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Chertsey, UK – February 14, 2008 – After a seven-year hiatus, Electronic Arts today announces the return of Red Alert, one of the most beloved and best-selling real-time strategy franchises. Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, for the PC, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system, takes players on an epic adventure to a breathtaking alternate future spawned by time travel run amok. Developed by EA Los Angeles, Red Alert 3 breaks new ground in the RTS genre, featuring a fully co-operative campaign while bringing back the series' light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay.
"The Red Alert games are known for challenging hardcore strategy gamers with depth, variety, and innovative gameplay. But they also belong to that rare breed of games that can draw in more casual players with their over-the-top stories, instantly accessible mechanics, and straight-to-the-fun design," said Mike Verdu, general manager of EALA. "With Red Alert 3, our team is continuing that proud tradition by introducing genre-first features like co-operative campaign play, which rewards veterans and casual players alike. In Red Alert 3, friends and family can always have your back."
"It's been too long." said Chris Corry, executive producer at EALA. "Fans have been waiting for a new Red Alert game for seven years, and we're working hard to ensure its well worth the wait. The team is staying true to the series' roots while adding new elements like a co-operatively played story-driven campaign, an astounding new faction that will shake-up the Red Alert universe as we know it, and units that will help make Red Alert 3 everything our fans have been waiting for. And by bringing naval combat into the heart of the game design, we're transporting that fast, fun and fluid CandC gameplay to the high-seas in ways that you've never seen before."
In Red Alert 3, the desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia. The time travel mission goes awry, creating an alternate timeline where technology has followed an entirely different evolution, a new superpower has been thrust on to the world stage, and World War III is raging. The Empire of the Rising Sun has risen in the East, making World War III a three-way struggle between the Soviets, the Allies, and the Empire with armies fielding wacky and wonderful weapons and technologies like Tesla coils, heavily armed War Blimps, teleportation, armored bears, intelligent dolphins, floating island fortresses, and transforming tanks.
Red Alert 3 asks the question "What If?" What if every bizarre research project and technology experiment for the last 70 years had actually borne fruit? What if the Philadelphia Experiment, time travel theory, teleportation, invisibility, Tesla technology, and a hundred other intriguing research projects had all paid off and gone mainstream? What if the Soviet Union survived and thrived; what would it look like 10 years in the future? What if the Japanese Empire had never fallen and instead became the ultimate high-tech military superpower? The end result is an imaginative and playful vision of an alternate future filled with possibility.
Command and Conquer fans eager to experience Red Alert 3 before anyone else can get early access to the beta (available for the PC only - an announcement about the Red Alert 3 beta dates will be made this summer) by picking up a copy of Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath later this year.
For fans of Red Alert and Command and Conquer, EA hosts a dedicated online Web cast that goes beyond the game and brings players all the latest series news, tips and strategies. The flagship show, BattleCast Primetime, is a unique program that offers a sportscast look and feel for featured fan multiplayer matches, including expert commentary. Command and Conquer, BattleCast Primetime can be seen on the official Command and Conquer website http://www.commandandconquer.com/.
This product is not yet rated by the ESRB, PEGI or USK. For more information about Red Alert 3 or the Command and Conquer series, please visit www.commandandconquer.com.
About Command and Conquer The groundbreaking Command and Conquer franchise was one of the first to introduce players to the modern RTS genre, has spawned over a dozen PC titles, and ranks in the top 5 best-selling PC franchises of all-time according to the NPD Group. Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars was the number #1 selling PC RTS of 2007 and recently won the "Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year" award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences."Additionally, Command and Conquer Red Alert 2 and Command and Conquer Generals were the number one best-selling PC RTS titles in 2000 and 2003 respectively. Collectively, the series has sold over 25 million units worldwide to date. The franchise boasts one of the largest and most active fan communities in the world. For more information on Command and Conquer series, please visit www.CommandAndConquer.EA.com.


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36th Rep. Elect Ruiz talks 'Inspiration' with local students
Raul Ruiz back from Washington D.C. and freshman orientation session
PALM DESERT, Calif. - Xavier College Preparatory High School proudly inducted its first 64 students into the prestigious National Honor Society on Monday night.
The keynote speaker was Coachella Valley native and Representative-elect of the 36th Congressional District. The theme of the night: Inspiration.
"We know that an education is the pathway to the American success story and all things are possible through an education," said Ruiz as he congratulated the students.
A success story is one of his own.
"I can relate to the model this high school has, of always striving for excellence and giving back to your community with social responsibility," said Ruiz.
Camille Lethcoe, president of Xavier's Honor Society chapter, agrees.
"Knowing his story and knowing that coming to Xavier is a process itself, we are glad to have him as he demonstrates what it means to have character, leadership, service and what it means to be a role model," said Lethcoe.
The students welcomed Ruiz home after his first week of "intense" orientation on Capitol Hill.
"Orientation has been wonderful to meet others with very similar passions for their districts, to be a voice for the people they serve," said Ruiz.
The doctor calls his freshmen class a group of "down to Earth" newly-elected lawmakers and says he's fired up to get to work come January.
"I'm really looking forward to joining committees that are going to make the biggest difference for our district and country.
He says he wants to focus on health care, green renewable energy, veterans and Native American issues. Also, education so students like senior Lethcoe and her classmates can succeed.
Lethcoe says, "I hope to be an inspiration like Dr. Ruiz. I too am a future medical student."
Ruiz says it's back to orientation after Thanksgiving. Also noting that it's going to be a rough commute to and from Washington, but his commitment and priorities remain in the Coachella Valley.

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Jordan Lederman, 13, is an eighth grader at Pine Lake Middle School in Sammamish, Wash. In her entry, Lederman explains the intersection of education and the thing she loves mostchickens. Hoping to one day have her own farm of pet chickens, Lederman plans to use her award in three ways: she will save some money for college; she will donate some money to an international organization that purchases hens for poor families; and she will use the rest to take care of her own chickens.
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A middle-aged married man who regularl engages in quickies between work and the barroom with under-aged women. Usually, he will dress retro surfer or a jock wear, but engages in neither surfing or sports. Exhibits the symptoms andretro- jargon of a severe mid-life crisis and may be in the process of divorcing or being divorced.
