of diet, exercise, or other behavioral interventions. Read the full research review here: Comparative Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery and Nonsurgical Therapy in Adults with Metabolic Conditions and a Body Mass Index of 30.0 to 34.9 kg/m2.
New Review Compares Treatment Approaches for Tinnitus
According to the latest research review from AHRQ, among treatments for tinnitus (ringing in the ears) – including pharmacological/food supplements, medical/surgical treatments, sound treatments/technologies, and psychological/behavioral treatments – there is low strength of evidence indicating that cognitive behavioral therapy interventions improve tinnitus-specific quality of life compared with inactive controls. The one pharmacological intervention with consistently significant effects on multiple outcomes in a clinical trial – including reducing loudness, improving global quality of life, and alleviating severity – is sertraline. However, for pharmacological interventions overall, the strength of evidence is low that neurotransmitter drugs improve subjective loudness compared with placebo in patients with tinnitus, and the strength of evidence is insufficient for all other pharmacological interventions and outcomes. In addition, there is not enough evidence to suggest that medical or sound technology interventions improve outcomes relative to inactive controls. Future research investigating the effectiveness of treatments for tinnitus should focus on improving collection of adverse effects, calculating sample size, and specifying doses for interventions. Additional research also is needed to investigate measures used to assess patients for management needs and the identification of prognostic factors. These findings are available in the research review Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus: A Comparative Effectiveness Review.
Undescended Testicles (Cryptorchidism): New Review Assesses Current Evaluation and Treatment Methods
According to the latest research review from AHRQ, for infant males with undescended testicles, both laparoscopic and open surgical techniques are effective for moving undescended testicles to a normal position in the scrotum. However, the review did not find that any non-invasive technique could consistently determine the absence of testicles or the location of undescended testicles. Future studies should seek to identify if there is benefit from hormonal treatment and for whom. Read the full research review here: Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism.
Research Available on Hepatitis C Screening Effects in Adults
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is becoming a greater concern for many populations in the U.S. According to the latest research, although screening strategies for Hepatitis C can accurately identify adults with the disease, more research is needed to understand the effects of targeted screening strategies in adults. The review also noted that evidence remains limited on the effects of knowing one's HCV status on clinical health outcomes in patients diagnosed with HCV. Read the full research review here: Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults.
Heart Conditions: Stroke Prevention Approaches for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
According to the latest research review by AHRQ, in patients with atrial fibrillation, CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores have the greatest discrimination for predicting stroke events among the risk scores reviewed, whereas HAS-BLED provides the best discrimination of bleeding risk. However, additional information is needed to determine how scores should be utilized in clinical practice. The review finds that initial trials of newer oral anticoagulants, including apixaban and higher-dose dabigatran, show a high strength of evidence for reducing stroke and bleeding events compared with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation, though no studies directly compare the new therapies. In addition, the review finds that for patients not suitable for oral anticoagulation therapies, apixaban is more effective and has a better safety and tolerability profile than aspirin in stroke prevention. However, additional studies are required for common clinical scenarios encountered with patients on therapies for stroke prevention, including strategies for patients undergoing invasive procedures, switching among anticoagulant therapies, and starting or restarting anticoagulant therapy in patients with previous major bleeding events. These findings and others can be found in the full review, Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation.
Serious Mental Illness: Interventions for Incarcerated Adults
Treatment with antipsychotics other than clozapine appears to improve psychiatric symptoms more than clozapine in offenders with serious mental illness who are incarcerated, according to a new AHRQ research review. For all other incarceration-based interventions, including pharmacologic therapies, cognitive therapy, and modified therapeutic community, evidence was insufficient to draw any conclusions. Two interventions, discharge planning with Medicaid-application assistance and integrated dual disorder treatment programs, appear to be effective interventions compared with standard of care for seriously mentally ill offenders transitioning back to the community. More research is needed to increase the confidence in current low strength findings and to address interventions and populations where evidence is lacking. These findings can be found in the research review, Interventions for Adults with Serious Mental Illness Who Are Involved with the Criminal Justice System.