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Near Diagonal Mar & CCIB Barcelona
Size80 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Internet/WiFi
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
- Elevator in building
- Family/child friendly
- Disabled access
- Kitchen
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|Rambla Prim, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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We expect you to enjoy your stay with us to the fullest, making sure you'll be provided with all of the modern amenities and supplies.
House rulesRespect to the rest of the neighbors.
Groups of young people under 21 years old are not allowed.
It is charged at registration:
Security deposit for € 200 refundable on departure.
Tax of stay € 02.50 per person for the first 7 nights.
Check in after 22:00 hrs (supplement 20.00€).
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 24 CA per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
The apartment was very comfortable and clean. The beds were rather small for sharing. We forgot to ask about the rollaway bed. Otherwise the apartment was spacious with large loving and dining area, kitchen and laundy alcove. Our host Angel was very responsive to our questions and needs to adjust our check out time. The location was perfect, safe and quiet with cafes and metro lines nearby. I'd highly recommended staying here.
Accueil très chaleureux,appartement propre, très bien situé proche de la mer,du métro et du grand centre commercial diagonal mar.
nous recommandons sans problème cette location et si nous avons l'occasion d'y retourner , nous le ferons sans hésitation.
Los anfitriones muy amables y el piso esta muy bien comunicado, pero yo le quitaría lo de accesible ya que el ascensor es muy pequeño y por la puerta del baño no entra una silla de ruedas, también especificara que la wifi es a través de un móvil ya que con estetipo de conexión no hemos podido conectarnos a Internet con regularidad, al final hemos desistido de intentarlo de nuevo.
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It was a great stay in Barcelona for me and my family. Angel is a super host and his apartment is very nice. Fully equipped, clean and cozy. Also if you need some assistance in the city or even private photoshoot (Angel is a professional journalist) he can arrange that. Thank you and good luck to your son in soccer! :)
The apartment is cute, pretty much all new, very functional, very good wi-fi, very clean, is in a really convenient location, stop saint.marti line 4, to reach with the metro anywhere in the city in 5 minutes. From the airport you arrive by train and metro in front of the palace. Quiet, necessary shops (pharmacy, supermarket, bread and coffee) at hand. Tenants are very nice, and Barcelona is wonderful. Excellent experience! ..... 4 stars because we only give 5 to paradise :) :)
L'appartamento è carinissimo, praticamente tutto nuovo, veramente funzionale, ottimo wi-fi, molto pulito, si trova in una posizione veramente comoda, fermata saint.marti linea 4, per raggiungere con il metro qualsiasi parte della citta in 5 minuti. Dall'aeroporto si arriva in treno+metro davanti al palazzo. Zona tranquilla, negozi necessari (farmacia, supermercato, pane e caffetteria) a portata di mano. i locatari sono molto gentili, e Barcellona è stupenda. esperienza Ottima!.....4 stelle perché 5 si danno solo al paradiso:):)
We were in Barcelona for one week and stayed in this apartment. It is a small apartment, but for two people big enough and with all the things we needed, including internet. The apartment was in a good neighborhood, where shops like a supermarket etc. were close by. We could reach every place in the center due to close location of the apartment to metro station Sant Marti. The lady who was waiting for us, hardly spoke English and we didn't speak Spanish, but in the end we understood each other.
We went in Barcelona for 10 days, so this flat was already like a home for us. Very cosy and big, as for 2 people, you have enough space, also a privat garden on the area of the house. In flat you have all you need, as a normal stuff. In bedrooms are very comfortable beds and new clean bedclothes. From previous people we had left some food even, like rise, sugar, spices and olive oil. The metro station Sant Marti is in one minute to walk, very good connected to the center.
We arrived late, around 1 am, but Angel was waiting for us, helped to come with languages and also on the back way brought us to metro, thanks a lot for this! Except a few small minuses like shower holder and broken electrical socket on kitchen, we were very happy with this apartment.
I don't have time to write a long review so I'll just list points:
- great Apartment, nice size very clean with new furniture and fittings
- great fast internet connection
- lift
- communal garden with children's play area
- friendly apartment manager (Angel) speaks good English and is very helpful
- apartment is in a location 20 minutes from centre / beach and is a very nice area
- brand new washing machine
two small niggles - owners please invest in a decent toilet seat and fix the shower attachment.
Many thanks to Angel who made the stay 100% great.
Great flat with the Metro right outside the door. We were very satisfied.
Tolle Wohnung mit dem Metro direkt vor der Tür. Wir waren sehr zufrieden.
Excellent floor. Clean and well connected. Very good communication and excellent untrato
Excelente piso. Limpio y bien comunicado. Muy buena comunicación y untrato excelente
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Here's the scoop on the President's life
Barack Obama, Jr. was born on August 4, 1961, in Hawaii. The name Barack comes from the Arabic and the Swahili words meaning "blessed." Obama's parents were students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa when they first met. His father, Barack Obama, Sr. was from Nyanza Province, Kenya, and his mother, Ann Dunham, was from Wichita, Kansas.
Young Traveler
When he was just two years old, young Barack's parents separated. His father eventually moved back to Kenya. His mother stayed in Hawaii. She later married Lolo Soetoro, a University of Hawaii student from Indonesia. The family eventually moved to Jakarta, Indonesia. There, his half sister, Maya, was born. Barry, as his friends and family liked to call him, lived in Indonesia for four years.
When Barry was ten years old, he moved back to the United States to live with his maternal grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham, in Hawaii. He attended Punahou, a prep school, and filled his days body surfing, hanging out with friends and playing basketball. He loved to play basketball. Even today, Obama plays in regular pick-up games with friends
College and Beyond
For college, Obama went to Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. He later transferred to Columbia University in New York City. During his college years, Obama started going by his full name, Barack.
Obama went on to earn his law degree from Harvard University, become a civil rights lawyer and law professor. Obama met his future wife, Michelle Robinson, in Chicago, Illinois. They later married and had two daughter: Malia, now 14, and Sasha, now 11.
Obama served as an Illinois State Senator for eight years. In 2004, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Obama gave a speech that captured listeners' attention and helped him gain enough recognition to begin vying for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
On January 20, 2009, history was made when Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States—and the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. Two million people stood outside the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., to hear Obama's Inaugural speech. Obama hopes to win a second term in office in Election 2012. Joe Biden is Obama's vice-presidential running mate.

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The wine industry might be picking up in our neck of the woods, but in recession-ridden Europe, winemakers will look at anything to make a buck.
Take the vineyard owner in Bugarach, the tiny farming community at the foothills of the French Pyrenees touted by Armageddon experts as the only place that'll survive the Mayan doomsday expected to occur on December 21. He's produced a wine called "The End of The World", which is apparently a hit at the local pizza place. But hedging his bets just in case the predictions are wrong, he's stockpiled a Survival Vintage, which will go on sale from December 22.