Rick's wife said he was a perfect hipster - cheetah who actually manages to call her between blowjobs and trips to the market.
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Wasn't sure where this belonged, but since it's basically a prospects game, I thought here was the best place.
Anyone been? Anyone thinking of going?
For those that don't know, it's an annual baseball game that takes place in Fairbanks, Alaska every June. Because the stadium's so close to the Arctic Circle, it doesn't get very dark at night, hence the name. They use no artificial lighting, and the game starts late in the evening and ends past midnight. I've always wanted to go, but I doubt with my employment situation that it's in the cards for this year. It's on my bucket list, though, and it's pretty high up. It's been going on for over 100 years, though, so it doesn't sound like they'll stop any time soon, so I guess I have time.


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Save Saturdays for Cross Roads. Chautauqua artisans, crafters, farm products and fun. Expect the unexpected at Cross Roads, every Saturday May-Dec. 8am-5pm.
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The first settlement in what is now Chautauqua County, New York, was the "Cross Roads" along the portage trail between Lakes Chautauqua and Erie. What was just a fallow hilltop field five years ago is now a thriving shopping community. Cross Roads Farm & Craft Market is a Co-op of over forty member-owned shops.
Chautauqua has long been known for the quality and creativity of its artists and artisans and Cross Roads has brought many of the finest to this permanent location. Each undergoes a jury process to ensure the quality and diversity of the products offered. At Cross Roads, located between Westfield and Sherman on County Road 21, you'll meet each designer, you'll watch the artisans at work (carving wood spirits, painting, sewing and much more), and you'll be able to commission special works just for you. The 40 or so shops are individually owned and managed by the vendors. These small shops pack a big wallop. The personal, friendly atmosphere delights customers, along with the knowledge, skill and artistry of all the members.
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sec coaches are living a dream life. one guys win a nc and puts the money bar way up and the next guy wins a nc and he jumps the first guy. all alone the poor assistants don't get shite extra.
2 Loss Les working on 4 losses next season Pay that man!
hy isn't saban called 3 loss nick? Cause of 3 NC'S in 4 years.
Unless you think 25 freshmen coming in is going to perform at a level of the #2 defense in the country that we had in 2011 and out-do the defense we had on the field that lost 3 games last season, I really don't think you have an argument against me.
This is a two sided coin. Saban came in and won a title in year 4 and BUILT LSU to what is is Miles has just kept it going. There is NO way IMO that Miles could have come in and done what Saban did with the program the way Dinardo left it.
Rickey did you forgotten more football that our ignorant fanbase?
shite fans like you are the reason we will continue to be just "good enough."
THE BEST COACH IN ALL OF CFB (Saban) , HAS LOST AT LEAST ONE GAME A YEAR( except once) throughout his entire career. Yet you blast Miles for losing 2 games.
Miles should win at LSU because we are LSU. Saban is however moving mountains at bama.
Alleva got schooled again.
No disrespect to Miles but he hasn't built a program of LSU's caliber
Les is an offensive genius being held back by porous defensive play.
I think it's much harder to build a program from the ground up than to maintain it. Saban came in and changed the culture of the program. He was able to convince those in a position of authority to make a commitment in terms of facilities for example a new academic center. No disrespect to Miles but he hasn't built a program of LSU's caliber. He is however a good coach. I don't know why we get into these comparisons when it's obvious Saban is the best coach in the country. Saban is now in the conversation with some of the greatest college coaches of all time.
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Wednesday evening I brought home my first hive: single deep 10 frame, well populated with gentle bees and a three month old queen.
I have left them alone and they are coming in with pollen, and I have seen drones returning in the afternoons.
1. Re: First Inspection
I am anxious to inspect to check the queen, we had a very bumpy road to go up leading to my place. But I thought it best to wait until there would also be a chance of finding eggs, in case I did not see the queen. So, I am thinking that would be Monday?? I meet with my mentor tomorrow and wonder if I should check them this afternoon or early tomorrow (if it clears up--its raining now) so I can report back to him (cant reach him by phone). Or just wait and do nothing until we talk tomorrow.
2. Re: My extra boxes, and expanding.
I also have a 10 frame empty single deep and a medium, both with new wax foundation.
My long term plan is to have 5-6 hives here on my 7 acres, and more up the road about three miles.
Originally, my plan was to work this first single hive, and bought the extra deep in the event I can can catch a swarm. I was going to have the bees draw out some comb to make it a more attractive new home for a swarm....I have access to a trap and lure and a place where there have been swarms in past years.
3. Or...forget the swarm idea???
I could just expand this hive with the medium as a super (with or without the excluder) and use the deep as a second hive if and when this is ready to split.
I would like to make the best use of my extra two boxes and do right by my bees.....I am thinking a few more mediums boxes with foundationless frames would be a good investment for me. We have been doing queen rearing at the beeyard so I think I will be able to keep expanding if all goes well.
Thanks in advance for any input. I know I need more equipment but want to stretch what I have and not get overextended too quickly. I also need to get to the beeyard more and the computer a LOT less because I am overwhelmed with information and lacking an instinct and confidence about what to do....
I appreciate this forum so much, particularly the help for newcomers. thank you so much!!


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text: Ok this one got me confused. Yesteday I got in the truck for work and left speaker had no audio in door except the tweeter. doesn't cut in or out, no popping or crackling like a blown speaker would do. I left work and got in truck and the speaker was working fine. :no: So I thought ok maybe I will keep an eye on it. got in the truck this morning and again no sound as if someone unplugged the speaker. Tweeter still going during all this. I have read others having this issue with no resolution. Some have replaced the head unit and still having problems. Seen speakers replaced and yet still a problem. Any Ideas? anyone no a real solution to what seems to be somewhat common problem? Thanks Kevin 07 Silverado Classic 5.3L Z71 4x4


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The Symbolist Muse: Prints from the Permanent Collection
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During the 1880s, some artists in Europe began exploring an inner vision. Their work marked a staunch opposition to that of the Realist and Impressionist artists of the time who focused on recording the exterior world. "Mystery," "Suggestion" and "Dream"are words that evoke the strange beauty of Symbolist art. Odilon Redon,


text: The last bunch I made (nucs and swarm traps) and the way that I will go going forward was with 1x8's and 1x12's. I ripped the edges to 30 degrees and joined them, and then added the ends afterwards (from 1/12's). I did need to make a little jig to hold the bottom and sides together and used a ratchet strap to hold it in place while I nailed and glued everything up. Jig is really not much more than a follower board attached to a board that allows me to hold everything tight. These ended up being a little wider than my previous hives but worked fine with my bars. I liked the results from this method of making the hive. My first hives were made with screws, but they get expensive fast, so I went to nails and glue now.