I'm not sure what he'll be charging for either bottle, but judging by the reported numbers of "new agers" flooding into the village, which until recently boasted a population of just 176, signs are good.
No doubt they'll buy his wines to fortify themselves for when they meet the aliens (yes, aliens) who'll emerge from hiding inside Pic de Bugarach mountain (I'm not making this up) and pluck everyone in the immediate area to safety (that's what the internet and doomsday tourists are saying).
If this doesn't happen, then they're sure to buy more of his wine because there'll be a big party and barbecue afterwards, or they'll just want something to remember their silliness by.
It got me thinking, though, that should I be faced with certain death and destruction and the end of life, as I know it, who and what would I wish to be with as I drew my last breath?
Clearly it'd be my immediate family (if I hadn't figured out a way to save them first) the dog, the cat, some fresh flowers, a big glass and the Gimblett Gravels 2010 Annual Vintage Selection. Selected by Andrew Caillard MW, this group of 12 wines represents the absolute epitome of what can be achieved each year in arguably New Zealand's most famous red region.
Here are my picks from the bunch - they're not cheap, but then it's time to treat yourself isn't it?
Intense red rose, berry and seasoned leather aromas open up to punchy plum flavours and a deliciously warming, medicinal mouthfeel. I love how poised and elegant this wine is, and the persistence of flavour is just outstanding.
"2010 is quite possibly the best we've ever done," announced winemaker Warren Gibson as I sat down to a vertical tasting of Homage dating back to the debut 2002 vintage. It's a wine made only in the most exceptional years, and the 2010 is definitely one of the greats. Soft white pepper and fennel aromas lead to plush, juicy plum fruit in the mouth and tightly coiled tannins. There's an elegant, slightly meaty character that will need a few more years to really express its sophistication.
Newton Forrest Cornerstone 2010, $60 Glossy and gorgeous in the glass, but prepare to be seduced by the hot-cross bun and Christmas pudding perfume. If you can tear your nose away from the glass for long enough to sip, you'll be rewarded with buxom berry and chocolate flavours and a smooth, velvety texture. Don't be fooled though, there's some serious power behind this wine.
Inky purple in the glass and boasts aromas of pomegranate molasses, sweet fruit-wood smoke and prune followed by layers of complex, berry and cocoa notes. It's built like a skyscraper, each level opening up to a floor with a different decor. With serious grip, muscle and warmth on the finish, it's definitely one for the cellar.
Sophia is Craggy Range's flagship example of how the classic bordeaux varieties of merlot, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and petit verdot can be sewn together to create a sublime red wine right here on our shores. Scented with anise, blackcurrant, dried herbs and gamey, earthy notes; in the mouth, it has solid fruit intensity, layers of spice and smoke and a powerful presence on the finish.
My first taste of this was a few years before the millennium and back then I was told the name represented something that stood ahead of the pack and steered you in the right direction. A Helmsman is released only in years when the fruit is unrivalled and when winemaker Tony Bish is confident it'll stand the test of time. Intense black fruits, hints of dusty carpenters workshop, cheek-sucking tannins and an underlying power that makes you stop and think with every sip.


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My son started pre-school this year. In my mind he is light years away from Kindergarten and summer camp, sleepovers and Boy Scouts, but in reality that time is creeping up on me all too soon. As I look around at the back to school circus that currently surrounds us, I have time to think about what it is that my boy will carry with him. I proudly wore a record bag with an embroidered Tardis on it when I was in school, and the first lunch box I got for him when he started daycare was The Avengers. I work in a Middle school, and having seen the piles of stuff that kids accumulate in the hallways, I took a look around at the personalized boxes. In Maine that usually means LL Bean, to this photo crazy mama, it means the new line of back to school products from Snapfish.
The first thing I ordered were the bag tags for both my sons. We travel a lot, and now that I am getting to see the possessiveness of one child over another when it comes to "my things", it seems wise to invest in some labeling for their travel bags. While my six month old was content to chew on his, my toddler was captivated, and tried to attach it to pretty much everything with a handle. He was unable to work the strap however, and so I feel good about the tag's ability to withstand both a transatlantic flight and a playful little boy. I would have preferred to be able to enter our address online and have it printed on the tag, but although it seemed as though this was an option, it wasn't, so Sharpie it is. Altogether I am happy that my kids will be able to identify their bags, even if everyone else in their Maine class has the same LL Bean backpack!
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In 1812, four men at Cambridge University met for breakfast. What began as an impassioned meal grew into a new scientific revolution, in which these men — who called themselves "natural philosophers" until they later coined "scientist" — introduced four major principles into scientific inquiry. Historian and philosopher Laura Snyder tells their intriguing story.
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"1. A cutout, particularly one in the photo you provided is going to have temps moderated for them due to heat from the house.
2. The cutout in the photo would actually *ALMOST* be more similar to a TBH with the bars perpendicular to the direction they run in current designs."
I agree on both points. The picture just illustrates that the bees will move horizontally and do not need much overhead space to survive.
The two lang sized (19" bar X 9 5/8" height) long hives that I over-wintered last year did great. Two out of two ain't bad, is it. (Some of my deeper bodied top bar hives didn't make it, though, so I'm not sure vertical movement is the problem.)


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Things seemed a little different going into the Haliburton Forest 100 mile Trail Run this year. Last year was my first 100 mile race and I had a lot of questions. However, getting the first one out of the way in 2008 and having another year of solid training under my belt (buckle) left me in a good place going into this year. You never want to be overconfident before an ultra, as anything can happen, however I felt pretty good that on race day if I ran smart things would go well.
Going into the race, I had a staircase of four goals that I wanted to achieve this year at Haliburton. On the first stair was finishing the race in a faster time than last year of 18:42. After that, the thought of breaking Jeff Simpkins 2006 course record of 18:23. Next, on an ideal day and if everything went well, I wanted to break 18 hours. And finally, on the top step was the goal of winning the race again.
The field of competitors for the 2009 race was proving to be a competitive one. My friend, Keith Iskiw from nearby Kingston has been running really well this year and was going to have a great day. We also heard that an Italian runner named Pasquale Brandi was running. Pasquale is a veteran of many challenging ultras including strong showings in a number of desert races and stage races. During the pre-race dinner, we also discovered that Glen Redpath from New York City was a last minute entry. Originally from Winnipeg, Glen has represented Canada at international ultrarunning competitions; and finished 2nd this year at both the Bull Run Run 50miler and Massanutten 100miler.
Temperatures were mild on race morning, which indicated that it was going to be quite hot on the course in the afternoon. The Haliburton 100 mile course is a double out and back that is a combination of 80% technical trail and 20% forest/logging road, over constantly rolling hills. It was still fairly dark for the 6am start, however the first 6km of the race was on fairly smooth sand and gravel road before heading onto the more rugged Normac Trail where things get technical.
The 50km and 50mile races start at the same time, so there was always quite a few people to run with in the early miles and lots of talk with runners trying to determine who was running what race. I tried not to get caught up in the early race enthusiasm and just eased into the race. I knew that Glen was up ahead, so I settled into a comfortable pace with Pasquelle for the first while. Keith Iskiw went by a short time later and looking very focused. Once again, I just tried to relax, take care of the little things like nutrition/hydration and let the first few hours pass.
In the 14 days prior to the race, I was having some quad issues in my left leg beneath my IT Band. I was concerned about this early in the race on some of the long downhills as I felt it for the first few hours. Fortunately, it gradually improved the more I ran and was not an issue for the rest of the day. A big thank you to Greg Lehman for the ART treatment a few days earlier.
Much like most ultras, the first 25 kilometers were relatively uneventful. Pasquale, Keith and myself changed our positions a few times, but were always within a few minutes of one another. Keith surprised both Pasquale and I by coming up behind us into the 25km aid station. Keith had been running in front of us and we thought he'd pulled ahead further, but had apparently taken a pit stop and was relieving himself/hiding behind a tree for a little more privacy. Too funny.
Pasquale left the aid station first, and took a wrong turn before I called him back. He assured me that he wouldn't make the same mistake again after dark. We ran together through the rugged corduroy trail that had vertical logs to navigate over. Having a weak ankle from a previously break; this is always my least favourite part of the course. Thankfully, this section is quite short and we arrived at the 30km aid station quickly. Leaving the aid station, I inadvertently took a wrong turn and now it was Pasquale's turn to return the favour and call me back. We both had a laugh over that.
The final 10km to the turnaround features a little bit of everything including good climbs, technical single track and a few flat sections where you could really open things up and run fast. It was on one of these flat sections that Keith caught Pasquale and then went by me looking very strong. I wasn't feeling particularly good at that point, so held back and encouraged him to go ahead and see if he could cut into Glen's lead. I wasn't sure how far Glen was ahead at the 40km mark, but he must have been between 5-10 minutes. I knew we were all running fairly quickly as I hit the 40km turnaround in 3:48, which was 14 minutes faster than my split last year.
After 40km, things finally started feeling like they were clicking and I was getting into a good place. So many times in training over the past few months, I wouldn't start to feel better until later on in a long run, and the same thing was happening now. I took that as a very good sign.
Nearing 50km, I caught back up to Keith, who seemed to be going through a bit of a rough patch, but knew he'd get through it and be back in the chase soon. This gave me a little more of a mental lift and I started to press a little harder on some of the more technical sections while feeling like I was waking up a little.
I continued to feel strong coming into the 68km aid station before doing the Normac Trail. I had plenty of gels with me and thought I had some electrolyte tablets, so dropped my second bottle and passed through the aid station. It wasn't until a few moments later that I realized I was out of electrolytes, so would have to press on for a little further than I wanted to without. The temperature was unseasonably hot now and hydrating/fueling was becoming an issue. I continued to feel good though and saw that I was within four minutes of Glen and a couple of minutes in front of Keith. I hit the 80km (50mile) aid station in 7:57, which was 26 minutes faster than last year. Now it was time to head back out onto the course and do it all over again.
Seeing Glen so close at the halfway point encouraged me to continue to press hard. Heading into the Normac Loop, I knew that my stomach was beginning to go south though. The heat and possibly lack of electrolytes for an extended period had me in a place where I couldn't keep anything down. For over 90 minutes, I would try to take a gel, then puke it up, take something else, puke it up. I was very worried as I couldn't even keep the electrolyte caps down for a while. I could feel my legs starting to lose the desire to run at a decent pace and continued to struggle.
Finally, at about the 105km mark, my stomach settled down and I was able to keep some calories down. Once this happened, I could feel my legs come back to life. I had lost quite a bit of time to Glen during this period, but was feeling good with renewed hope and was moving well again.
Getting to the 120km aid station was a huge mental boost as you only have to do one final 40km (25mile) section of trail. It was still daylight out, but I would need my headlamps before the next aid station, so grabbed them and was off. My wife Sara was crewing for me and was quick all day in getting me in and out of the aid stations as fast as possible with whatever I needed. This was such a welcome treat compared to fending for myself for the first half of the race last year. Kimberly and Davi
d Bohn also helped to crew, with the plan that David was going to be my pacer after 8pm.
Even though it was getting dark and I was getting tired I did some of my fastest running of the day during this time. I met Keith first on my way back and exchanged words of encouragement. A few minutes later I met Pasquale who was shouting 'only 42mins ahead, go get him!'. I was told at the next aid station that I had cut 5 minutes off of Glen's lead, but he was still a long ways ahead. Anything can happen in an ultra though, so I continued to press as hard as I could.
Arriving at the 130km station at a couple of minutes after 8pm, David was ready to go. Last year when I was running after dark, I was in survival mode, but this year was considerably different. I had to walk some of the steep uphills, but still felt surprisingly good on the flats and downhills. David helped to push me when I needed it, especially once we realized that I still had a chance to run a fast time and meet my time goals.
Hitting the 148km mark was another big lift. Now, there was only one more loop on the Normac trail around the lake. The hard day of running and racing was beginning to set in. My stomach was also beginning to rebel once again. Over the final few aid stations I was able to take in some calories, but they never stayed down. I think the worst was halfway on the final loop when I threw up rather violently for four times in one episode. David quietly stood watching me and as soon as I was finished, would get me moving again. That was exactly what I needed.
Once we hit the final 6km sand road section, I was running on fumes, but continued to push hard with David's help. At least my stomach had settled down again. The hills seemed huge, but I was running them as hard as I could as I knew I still had a shot at breaking 18hrs.
With two km to go, we were left with only one last hill to climb before the final 1km straightaway that seems to go on forever. Cresting the hill, I could see the beautiful sight of flashing headlamps at the finish line. We continued to push the pace in and crossed the finish line in 17:52; good for second place. Congratulations to Glen who crushed the old course record with a great time of 17:18.
While winning the race again this year would have been nice, I could not be happier with how my race turned out. I had some bad patches along the way, but learned a lot and finished strong.
Congratulations to Keith for running an awesome race and finishing third in 19:05, as well as Pasquale in 21:30.
A special congratulations to Aaron Anderson, who I had the privilege of coaching for his first ultra. Aaron had an amazing day, finishing 7th overall in the 50km race in a great time of 5:32. Also, congrats to all the great friends, both old and new, who ran in the Forest.
Thanks so much to Kimberly for crewing, David for crewing/pacing (I wouldn't have met all my time goals without you!)…and especially my incredible soulmate/wife, Sara for everything you do and are. Love you!