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Any Practice Environment for learning tool for CEH?
I have recently joined this forum after deciding to give my career a new direction in Security arena and complete few aspirations I had during my graduation..
Member Geekyone helped me to clear up my mind and decide to go for CEH.
But had few doubts regarding preparation for CEH
If I opt for self study .. due to nature of my current job ..
how can I practice these tools. I cannot play with these tools in public networks ..
I have two laptops one with [b]Vista Business and other is a MacBook (Leopard 10.5)[/b]
I have installed Parallels on MacBook, so I have other OS also in virtual environment
Windows XP in Boot Camp, Win 2003 Server & Ubuntu 8 in Parallels VM
You see I play a lot with my MacBook
So can I use most of the tools just with my own laptops or should I enroll in some virtual training networks to learn these tools?
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Celebrating 25 years of celebrating computation
Brian Hayes
This column marks an anniversary: It has been 25 years since I began writing these essays on the pleasures and possibilities of computation. My first columns appeared in
Scientific American
; later I wrote for
Computer Language
and then
The Sciences
; since 1993 the column has been happily at home here in
American Scientist
. (Some of my earlier essays are newly available online at
For my very first column, in October of 1983, I chose as an epigraph some words of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz: "Let us calculate!" In Leibniz's Latin this exhortation was actually just one word:
Leibniz was an optimist—he was the model of Voltaire's Dr. Pangloss—and he saw a bright future for what we would now call algorithmic thinking. Calculation would be the key to settling all human conflicts and disagreements, he believed. I can't quite match Leibniz's faith in attaining world peace through computation, but in my own way I'm an algorithmic optimist too. I see computing as an important tool for helping us understand the world we live in and enriching our experience of life.
When I wrote that first column, the idea of a personal computer was still a novelty, and there was some question what it might be good for. Now the computer is a fixture of daily life. We rely on it to read the news, to keep in touch with friends, to listen to music and watch movies, to pay bills, to play games, and occasionally to get a bit of work done. Oddly enough, though, one thing we seldom do with the computer is compute. Only a minority of computer users ever sit down to write a program as a step in solving a problem or answering a question. In this column I want to celebrate the rewards of programming and computing, and cheer on those who get their kicks out of this peculiar sport. I also have a few words to say about the evolution of tools for programming.
Let me be clear about what kind of programming I have in mind. I'm
talking about software development. In software development, the end product is the program itself. The developer builds a web browser, say, or a word processor—a program that others can then put to use. In
kind of programming, the product is not the program but the result of running the program. That result might be a number or a graph or an image; in general, it's an answer to a question. Let's call the whole process
inquisitive computing
The earliest computers were all used in an inquisitive mode. One of those innovative machines was the EDSAC, built at Cambridge University under the direction of Maurice V. Wilkes. On May 6, 1949, a punched paper tape was threaded into the EDSAC's input device, and a few seconds later a nearby teleprinter began typing out the numbers 0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, continuing on to 9,801. Clearly, this was computing for answers, although I suppose the Cambridge dons assembled for the demonstration weren't really there to learn the squares of the integers from 0 through 99. A few days later another program generated a table of prime numbers up to 1,021.
If these accomplishments seem trifling, keep in mind that the first EDSAC programs had to take control of the machine at the level of bare metal. There were no operating systems or programming languages. Every step in an algorithm had to be specified in excruciating detail. Merely getting the teletype to print out a number took a dozen instructions.
Over the next decade, the EDSAC had a distinguished career in inquisitive computing. The statistician Ronald A. Fisher used the machine to solve a problem in genetics, quantifying the effect of selective advantage on gene frequency. The Danish astronomer Peter Naur came to Cambridge to calculate orbits of planetoids and comets. Naur was knocked out of his own orbit by this encounter with EDSAC; he left astronomy and became a distinguished theorist of computing. The biologist John Kendrew relied on the EDSAC to analyze x-ray diffraction patterns of the myoglobin molecule, thereby elucidating the three-dimensional structure of the protein.
In the 1970s, the hobbyists who built or bought the first microcomputers faced a predicament much like that of the EDSAC pioneers. The machines came with little or no software. If you wanted to do anything interesting with your new toy, your only option was to write a program. Thus another generation entertained themselves by printing out lists of squares and primes; the ambitious and persistent ones went on to plot the dizzy contours of the Mandelbrot set or to search for patterns in John Horton Conway's game of life.
Inquisitive computing has a less prominent role today, if only because so many other applications of computers have upstaged it. These days, if I suggest that you answer a question by consulting a computer, you would think I meant to go ask Google. Nevertheless, programming for answers is still a living art. In large-scale scientific computing, clusters with hundreds or thousands of processors are put to work modeling the planet's climate and simulating collisions of protons or collisions of galaxies. Studies of proteins have gone far beyond Kendrew's crystallography; computers now try to predict from first principles how the long strand of a protein molecule will fold up into a three-dimensional tangle.
Climate models are a bit too ambitious for most of us. I want to focus on smaller and more casual programming challenges—computational problems or puzzles you might play with for a few minutes or a few days. Here are three examples that involve nothing more than simple arithmetic applied to integers.
A puzzle attributed to the late David Gale observes that the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 has a "perfect median," namely 6, because the sum of the terms preceding 6 is equal to the sum of the terms following it. Are there other subsequences of the counting numbers that have perfect medians? For what values of
does the sequence 1, 2, 3,...,
have a perfect median?