2009 time: 17:52
25 mile splits: 3:48 / 4:09 / 4:58 / 4:56 (7:57 for first 50miles)
My placing: 2nd
Winner: Glen Redpath – 17:18 (*New course record. I also broke Jeff Simpkins old course record from 2006 of 18:23)
2008 time: 18:42
25 mile splits: 4:04:10 / 4:17:18 / 4:43:43 / 5:36:51. (Last 25miles in the dark).
My placing: First
Second Place: Jim Orr (19:32)
2008 Race Report
>>Click here for fuel, gear and footwear list (La Sportiva Crosslites: 100miles = zero foot issues!).
>>Report from my pacer David Bohn
>>Report from Sara's crewing perspective
>>Report on La Sportiva Mountain Running Blog
>>Report on Trail Running Canada
Below are a few race photos. Kimberly also posted some other race photos here.
Coming into 25km Aid Station…
Aid Station #6…
The temperature is getting hot…
Halfway done!. Split first 50miles during the day in 7:57…
A little motivation from my pacer David provided by the Ramones…
Hectic Aid Station…
Running 100 miles never felt so good (David and Sara. Kim behind the camera)…
The day after roadkill (Derrick and Keith)…


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I think 90% of guys on here want Ogletree
I think 90% of guys on here want Ogletree
Damn straight I want Ogletree. Unfortunately I want Lane Johnson too... OT is the MOST important position to fill, not LB (though it is a close second)
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
I got:
1st Ogletree
2nd Sheldon Richardson
3rd Sharrif Floyd
4th Lane Johnson
5th Xavier Rhodes
of the guys that could be there
wasnt he just arrested for DUI.
"it don't cost you nothing to be nice"
Just arrested for DUI. Also a drug suspension in college. He is starting to look less and less like the type of guy that the Giants would take in the first.
Between the failed drug test last spring and now this DUI, many teams, including the Giants may question his character. I for one like his physical skills, but he may very well end up being a Kenny Britt like player in the NFL, just my opinion.
I don't ever remember the Giants taking a guy with character concerns in the first round . . . it may have happened, I just don't remember it


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ha ha - very funny. if it wasn't so absolutely awful. serves you right, now you know it's not all sunsets, waterfalls and wildlife. how do you cope with it all? but you're a tough old stick, glad you got back safely. see you soon?
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Nightmare on Greyhound
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'It's 5 past 5 pm and I am at the Mthatha Shell station waiting for the Greyhound to Johannesburg. Already feeling miserable and cold. It's surprisingly cold after 2 days of solid rain.
The shuttle from Port St John left at noon so I've been waiting for 3 hours now. What follows is a 12 hour bus ride, I hope I can sleep but probably shan't. I sigh to remember the last time on Greyhound, 'never again' I said - but it can't possibly be as bad as then.
We'll arrive at 05.30 am - I'll leave my luggage at Johannesburg bus station and spend the day in town. This time I am well prepared, got lots of tips and ideas and hope to get a more favourable impression than on the last visit.
My plane leaves in the evening so I'll have all day
It's a long haul and I would have much preferred to fly into Jo'burg. Well, things turned out differently but I am already regretting bad planning.'
When I wrote the above, whiling away my time waiting for the bus, I had no idea how much I was going to regret my decision to go with Greyhound.
The coach arrived on time, we boarded, it was pretty full - no empty seats to sleep on - and we settled in for a long ride. We left at 17.40 hrs.
I hadn't bothered to bring food and drinks, we would stop every 3 hours or so to buy whatever we needed.
An hour and a half on, almost dark now, the bus comes to a grinding halt. No-one is much perturbed, used to little hiccups and diversities en route, but the driver stands up to make an official announcement: a technical problem has occurred. It has been reported. A mechanic is on his way. We will continue the journey soon as he has fixed the problem.
This news is received with laughter, even clapping as if it is rather amusing, there is some excited verbal exchange which I don't understand
How to explain in short what followed?
The first few hours we still trustingly expected the mechanic to show up. About four hours later people had given up hope, even though we were assured he was very near, we could almost wave at him.
We didn't see him, we were in the middle of nowhere, the road unlit and the bus without lights, as the engine was off. No heating, it was a very cold, rainy night, no ventilation, we were packed together without fresh air, and a toilet that couldn't be used, so we had to go out into the ungodly night and find a place in the wet grass to relieve ourselves. Unsafe and undignified. Elderly ladies, a girl with a small child, squeezing past the door that was only partially opened.
A guy drove past slowly when I eventually ventured out and then reversed - I fled back to the coach.
People are tired, fed-up, hungry and thirsty.
The Greyhound had been sending soothing messages every hour or so:
Soon and Utmost Best, Sincere Apologies for Any Inconvenience
Nobody believes a word they are saying and start speculating on what is going to happen. Most of us have spent all our airtime calling Customer Care, as the frustrated driver advised us to do, getting no-where. A young girl answers the phone, she basically has no information or is instructed not to give us any, and cannot or will not direct us to her superior or anyone who can say something real. All of us listening to each others conversations, egging each other on, say this, tell them that.
Moans and groans as we were fobbed off again.
'Let's set the bus on fire, see how fast they get here,' I joke. Oops - that was greeted by a roar of approval and discussions of how to go about it.
'No, no, I'm only kidding - that might get us to Johannesburg, but it will be the jail,' I said.
They laughed, they were kidding too.
But this was just not on. The lady next to me, very big, had had a knee operation and the long cramped sit was causing her pain, across the aisle was the girl with the infant, trying to pacify her, fiddling with nappies and bottles in a very limited space
No assistance from Greyhound to resolve these issues, no response to our cries for help, no replacement bus or taxis.
After 6 hours or more, I forget the exact time, a mechanic shows up. A cheer goes up, but the driver had all ready told me not to get my hopes up and predicted he would look at it and say ''Sorry, I haven't got the parts.'
And that was exactly what happened.
The passengers were totally disillusioned and also strangely resigned to spending the rest of the night in the horribly uncomfortable bus. Some try to sleep, but that's not really an option as others start playing tinny music, phones keep ringing irritating ring tones, loud spurts of conversations erupt, the getting up and walking to and from the driver for information he hasn't got, going out to pee or to smoke.
And still no word of what is going to happen to us and no way of getting out of this hell.
By now I realise that not only are my plans for the day thwarted but chances are I might not even make it to the airport on time.
Towards daylight we hear the driver will get on a Cityline bus coming from Jo'burg and find a bus to drive back in and pick us up. Funny enough that was the first thing the lady sitting next to me had told me was likely to happen.
So yes, that's what happened and after a 12 hour nightmare we were on our way to JB again.
For me it was a close call, was I going to make it? A 10 hour ride, the driver said, if nothing happened that is. But there was first a road block and further on an awful accident - the driver fell asleep? What about our driver, he would be on the road for 24 hours at least....that's not allowed and very unsafe.