You might be able to solve this problem without the aid of a computer, but I made no progress with pencil and paper. On the other hand, a program to search for perfect medians takes only a few lines of code. Instead of checking each sequence 1, 2, 3, ...,
to see if it contains a perfect median, it's easier to turn the problem inside out and check each integer
to see if it is the perfect median of some sequence. The first step is to add up all the numbers less than
; call the result
. (A bright 10-year-old might figure out a way to calculate
without actually doing all the additions.) Then loop through successive numbers starting with
+1, summing as you go. If this sum is ever equal to
, then
is a perfect median.
This approach immediately reveals that 35 is the perfect median of the sequence 1, 2, 3, ..., 49. In a few seconds you discover three more perfect medians: 204, then 1,189 and 6,930. Of course Gale wasn't really asking for a list of numbers; he wanted to know what pattern underlies the numbers. Getting a computer to answer questions of this kind is not so straightforward—unless you do the mathematical equivalent of consulting Google, that is, you look up the numbers in the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, maintained by Neil J. A. Sloane of AT&T Research. The search retrieves sequence number A001109, along with a wealth of related lore. It turns out that each perfect median
is the square root of a triangular number. In other words,
dots can be arranged to form either a square or an equilateral triangle. This is a geometric connection I never would have discovered on my own. (For an explanation of the connection between squares, triangles and medians, see the illustration above.)
Take a set of integers, say {0, 2, 3, 4}, and calculate the sums of all possible pairs of numbers drawn from the set. A set of four numbers yields 16 pairs, but not all the sums are necessarily distinct. In this case there are just eight different sums: {0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}. Now build the analogous set of pairwise differences; it turns out there are nine of them: {–4, –3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}.
If you try the same experiment with a few more small sets of numbers, you may be ready to guess that the sums
outnumber the differences. And there's a plausible rationale to back up this conjecture: Addition is commutative but subtraction isn't. The sums 5+8 and 8+5 both yield 13, whereas 5–8 and 8–5 produce two distinct differences, –3 and +3. Nevertheless, the conjecture is false. A counterexample is the eight-member set {0, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 14}, which has 26 distinct pairwise sums but only 25 differences. It is called an MSTD set (for "more sums than differences").
I first learned about MSTD sets in publications by Melvyn B. Nathanson of Lehman College in the Bronx, Kevin O'Bryant of the College of Staten Island and Imre J. Ruzsa of the Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. (I have written about their work earlier
A program to search for MSTD sets can take a direct approach to the problem. For each set of numbers, the program forms all pairwise sums and then eliminates duplicates; it does the same for the differences, and then compares. The trickiest part of the program turns out to be the routine for generating the sets of integers to be tested. The sets are characterized by two parameters: the number of elements
and the size of the largest element
(which cannot be less than
–1). For any given values of
the sets can be ordered from smallest to largest and enumerated in a way that's something like ordinary counting, but you have to be careful that a set never has duplicate elements.
This process of enumerating sets and checking all sums and differences sounds arduous, but it goes faster than you might expect. For example, in less than a second of running time you can establish that the example mentioned above, {0, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 14}, is the smallest MSTD set with eight elements. (Peter V. Hegarty of Chalmers University of Technology has since shown that there are no MSTD sets with fewer than eight elements, so this is the smallest example overall.) Checking all sets with
=11 and
≤20 takes less than a minute; there are 184,756 of these sets, and 160 of them are MSTDs, including a dozen where the sums exceed the differences by 2.
The search for MSTD sets is a peculiar kind of quest that seems to be possible only in mathematics. The sets are very rare, and yet there are infinitely many of them.
My third example is another pursuit of shy, elusive mathematical objects. It concerns the simple equation
, where
are positive integers that have no divisors in common (other than 1); for example, the equation 4+5=9 qualifies under this condition.
Now for some number theory. Multiply the three numbers
a, b
, then find all the prime factors of the product. From the list of factors, cast out any duplicates, so that each prime appears just once. The product of the unique primes is called the radical of
, or
). For the triple {4, 5, 9}, the product is 4×5×9=180, and the factor list is 2, 2, 3, 3, 5. Removing the duplicated 2s and 3s leaves the unique factor list 2, 3, 5, so that
In this example,
is less than
). Can it ever happen than
is greater than
)? Yes: The triple {5, 27, 32} has the product 5×27×32=4,320, for which the unique primes are again 2, 3 and 5. Thus
=32 is greater than
(4,320)=30. Triples where
) are called
-hits. As with MSTD sets, there are infinitely many of them, and yet they are rare. Among all
triples with
≤10,000, there are just 120
can be greater than
), how much greater? It's been shown that c can exceed
) plus any constant or
) multiplied by any constant. How about
) raised to some power greater than 1? A conjecture formulated by Joseph Oesterlé of the University of Paris and David W. Masser of the University of Basel claims there are only finitely many exceptional cases where
, for any ε no matter how small. The conjecture has made the search for
-hits more than an idle recreation. If the conjecture could be proved, there would consequences in number theory, such as a much simpler proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
In a program to search for
-hits the one sticky point is factoring the product
. Factoring integers is a notorious unclassified problem in computer science, with no efficient algorithm known but also no proof that the task is hard. If you want to get serious about the search, you need to give some thought to factoring algorithms—or else latch on to code written by someone else who has done that thinking. On the other hand, for merely getting a sense of what
-hits look like and where they're found, the simplest factoring method—trial division—works quite well.
Searchers for
-hits can also join ABC@home (
), a distributed computing project.
The programs I've been describing are simple, small and straightforward; writing them requires no arcane wizardry. On the other hand, writing them is not quite as easy as it ought to be, because the tools available for this kind of programming have not kept up with progress in software technology.
For inquisitive programming, the great age of innovation came and went in the 1960s. The best-known artifact of the era was the BASIC programming language, created in 1964 by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz of Dartmouth University. Kemeny and Kurtz set out to broaden the spectrum of computing enthusiasts; they were especially eager to draw in students in the liberal arts and the social sciences.
Their new programming language was meant to lower the barriers to entry.
But the language was just the start. BASIC was designed in conjunction with the Dartmouth Time Sharing System, an early experiment in interactive computing. Elsewhere, batch processing was still the rule: Deliver your shoebox of punchcards in the afternoon, pick up a ream of printouts in the morning. DTSS and BASIC offered a direct connection to the computer via a teletypewriter or, later, a video terminal. Programming became more like a conversation with the computer. Compared with most other computing environments of the time, it was well suited to an exploratory style of problem solving.
BASIC spread from Dartmouth to other universities in the 1960s, then it gained a mass audience a decade later when Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote a BASIC interpreter for microcomputers. This was the first product of the company that became Microsoft. The initial model of the IBM PC had a BASIC interpreter permanently inscribed in read-only memory; indeed, this was the only software supplied with the machine (even the operating system was an extra-cost option).
Whatever happened to BASIC? Its main attraction was also its undoing. As a language for beginners, it had the taint of training wheels. And it attracted the scorn of those who wanted to make programming a professional engineering discipline. Edsger Dijkstra, the curmudgeon-in-chief of computer science, groused: "It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration."
BASIC didn't disappear, but in response to such acid critcism, it was transformed beyond recognition. In the 80s we got "structured BASIC." Later, when the next fad swept the world of software, BASIC became an "object-oriented" language, with features for creating windows and menus and other gadgets that make up a graphic user interface. The surviving versions of the language are doubtless superior in many ways, but they have become tools for software development rather than for inquisitive programming.
Several other languages of the 1960s also offered an environment suited to inquiry rather than development. Logo has suffered a fate similar to BASIC's: It was designed as a programming language for children, and so adults were reluctant to take it seriously. In fact Logo is a very expressive language, an offshoot of Lisp.
Lisp itself (invented in the late 1950s) is my own favorite language for inquisitive programming. Most Lisp systems allow an incremental and interactive style of work: You write and test individual procedures rather than building monolithic programs.
There's also APL, a terse mathematical notation invented by Kenneth Iverson in 1962. Again, APL was intended mainly for problem solving rather than software development.
All of these languages still exist; indeed, each of them has its devoted following. But they are not where the energy is in computing today. As niche products, they have a hard time keeping up with changes in technology and attracting investment. Meanwhile, facilities for other kinds of programming grow steadily more luxurious. If you develop software in Java or C++, you get leather upholstery, walnut paneling and a dozen cupholders. If your vocation is inquiry-based programming, you sit in a folding chair.
The dream of Kemeny and Kurtz was "programming for everyone," based on the conviction that getting answers out of a computer should be seen as an essential skill in a technological society. But the standard apparatus of software development is far from ideal for teaching or learning this kind of programming. If computing is to be a broadly practiced art form, we need an improved infrastructure for inquisitive programming. Here's my wish-list for a programming environment:
It should be self-contained, easily installed (and uninstalled), well-documented, internally consistent, bug-free and foolproof. Perhaps it's a scandal that GUI-coddled computer users have forgotten how to install an executable in usr/local/bin and add it to their $PATH, but that's the way the world is.
I don't want just to write programs; I want to have a dialogue with the computer. I need to know the answer to one question before I can decide what to ask next. Thus the typical unit of interaction should be a single statement or expression. This kind of incremental computing can't work if a language requires a lot of scaffolding—header files, a "main" procedure—just to run a fragment of code.
I should be able to think in terms of the problem at hand, not the innards of the machine. I don't want to worry about the encoding of characters or whether binary numbers come big end or little end first. I want to be insulated from annoyances such as allocating and reclaiming memory. Data-type declarations should be optional.
I want a system that's mathematically well-behaved. I should not have to live in a world where the integers end at 4,294,967,295 or where 1/3×3 is equal to something other than 1. Give me unlimited precision and exact arithmetic, at least for rational numbers.
I want a rich selection of ready-made functions and data structures. I shouldn't have to build lists or trees or queues out of lower-level constructs such as pointers.
Pamper me. I want the source-code editor with the leather seats, the walnut and the cupholders.
I want a thriving community of enthusiasts, who contribute to the system, share code and knowledge, and keep us all feeling young. For this to happen, the software needs to be free, or close to it.
Along with the wish list there's an unwish list of things I'm willing to give up. Computational efficiency is one of them. I'll typically spend longer writing (and testing and debugging) a program than I will running it. Another variable I'm willing to leave unspecified is the programming language itself. I fervently believe that some languages are better than others, but the programming environment is more important.
Will I ever get my wishes? Nothing I've asked for is unattainable or even particularly novel. I wouldn't know enough to propose these ideas if I hadn't seen them at work in the past. Indeed, over the years I have used a number of programming systems that met most of the criteria on my list. Some of those systems were pure delight. What makes me grumpy is that they are now obsolete and will not run on modern hardware. And I don't see replacements on the horizon.
My sentimental attachment to Lisp makes me long for a revival of interest in that language, but I don't see it happening.
A smarter bet is Python. It has a large and zealous community of boosters, especially in the world of science. The language itself is well adapted to inquisitive programming, and it serves perfectly well for introductory programming courses. Python's weak point, in my view, is the surrounding infrastructure of editors, command-line tools, code libraries and modules. There are several interactive programming environments for Python, but none of them give me the feeling of a place where I am at home and in control of my own environment.
Going off in another direction, programs such as Mathematica and MATLAB are truly wonders of the age. But software that costs more than the computer it runs on is not going to win the public over to casual programming.
A project called Sage claims as its mission, "Creating a viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab." Sage was initiated by William Stein of the University of Washington, and it now has hundreds of contributors. Sage is certainly not the self-contained, cohesive package that I argue for; on the contrary, it's a loose confederation of dozens of more specialized programs, such as GAP for group theory and R for statistics. All of the pieces are stitched together with Python code, which is also supposed to provide a consistent user interface. It works better than I would have guessed, but it's hardly seamless. The principal developers are putting most of their energy into creating a research tool for advanced mathematics, which can leave the skittish beginner without a safe point of entry.
One aspect of Sage I find particularly intriguing is the "notebook" interface, which runs in a web browser. Factoring a polynomial feels just like shopping at Amazon. Moreover, the interface is exactly the same whether the browser is connected to a locally installed copy of Sage or to a remote server. (There's a public Sage server at
.) This is surely the way of the future. Perhaps the next big step in inquistive programming will be offered as a service, not as a product. And maybe they'll call it
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Hey Vick how about you stay healthy first oh yeah you always have the SB champs to worry about. I can't stand PHILLY!!!