We stopped to eat, of course, people were starving, but time was ticking on, every minute counted for me. Back on the bus were big boxes of burgers, tea and coffee. Compliments of the Greyhound and I was shocked to see how much that mollified my fellow passengers. So much so that some withdrew their promise to sign the complaint letter that had been drawn up on behalf of all.
A lady who had missed her transfer to Botswana was accommodated for the night. What about me? The driver looks puzzled: 'I thought they had sorted you out,' he says.
'No, not a word and you have to drive me to the airport first or I won't make it.'
'Sorry, can't do that,' he says. I understand, it will add on another hour and a half for the others.
'Right,' I say, 'if I miss my flight I am going to sue the company. Make sure they know that.'
Within minutes he tells me a taxi is coming towards the bus to pick me up and bring me to the airport.
It does and I make it just in time. Just in time for a couple of whiskies, standing, no time to sit, no time for duty free or tax returns, but, hey, there I am, back in a cramped seat again for the next 10 hours or so. A window seat and two sleeping next to me so there goes my chance to stretch my legs or go to the loo.
Well, arrived �n Amsterdam, rather grumpy and definitely worse for wear, but safe at least.
And now I must try and acclimatise here. I am going to miss South Africa, with all its haphazardness, African time and funny situations but one thing I wont miss is the hound from hell, the Greyhound clunker - never again, never.
But I said that before, didn't I?
ha ha - very funny. if it wasn't so absolutely awful. serves you right, now you know it's not all sunsets, waterfalls and wildlife. how do you cope with it all? but you're a tough old stick, glad you got back safely. see you soon?
Must have made you quite nostalgic for Grahamstown and relative normality, K-A, or maybe not - I think you prefer the unpredictable and uncomfortable. Your experience is quite typical of what SA bus commuters experience on a daily basis at the hands of our bus companies. Be sure to let Greyhound know what you think of them, directly.
i was thinking of asking you for that job jock:) but yes, I will, and even tho I do like the unpredictable and ridiculous for some on that bus is was actually inhumane and humiliating and I don't think Greyhound should get away with this.
btw, I met someone from zimbabwe who knew you and was on his way to Rhodes uni - hope you met.
made it seem like the seven of us, + dog + cat, not to mention the luggage and smoke, in vader's deux cheveaux, were travelling in great style.....


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#1 Mon 22 Apr 13 12:14pm
Healthy eating for kids book
Ive just written an e-book about how parents can get their children eating healthy food and i am willing to give it away to the first 10 people. I would really like your feedback on the book and/or a testimonial that i can use on my website.
If your interested just drop me an email.
#2 Tue 23 Apr 13 5:29am
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Oh I am verry interest! It sohard to coocked them good food! I always ger HOURRA for hot dog
I really would like to find healthy recepy for kids that are tasty and easy so they can cook it,
My 8 years old was so happy te serve me a bed in breakfast with a big pile of glue like pancakes so proud off herself and told it was amzing and how did you coock taht may love ... she use the sugar pastery insted of the flowe! Too bad I put the floor in the big contenant and de pastery sugar in the smal one but who care we has an amazing morning!
She want's to cook dinner so with your help it might be the best way to teach them how to create food with your heart and fo your heart!
Wil will try them all and give you feed back and pics everytime
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I still have a couple of copies of the ebook left to give away if anybody else is interested?
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Thank you to everyone who got involved, I received some great feedback.
For those of you who missed out on the free copy of my e-book it is now available to buy at http://kidseatingwell.com
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The enduring legacy of John Cage is one of visionary scope and joyous exploration. His wide-ranging artistic interests encompassed music, poetry, painting, dance, and other creative realms. His private and intellectual pursuits were many; he was also a philosopher, amateur mycologist, student of mathematics, and lover of botany. Throughout his remarkable life, he sought integration of the myriad worlds he touched, both public and personal.
Cage created his own instrumentation to fit the precise needs of his compositions, including what he called the "prepared piano,"1 for which he would write numerous works. He viewed all sounds as legitimate musical territory, an attitude that, when put into practice, elicited both negative and ecstatic reactions from an audience. In his quest to locate a music that held no fixed meaning but would elucidate the oneness of everyday life and art, he embraced the use of silence as sound in formal composition (as in his classic 4' 33").2 Free of cultural or philosophical associations, the work demanded active listening on the part of the audience and suggested a sculptural quality that allowed ambient noise to become almost a visualization of the building blocks of sound.
Another groundbreaking development was Cage's compositional theory of indeterminate notation. Based on his interest in chance, the method brought together two disparate factions: notation as a controlled variable and live performance, in which notes could be repeated yet never exactly replicated. By the time of his first headline visit to the Walker Art Center in 1964,3 Cage was employing these and other innovations in relation to dance,4 primarily with choreographer Merce Cunningham. Both believed the two disciplines, though independent formations, could work collaboratively. They would return to the Walker many times over the next twenty-five years, in a variety of incarnations, including a memorable split evening in 1974 during which Cage recited Empty Words (1974), a nonsyntactical mix of phrases, words, syllables, and letters written by subjecting Henry David Thoreau's journal to I Ching (Book of Changes) chance operations.
Cage also performed at the Walker numerous times as a solo artist. In 1970, he orchestrated Musicircus (1967), a wild, Happening-like event with a colorful array of performers at Macalester College in St. Paul.5 In the following decade, he wrote Music for Five6 (1985) for Zeitgeist, the Twin Cities–based new music ensemble that performed its U.S. premiere.
Cage lived as he composed his musical works, with an eye toward questions rather than answers. His appreciation for the complexities and paradoxes contained in modern life allowed him to imagine limitless possibilities in music and other endeavors. The impact of his contributions continues to reverberate today, not only in the tradition of the avant-garde, but as part of the mainstream culture, a testament to the veracity of his work and the beauty of his life.
Cage would hang a variety of nuts, bolts, screws, and industrial materials on the interior strings of a standard piano, resulting in the desired timbre and sound range of a percussion orchestra. ↩
For a discussion of this piece, see David Revill, The Roaring Silence: John Cage: A Life (New York: Arcade Publishing, 1992), 165–166. The piece 4' 33" was first performed on August 29, 1952, by Cage's longtime pianist, David Tudor. One audience member stood and declaimed, "Good people of Woodstock, let's drive these people out of town." ↩
He appeared with Merce Cunningham Dance Company (including Steve Paxton and Viola Farber), Robert Rauschenberg, and David Tudor. Cage served as the dance company's musical advisor from 1953 to 1992. ↩
Revill, Roaring Silence, 75. Cage wrote music for choreography as early as 1940, including pieces for Gertrude Lippincott, a Walker benefactor and organizer of the institution's first dance concert. ↩
Performers included gymnasts, Swedish folk dancers, a "soul" choir, ballroom dancers, bagpipe players, rock bands, harpsichordists, kazooists, barking dogs, flautists, and many others. ↩
Formally annotated as Music for, the title changes according to the number of players. ↩


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Lecturer and moderator of the workshop was Dr. Ing Stoian Lucian. For detailed information on organic farming were distributed to the participants: four books, five brochures, a catalog and two guides and good practices. The participants proposed as course topics, fruit growing in organic farming (apple, pear, cherry), Falticeni City region is the most important fruit growing area of Moldova, vegetable growing in organic farming (tomato, peppers, eggplant, carrot, cabbage, onions), beekeeping and products valorisation in organic farming, organic yields production and valorization in a mixed farm specialized in beekeeping, animal breeding and vegetable growing, organic yields production and valorisation in a farm specialized in potatoes, corn, field beans and wheat growing, dairy cows, sheep, goats, rabbits and poultry breeding in organic farming, Suceava County is the largest producer of organic milk and dairy products in the country (processed milk, butter, cheese, emmenthal, etc.).


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UTSA mariachi scholarship concert is Feb. 27
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(Feb. 26, 2009)--The UTSA Department of Music will host the second UTSA mariachi scholarship concert "A Salute to Women in Mariachi!" at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 27 in the Buena Vista Theater at the UTSA Downtown Campus.
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The event will feature performances by Voces de Tejas, Las Damas de Jalisco, Las Altenas, Las Erendiras de San Antonio and the debut of UTSA's women's mariachi troupe Las Charritas.
"This fundraiser is meant to provide scholarships to attract students interested in studying mariachi and will help build a platform to create a teacher preparation program in mariachi," said Jose Torres, UTSA mariachi program director and UTSA music alumnus.
In 2007, the first scholarship concert, held at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, raised $20,000 for scholarships and paid tribute to singer Vikki Carr, a longtime San Antonio resident.
Voces de Tejas, comprised of Tejano music singing stars Patsy Torres, Leslie Lugo, Stefani Montiel, Shelly Lares and Rebecca Valadez, is planning their first CD showcasing a wide spectrum of traditional rancheras and boleros. The female quintet recently received accolades for the "Serenata a la Virgen de Guadalupe" and their performance at the 2008 Tejano Music Awards.
Featured performers Las Damas de Jalisco return to San Antonio after a South Korean tour; Las Altenas are promoting the release of their new CD "Sentimiento de Mujer" and Las Erendiras de San Antonio just completed engagements in Atlantic City, Boston, Kansas and Louisiana.
Tickets are $50; proceeds from the concert will go to a scholarship fund exclusively for UTSA mariachi students. To purchase tickets, call (210) 458-5685 or visit the UTSA Mariachi Concert Web site.
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#1 Tue 03 Sep 13 2:00pm
September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
Our first cooking challenge will be EGGS! If you'd like to participate in the challenge please stop by the thread that explains how the challenge works. http://www.jamieoliver.com/forum/viewto … 81#p700981
You can boil them, you can fry them, you can eat them for breakfast, or whip them into dessert. These little beauties' versatility knows no bounds! Please post your recipes and photos and the winner at the end of this month will get the privilege of choosing October's Cooking Challenge!
A la cuisine!
(Here is my attempt at eggs benedict - don't worry, since I posted the challenge I cannot win the challenge, but I'm definitely in on the fun of sharing my recipes too!)
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#2 Fri 06 Sep 13 12:32am
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
Hi Koukou! Gr8 challenge, thank you! ...Mmm! I love eggs benedict & your photo!
I cook mainly scrambled *free-range* eggs - with milk, eggs & grated cheese, which I boil/cook in a pot & serve on hot buttered toast! (I don't cook them in a frying-pan like I see on tv! wink! )...I do fry eggs to have with grilled free-range bacon, tho poached eggs are my fave too!
My late dad made yummy omelettes, aswell as my hubby - I will ask hubby for his recipe! Also, when I worked in a café a few years back, the cook made; Spanakopita - which is a Greek Spinach Pie, which was very popular
Also, Koukou, you were talking about whether anyone has hens laying eggs too - my daughters landlord (who lives behind them out in the country) have free-roaming chickens - I will ask if I can post a pic later!
Happy *Egg* making, Everyone!
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Happy New Year/2015 to you ALL! :-)
#3 Fri 06 Sep 13 10:54am
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
I tried in the new year to restart the cooking challenge but didn't get any takers so I am backing this 100%.
Eggs - I get loads of eggs I have 6 chickens at the moment so have about 6 eggs a day. The children will often have one each for breakfast, dippy with solders or poached on toast. I use them in my cake making ( make lovely sponge cakes ) and they make a great yorkshire pud !!. Yesterday I baked some egg and bacon pies for the lunch boxes today, my 2 sons love these. Couldn't take a photo, not organised enough, but will sort this soon for later efforts.
#4 Fri 06 Sep 13 1:35pm
Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
Welcome on board Kiwi and Earthmum! I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures. Since most of the members are from the UK around here I look forward to some beautiful red egg yolks. The eggs we get here in the US have yellow yolks.
#5 Fri 06 Sep 13 1:44pm
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
koukouvagia Ive never seen red egg yolks ,here in the UK we get yellow yokes in the eggs as well
Earthnum , im sorry if id had time I would have done the cooking challange but this year has just been one huge rush so far but hopefully it will start to settle down soon,
#6 Fri 06 Sep 13 5:03pm
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
I love this thread. Eggs are one of my all-time top five favourite things in the world. If they're scrambled properly (really silky and wet) then I'm in heaven. Poached on half of a baked sweet potato with really rich spicy beans is pretty fantastic too, and I really think fish pie is incomplete without them. Also such a good thing to combine with any and all leftovers in a pan.
Man, am I hungry.
#7 Fri 06 Sep 13 8:20pm
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
I use eggs a lot ut I cant say that I enjoy eating them , I do make sure that I eat a couple a week as I know they are a good protien sorce.
But I realy cant get enthusiastic about them llike you do Merlin
#8 Sat 07 Sep 13 12:18am
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
I'm a bit meh about eggs too. I often make a frittata with grated zucchini for the kids which I'll eat some of. I'm hideously fussy about needing cooked whites and half cooked yolks so much of the time it's disappointing. I can't go past boiled eggs as a salad addition though, reminds me of community bbqs as a child.
#9 Sat 07 Sep 13 12:23am
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
Eggs don't overly rock my boat, either. Sorry.
#10 Sat 07 Sep 13 12:47am
Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
If you like dessert if any kind then you have to like eggs somewhat. Creme caramel, custard, ice cream, meringue, zabaglione, etc.
Surely as foodies you all can come up with something beyond an omelette or an egg salad for a picnic hehe. That's why it's a challenge! There's no end to what you can do, even if you hate scrambled eggs!
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Having a clear, well understood and explicit Definition of Done that everyone, including your product owner and surrounding teams accept is very important to growing quality and capabilities consciously. Underlying any Definition of Done is the expectation that the useful (for another day) software is ready for consumption by those who asked for it.