How about you stop putting words in his mouth... He said we have a chance to be a dynasty... Just like every other Talented team in the NFL has a chance... How about you worrying more about how you're QB is Gonna make it through the season with fewer weapons and The Eagles having a better defense than the one they got 46 sacks with last year.... shEli's ******ed *** is TOAST!!!!
Last year, it was "Dream Team". This year, the word "Dynasty" will follow the Filadelfia Fowl around all season long. I love that these guys can't keep their yaps shut. Just keep talking.
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After losing seasons 2013-15, the giants put up 11 wins in 16.. they are on way Back
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How to Date Multiple Women (without Lying)

You don't have to sneak around to date multiple women. Here are the 5 steps to getting it right.

Most men want some sexual variety. It's in our biology. A common dilemma for guys is whether to be in an exclusive relationship with the woman they're dating or stick to one-night stands and friends with benefits. Most men think that having a great relationship and dating multiple women is impossible. At least, not without sneaking around.
But these guys are wrong. You can have your cake and eat it too, as long as you know what you're doing. As an instructor with Love Systems and someone who has had multiple relationships in the past, I have five rules to live by.
You don't read The Pickup for morality but I'll just say that any solution that makes you lie to your significant other isn't much of a solution at all. Ethics aside, it's just dumb. Over the long term, few men will be as good at keeping their story straight as their partners will be at knowing something is up. Remember the Mark Twain quote: "Telling the truth means never having to remember what you said."
Lying is also unnecessary and counterproductive. Most women respect a man who goes for what he wants, even if what he wants isn't what she's expecting to hear. And if she catches you sneaking around, you won't have a leg to stand on when you do talk to her.
I don't want to imply that being in a multiple relationship situation involves convincing a woman to do something she doesn't want to do. Just like getting your girlfriend to try a threesome, some women will be all about it, some women will never consider it and a bunch will be in between.
The type of woman who is more likely to be interested in an open relationship is usually someone who is younger or older than prime "must settle down and have children" years, open-minded, comfortable with herself sexually and not insecure. Usually, it will be a woman who enjoys a bit of variety, herself. (If you can't handle the idea of your girlfriend getting action on the side, this might be a can of worms that you don't want to open right now.)
For a woman who is neither all about open relationships nor completely opposed to them, her feelings will come down to two things: you, and the quality of your relationship.
Let's start with you first. If you're the kind of guy who likes to be at home, generally hangs out with the same people and has a pretty solid routine, then being in an open relationship might not really "fit" for her. This type of relationship might be more compatible for the kind of guy who is very social, always surrounded by people, travels a lot and is always at different social events.
I'm not saying that women will generally prefer the latter type over the former. That will depend on the woman involved and her preferences. But I am saying that a woman on the fence about open relationships is more likely to give it a try with a rock star type than with an accountant.
In terms of the relationship itself, this is where a lot of guys mess up. Dating multiple women does not mean sharing the same amount of attention over more people. If anything, you need to be even more attentive and connected and committed to your partner than otherwise. If you're off in your head because of a problem at work or something going on with one of your friends, most women will be understanding. If you miss something because you were on a date with another girl, you're asking for trouble.
Since the default expectation in relationships is monogamy, you can't just "let things happen." If you want an open relationship, you need to take active steps to make that happen.
Don't make her take it all in at once. Put open relationships in her mind early and have "the talk" later. The way to do this is also pretty similar to suggesting a threesome—start by telling a story that is interesting enough that you'd tell it anyway, but contains the knowledge that you've been in open relationships before. (e.g., tell a story about something funny that happened on a date, with a quick tangent that you were in an open relationship at the time). She might want to talk about open relationships and how you feel about them and what you want (which is fine, if so), or she might want to think about it herself for a while. Either way, it's a non-awkward way of introducing the topic early (and will often also tell you if she is completely opposed to the idea).
This way, later, when it comes time to have "the talk" about whether you are in a relationship or not, the idea of open relationships won't come completely out of the blue and it won't be as threatening of a notion to her.
I've seen this over and over with Love Systems clients. They get really good with women, start dating women "out of their league," women chase after them and are open to them dating other women, and then—boom—the guy ruins it all by showing off. He leaves other girls' stuff around his house, he talks about other women, he becomes less attentive to his girlfriend, he lets her friends see him out with other women, etc., etc., etc. Don't be that guy. It's douchey and it will never get you what you want.
This is the quick guide. To listen to a couple of top Love Systems instructors talk about dating multiple women for an hour or so, click here.
And good luck!
Nick Savoy is an instructor with Love Systems and is the author of the Magic Bullets Handbook. Follow him on Twitter: @LS_Savoy


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Next stop: Sarchi. Sarchi is known for the beautiful hand-painted oxcarts that are famous throughout Costa Rica. The town is adorable, with an elegant church crowning its tallest hill and an equally pretty central square. Sarchi's real pieces de resistance, however, are the beautiful hand-painted details found throughout the town: painted lampposts, bridges, buildings, etc. It's like something out of a fairytale. After lunch and a visit to the oxcart factory, where we watched artisans painting their wares, we embarked on the drive to Arenal.
The drive from San Ramon to Arenal is by far the most beautiful drive I've done in Costa Rica--and perhaps anywhere. In my experience, its only rivals are Hwy 128 from Cloverdale to Mendocino in California, and the coastal drive between Sorrento and Amalfi in Italy. Filled with tropical flowers, lush trees, waterfalls, rivers, hills, valleys, curves, and adorable towns, the road to Arenal is one whose beauty will forever be etched in my mind.
We made it to Arenal just before nightfall and checked into our hotel, the Arenal Volcano Inn. I have to give a special nod to this hotel, as it was by far my favorite Costa Rican hotel I've stayed in. The private cabins were enormous, with huge, spotlessly clean windows and patios overlooking the volcano. The pool and grounds were some of the most aesthetically beautiful I've seen yet. Breakfast was great and the staff was superb. And all this for $75/night
The night we arrived we were given a real treat: the fog cleared and we had a direct view of the erupting volcano! The red hot lava shot down the side of the mountain like a fireworks show right outside our room. Truly one of the most amazing sights I have ever witnessed. It was also one only a two brief glimpses we got of the volcano all weekend.