As a new team, discovering your initial definition of done can be surprisingly challenging. Certainly we can come up with things that we want to do and I say go for it! Only inspection at regular intervals can tell us for sure where we are and what the impact has been. But there are some things we can do to help make this decision more effectively. And it doesn't take long. 30 minutes… maybe.
Circles and Soup
Innovations Games has a fantastic activity with many applications called Circles and Soup (sometimes called The Soup). I've used this to help a pissed off team focus their energy, but it's also very helpful in creating an initial Definition of Done that is truly attainable.
You should read the full instructions, but suffice it to say the team will categorize those activities both historically done (i.e. architecture review) and potential (i.e. TDD) that must or should be accomplished to deliver into: Things They Control, Things They Influence, or The Soup (things they have no control or influence over). This is immediately actionable information, but also a roadmap to move items into the teams control. Share this with your organization and advocates.
A Definition of Done, something that they agree will always be completed before calling a feature or story or product backlog item done, which includes activities outside of the team's control is risky or foolish. You should control your own destiny as best as possible. How can a team ever feel at all confident in their own forecasts otherwise.
In the Professional Scrum Developer course we talk about and spend a few minutes brainstorming attributes that define quality. We call these 'ilities'. Things like maintainability, supportability, reliability, performance-ability. Ok I made that last one up, but you get the idea. It's a big list too.
Very few people will argue that missing an -ility negatively influences the quality of an application. Which –ilities are most important, though, depends on many factors. Type of application, type of user, industry, etc.
What I like to do as a facilitator for this activity:
- Ask the team to break up in pairs or individuals for 5 minutes. Write every attribute that affects your impression of any application you've ever used on a sticky.
- Then come together, remove duplicates and put them on the wall for another 5 minutes (usually less). This creates discussion about what people intended or experiences. Often another -ility or two will be discovered.
- Use dot voting or some other form of ranking to figure out which –ilities are most important to this application.
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You should now have a good idea of what the team has true ownership of and what is most important to build a great application for the intended customer.
With the results on either side of a whiteboard or giant sticky, choose a few activities which correlate the important –ilities and the activities in the team's control to determine an actionable, checkbox-able list of things you feel will assure each feature and sprint produces Done software.
Each iteration you have the opportunity to review these artifacts or recreate them to evolve your Definition of Done from good to great.


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I started a hive in June this year with foundation. However, after some reading I cut out most of the foundation on the combs that hadn't been built up yet. I'd estimate that I have about 50% foundation, and 50% natural.
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Workplace harassment, defined as "engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome" could include:
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Founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s. The company released an initial public offering (IPO) in the stock market, which, due to the ensuing rise of the stock price, has made four billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Throughout its history the company has been the target of criticism for various reasons, including monopolistic business practices—both the U.S. Justice Department and the European Commission, among others, brought Microsoft to court for antitrust violations and software bundling.
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A band formed by the former lead singer of Evans Blue Kevin Matisyn. They have yet to be signed to a major label. In 2009 put out their debut double album "A Summit Borderline/A Drop Oceanic". In 2010 they announced that they would record a follow up album tenitivley titled "Reasembaling The Icons" which is due out sometime late 2010.
I was so pissed when Kevin Matisyn was kicked out of evand blue but then I heard his work with Parabelle and I shit my fucking pants!!!!!!! My favorite song of their album is Pray To The Pessimest.
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For overwintering, does anyone have a maximum number of boxes you like getting down to before winter sets in? I know here weight is used and the round about figure is 60 lbs.
This past Monday I was at a Beek meeting and I overheard an old timer stating now is the time to start removing supers to start the bees preparing for winter. I have not found anything yet in the books I have which state a time frame to start removing supers so the hive is not too large going into winter. This is my first season with honey bees and everything seems to be going well - actually too well. I have four boxes (5 frames)* of brood and four boxes for supers. Because of the weird weather we are having in Middle Tennessee, I have been feeding them a 1:1 sugar syrup during July and I will probably keep doing so into August. As a side note, I am reading some really good articles on keeping the brood chamber open as much as possible to assist them in over wintering.
*Why do I use five frames? This is a hobby and I have very limited space in my backyard. I want to get up to at least five hives and I find the width of five frame boxes easier to fit in my backyard. And then, after the fact, I read bees seem to prefer smaller spaces.
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How do I transfer my old emails to the new machine - Mozilla Thunderbird
I have recently purchased a new lap top and I would like to transfer my old emails to the new machine. How do i do that?
I constantly need to refer to the old emails and I find myself switching on the old thing – but am sure there is any easier way of doing things.
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I suggest you use MozBackup and create a backup file that stores all your emails, address books and settings.
Then you transfer the backed-up file into your new computer and use the same tool (MozBackup) to restore your profile and messages. You will need to install MozBackup on both computers but that might come you handy later as you can use it for performing regular backups.


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An item or piece of machinery that depending on your point of view will invoke joy or simply help complete a task faster or better.
-Hey I just got back from Wal-Mart and picked up that doowee to help cook my fries. -I went and picked up that doowee at the TSC to help blow these leaves off the roof. -I made this doowee to help me bleed my brakes.
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Canadian for any object you don't know the name for, same as "whatchamacallit" or "thingamajig" or "thingy". Heard frequently in YouTube videos by BILLSTMAXX.
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This article originally appeared in the August 17, 1976 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
He burst sensationally into baseball in 1947, batting .297, hitting 12 home runs, stealing a league-leading 29 bases. He led the Brooklyn Dodgers to the National League pennant and carried away Rookie of the Year honors. In nine years with the Dodgers, Jackie Robinson would bat .311, contribute to six pennant-winning teams and carve himself a niche in baseball's Hall of Fame.
But the man who broke baseball's color line took some bitter memories from the game as well, and one in particular bears repeating here. On April 16, 1945, Robinson and two other stars of the old Negro leagues were invited to Fenway Park for a tryout.
"Black players," wrote Robinson in an autobiography published just before his death in 1972, "were familiar with…hypocrisy….The tryout had been brought about because a Boston city councilman had frightened the Red Sox management. Councilman Isadore Muchnick threatened to push a bill through banning Sunday baseball unless the Red Sox hired black players….
"Not for one minute did we believe the tryout was sincere," Robinson continued. "The Boston club officials praised our performance, let us fill out application cards, and said 'so long.' We were fairly certain they wouldn't call us, and we had no intention of calling them."
Robinson's account of the tryout ends there. But there is more to it, according to an unconfirmed report resurrected by the Globe after Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey's death last month. Yawkey, the story goes, stood in the back of the ballpark with the team's general manager to observe the tryout, then finally turned to his companion.
"All right," he allegedly said, "get those niggers out of the ball park."