We spent Saturday exploring the area. Took a trip up the Arenal Aerial Tram (overpriced and over-rated), for a spectacular view of Lake Arenal, the largest man-made lake in Central America. (You can see this from many other places--no need to cough up the outrageous dough for the tram.) Then we stopped at the Tabacon Resort for an a la carte lunch. While enjoying some crepes Florentine and perhaps the best hamburger I've ever had in my life, my mother and I looked up to see the clouds clear over the volcano and we got our second perfect view! It stayed clear for about 20 minutes as we watched steam pour out of the top of the volcano and lava roar down its slopes
That evening we took the Best-Bang-For-Your-Buck tour in Arenal. Okay, that's not what it's really called, but that's what I'm calling it. $65 gets you a tour of the rainforest, a walk to the closest approachable point of the volcano, buffet dinner at Tabacon Resort, and entrance to the hot springs. In comparison, the dinner is usually $25 and entry to the hot springs $45, so you're already ahead and you haven't even gone on the preceding 3-hour tour. We did some great birding on the tour and I got my first toucan photos! (Bird Man, eat my invisible socks.) I also made a new friend, Beth, a Purdue MBA student interning in Costa Rica for the summer who coincidentally goes to the same dance school I attend in San Jose. Turns out, we have many mutual friends. Of all the luck!
After the rainforest, we hit Tabacon. Beth and I were checking in and getting our towels when my mother called out from the next room, "Krisztina, look who I find for you!" I didn't even have to look. Immediately images of The Beak sprang to my head and I looked up to see it clear the crowd as it popped out from behind the corner, its owner in tow. I knew it! One night in Arenal--OF COURSE I was going to see Carnival Cruise Guy at the Tourist Factory known as the Tabacon buffet
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Rolle noted that many of their issues are correctable, and pointed out A.J. Green's 56-yard touchdown as an example. Although he would not specify a culprit (it was Stevie Brown, for what it's worth), Rolle admitted that it was a blown coverage and something completely avoidable." Read more...
"Like I told the coaches Monday, it doesn't really matter how hard you guys are going to be on us because right now at this point obviously we need it because we're not doing the simple things that we're being taught to do as a defensive unit," Rolle said.


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Nobuyuki Fujita (68), coach of women's national marathon record holder Mizuki Noguchi (30, Team Sysmex) who withdrew from last summer's Beijing Olympics marathon with an injury to her left thigh, turned up at the Amagasaki Memorial Track and Field Grounds on May 15 to watch the first day of the Kansai Jitsugyodan Track and Field Meet. Speaking of his star pupil's inability to resume training with reinjuring herself Fujita admitted that he had recently hurled harsh words at Noguchi, telling her, "If you keep going on like this then it looks like it's over." Noguchi has resumed jogging several times since her original injury, but each time she has begun training at a higher pace the pain has returned. Fujita recognizes that Noguchi may be headed down her last road but still seeks to encourage her and has adopted the motto "looking forward to running" as the theme of her rehabilitation.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Serious Words From Noguchi's Coach Fujita
Posted by Brett Larner at 12:46 PM
Labels: 2008 Beijing Olympics, Kansai Jitsugyodan Track and Field Championships, Mizuki Noguchi, Nobuyuki Fujita, zannen
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- Roberto said...
It's a problem typical of those who have climbed the highest step in their sport, though. Where does the motivation come from after that? There are so many examples.
- May 17, 2009 at 7:50 AM
Megumi Seike is the next Mizuki Noguchi. Sysmex website advertise Megumi SEike everywhere. And I can't believe Noguchi is still in sysmex. She didn't contribute any major results for the team. Megumi Seike is way better than NOguchi now.
- May 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM
I don't understand how some Japanese runners just disappear out of the spotlight completely. Yasuko Iwamamoto who beated NOguchi in Sapporo 2005 half marathon hasn't raced since then. What the hell happened to her? If I beat Noguchi I'll go out and race.
- May 17, 2009 at 8:07 AM
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#41 Tue 17 Sep 13 1:54pm
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
its generally poached eggs on toast that get eaten here in the uk.
I have found that the baked beans that we get here and served on toast are different to the baked beans that we bought in America , the baked beans that we bought whilst we were in America were fairly sweet as I remember. The family liked them but i wasnt keen on them but that was not suprising as I dont really like baked beans !
#42 Tue 17 Sep 13 1:59pm
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
I prefer scrambled eggs on toast (but then I don't really like eggs or toast) .
#43 Tue 17 Sep 13 3:28pm
Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
Yes, baked beans! It's a wonderful thing we have here that goes very well with our american-style bbq. They're a little sweet, tangy, and smoky. I've never had a proper full english breakfast. Maybe I should work on that! Can you share a recipe for those beans?
#44 Thu 19 Sep 13 2:26pm
Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
So far we have submissions from Ashen, Earthmum and MsPablo! We've seen some wonderful things here, things I can't possibly do like curries, pastries and meringue! Keep them coming!
I made a very simple french style omelet. I used 3 eggs room temperature and threw in a pinch of fresh dill. I made it the traditional way keeping it simple and adding a little cheddar in the center. The outside was slightly firm and the inside was creamy custard-like. Touches of brown on my omelet upset me very much. Luckily this one was a keeper.
#45 Fri 20 Sep 13 10:42am
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
That is one gorgeous-looking omelette. Mine never come out like that - I get too impatient and it all becomes one delicious mess.
#46 Sun 22 Sep 13 1:31am
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
my breakfast today.. creamy scrambled eggs on toast.
two eggs
salt and pepper
toasted cracked wheat bread
method is similar to what gordon ramsay does in this vid.
I used only 2 eggs, a lower heat , I do beat my eggs very well before adding to pan .(the point where they turn pale yellow) . the reason my eggs look more like a custard than his.
I don't add creme fraiche , I just add a small bit of butter at the end.