The year, recall, was 1945. World War II was still raging, Harry Truman was president and major league baseball was all white. Or, as Red Sox public relations director Bill Crowley would put it, "What was then was then."
"That just never sounded right to me," said Crowley. "That would have been completely foreign to Mr. Yawkey. Why, down at his estate in Carolina, the man he hunted with the most – his constant companion – was a black."
Crowley's assessment of Yawkey's racial feelings is not shared by everyone. One American League official, when promised anonymity, confided, "It's no secret Boston lagged behind the rest of the league in the signing of nonwhites, and it's no secret the reason was that Tom Yawkey came from South Carolina. They just weren't interested in 'em for a long time. But it's better now."
Today, the 1976 Red Sox boast a great deal more color variety than their 1945 counterparts, with five nonwhite players currently on the 25-man roster. (That number is a bit low compared to most other teams, but not inordinately so.) Three of the five – Luis Tiant, Ferguson Jenkins, and Jim Rice – are today genuine stars and another, Cecil Cooper, is slowly gaining recognition as one of the best ballplayers on the squad. There is, too, no apparent racial discord on the team.
Yet the subject keeps cropping up. Thirty-one years after they snubbed Jackie Robinson and 17 years after they put their first black on the field, the Red Sox frequently find themselves labeled as racist.
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A Luxury Apartment with Sea View
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The apartment lies very close to the port of Piraeus. Only 200 m away from the apartment is the docking of the Cruise Ships, thus it is suitable for tourists who are cruising. Moreover the apartment is very close to the docking of the boats which are travelling to the Aegean and Argosaronik gulf islands. 1.5 km away , it is the Marina Zeas, Pasalimani and Mikrolimano. Peiraiki beach which is an ideal place for romantic walks, is located only 1000 m from the apartment.
150 m away from the apartment there are bus stations from where the buses are leading to the most areas of Attica. The line 843 leads in less than 10 minutes to the boats for most islands, to metro (line1 Piraeus station) and to suburban railway (Piraeus station). The same line 843, meets in 3-5 minutes in the port of Piraeus the bus line X96 which leads to the international airport of Athens, Eleftherios Venizelos.
The line 040 leads in about thirty minutes to the Acropolis museum and to the Syntagma Square in the centre of Athens. The line 049 in 25-35 minutes is leading to Omonoia Square in the centre of Athens as well. Finally the line A1 is leading in less than 40 minutes to the most beaches of the south suburbs of Athens.
Ev kurallarıThe guests in general must respect the property. Smoking is allowed. Pets are welcomed upon prior arrangement.
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I had a wonderful stay this summer (2014). The location was perfect! It was close to the beaches a supermarket and even the city center and clubs arent that far! Its a quite nice neighbourhoud with lots of bakeries in the area with delicious sweets, It is also close to the tram and metro lines are easily accesible which makes travelling easy. The house itself was very clean and cozy everything you need it is included! George is a very helpfull and nice caretaker! Whatever question or problem you have you can contact him and he we be assisting you at his best immediatly! I am recommending this amazing beachflat to everyone who wants to have a relaxing good time and close to the good places in Athens! You will feel right at home !
Very nice appartment. Well situated. great view. Everything was also very well organised. Great trip we had.
The apartment looks exactly like the photos show. In general it was very tidy, clean and modernly refurbished, although some devices were out of order (oven, half cooker...). We also missed a microwave.
The blinds kept the apartment completely dark at night and only a small and discontinuous sound from the fridge could annoy people with sleep problems. But it was not a problem at all for my fiancée and me.
The only inconvenience we found was the location. The apartment is a bit far from the city centre (45 minutes by walking) and the closest metro station is 10 minutes by walking.
All in all, I would recommend this apartment. However, if I would gone back to Athens I'd try to stay in an apartment better located.
The apartment is in a convenient central location and George was helpful in arranging transfers which was much appreciated. First impressions wasn't so good though, apartment is not much bigger than a hotel room and not as "High-End" as I imagined, bed hadn't been made (we had to make it), linen for bed wrong size with pillow sheets missing, cleaning clothes left on floor, some power points weren't working or absent where expected (e.g. kitchen) and the inside door handle would come off in your hand if not careful. However, Athens hotels are expensive so the apartment represented reasonable value, and we may have been the exception re our issues.
The apartment was very comfortable. It was very accessible and in a great location. I would stay here again with ought a doubt. The only negative comment I could make on the apartment is that the hot water tank was not sufficient for one to wash before running out of hot water. All went well until the morning we had to leave. We were not told that the front building door is bolted at night and therefore when we left to get our taxi at 7am we were locked in. Thankfully the taxi driver helped us by ringing everyones door bell until someone came to help. Otherwise we would have lost our plane. The emergency door leading to the basement was also bolted. Shudder to think what would happen if there was an emergency evacuation scenario.So before vacating the apartment for good please remember to check that the front building door is not bolted shut.
The hotel was great! The area is a bit noisy, but you get used to it, the crowd that had begun at dawn. The beach was close but it was pretty crowded and messy so I had to go out every day can get away from beaches to search. The city, the bazaar is 10 minutes away by car. It was nice but a shame that such garbage, this was a bit dirty there would be observed.
The accommodation, receiving the keys was discussed according to each, it was absolutely fine !!!
The apartment is very good, near the metro that takes you to the center of Athens ... There is a bakery, pharmacy, cafes and a supermarket well next, George proved to be a good person and the next door neighbor has treated us very well and willing any kind of help.
We stayed at this beautiful apartment and we definitely would repeat. We didnt meet George, but we knew Panos, a great host. It was really beautiful and near Everything (shopping streets, bus stops, taxis, and walking it's 4 km away from the tourist part. Wifi was a little bit bad but we cant find something bad on this apartment. Thank you Panos! ;)
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We spend one beautiful week in Athens and the appartement in Kallithea provided for all our needs. A little balcony, air-cond., tv, a kitchen and a clean bathroom with washingmachine. The friendly owner was very polite and answered all our questions with a pleasant smile. Close to the appartement you`ll find a lovely bakery, a supermarket, a freddocino coffeshop and the best pita in town! With the bus stopping just in the next street, we could reach either the Akropolis or the beach within 15 min.
BTW: The allready tuned-in radiostation "Pepper 96,6" is fantastic!
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Meet Pavan Karra
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In his spare time Pavan enjoys programming and chess. Has yet to play Deep Blue.
B. Tech, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India; M.S. University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Ph.D. Iowa State University
I enjoy teaching mechatronics, dynamics and control systems. I worked as a research assistant while completing my doctoral degree. I worked on chemical mechanical planarization, a necessary step in semi–conductor manufacturing. I worked on prediction of life of hip implants using fracture mechanics. I also worked on non–linear dynamics of thermo–mechanical aspects of machining.
I enjoy playing chess, reading, listening to music and programming. The lower the programming language, the more I enjoy it.