I don't season with s&p or add the chives til after the eggs are on the toast.
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Only a fool argues with a skunk, a mule or a cook. { cowboy saying}
#47 Sun 22 Sep 13 3:08pm
Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
Nice entry. Funny you should bring up Gordom Ramsey, I've tried his scrambled egg method many times, sometimes with creme fraiche sometimes without. It comes out so creamy, more like a savory dessert!!
I wonder how Jamie scrambles his egg, but here's Jamie's omelette tutorial:
#48 Sun 22 Sep 13 4:54pm
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
Hi koukou I love eggs - any which way but clearly not had them in any inspiring way. I'm off on an egg hunt - I'll be back....
#49 Tue 24 Sep 13 2:40pm
Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
There's less than a week to go!
Creme caramel. Clearly I wasn't able to contain myself and took a forkful off the front before I took a picture haha.
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#50 Thu 26 Sep 13 6:34am
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Re: September Cooking Challenge: EGGS!!
1 cup skim milk
3/4 cup (6 oz) American cheese (sliced or shredded)
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp flour
4 Extra Large eggs (or real egg whites)
Salt & Pepper to taste
Melt butter in skillet. In a jar, mix flour with milk and pour into 8 inch skillet with cheese. Stir until the cheese is melted. Cook 2 minutes or until mix is thick and bubbly. Crack an egg (or just egg white) into a bowl and gently slide into mixture. Repeat with remaining eggs around the skillet. DO NOT STIR! Cover and cook 3 to 5 minutes until desired doneness of eggs. Salt and pepper to taste. Eat "as is" in a bowl or serve over toast / English muffin.


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Red Flavour by Ruterra
Size35 m²
Floor No.3(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Pets allowed
- Washer/dryer
- Elevator in building
- Internet/WiFi
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Accommodation summary
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You will like this flat, if you're looking for :
*quite cozy place within 10 in walking to main attractions
*coolness in summer and warm apartment during winter (czech hot wine is required !)
*have a rest and being updated same time - TV with more then 1000 international channels
*beautiful Our Lady Church area, Folimanka and Grebovka parks are perfect for walks with children or romantic evenings :)
Apartment is located in the quite area of Vinohrady district - within 15 min walk from city center. You will find everything you need for vacation of your dream there.
Flat consist of:
* bedroom with comfortable double bed and a foldable small sofa bed for 1 person, dinner table for 3 people, wardrobe and TV with more then 1000 channels.
* hall with fully equipped kitchenette with a fridge, microwave, cooker, kettle, toaster, dishwasher and coffermaker etc.
* bright bathroom with a shower, hair dryer and washing machine
* separate WC.
Guest Access
Also we prepare for you:
* towels and bed linens
* unlimited and speedy Wifi
* iron and ironing board
* special created map with good recommendations where to go and what to see in Prague
* 24 hours support during your stay
The Neighborhood
Vinohrady is calm beautiful district with lots of restaurants, cafes and parks. The apartment is located close to tram stop I.P.Pavlova, but also you can easily reach the city center by foot.
All main attractions is located in walkable distance:
•5 min to the nearest tram/metro station I.P.Pavlova
•10 min to Brewery house, where you can you can order flavored beer from banana to coffee to blueberry, or specialty champagne beer that comes in a bottle and with a champagne flute
•10 min to the beautiful park with amazing view and unique vinary Grebovka
•15 min walk to Wenceslas' Square or 3 min by public transport
•25 min wak to Charles bridge
•25 min walk to Old Town square
Getting Around
It takes 30 minutes to get to your apartment from airport by taxi. We can organize a transfer from the airport directly to the apartment - this service costs 25 EUR/car. In this case our driver will meet you in the arrival zone, drive to your apartment and hand you in all needed maps and keys.
Other Things to Note
The nearest public parking is located in 2-5 minutes walking from apartment on the Bozene Nemcove street – it's paid on working days (approximately 1.3 euro/hour) and free on weekends and nights (after 18h and until 8h).
House rules- Check-in from 15h00 (but we will try to prepare apartment as soon as possible) and check-out until 11h00 (but if you need to leave your luggage - you can leave it in our office which is located 2 min walk from main railway station and 10 min walk from Wenceslas square.)
- Please do not make any noise in the hallways and other common areas in the house and after 22:00. This is a strict rule! There are many old people in the house, and we have promised the neighbors to keep the peace and maintain friendly relations.
- If you are stay in our apartment for more than 7 days – we will clean them FOR FREE and change towels and linen once a week.
- All our apartment is hypo-allergic, so smoking is PROHIBITED in the apartment!
- In case of loss or damaging keys we will be forced to charge you a fine 15 euro.
IMPORTANT: we love our guests so much that we provide them with a welcome set consisting of :tea, coffee, sugar, detergent (dishwasher and washing machine), hair&body shampoo, kitchen utensils, towels, bed linen and a wonderful "welcome book" with all info you might need!
Thank you for your understanding.
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Lovely apartment, which is ideal for a break in Prague. All the facilities were clean and well maintained, and Ilya couldn't have been more helpful.
Prague is a lovely city, and the apartment enhanced our stay. Someone had even thoughtfully filled the ice cube tray in the freezer, so on arrival we could have ice cold drinks!
Definitely make sure you remember to arrange picking up the keys with the office in advance, as it's not directly near the apartment (although isn't at all far on the tram).
I can also recommend visiting the TV tower, which is a short walk away from the apartment, for some brilliant night time sky line views.
Everything was great, apt is very comfortable and its clean. I just missed some hangers to keep my towels in bathroom.
It would be also great to install air conditioning in I the apt, because if it's very hot like the time we were there you still can't keep windows open through the night because of trams passing by. The noise was so big that our baby and we could't sleep.
It is a nice location not too far from the city center. For an appartment however some essentials were missing and some things broken. The appartment was not cleaned very well; there was dust and even some dirt when we arrived.
If these things were fixed, it would be a nice location.
our stay was very smoothly, accommodation is very good, very spacious and very bright. the only small problem with no air conditioning ... when it is very hot as we were hard to find fresh ... Thanks however the hosts for their responsiveness because we closed the garage with the beep inside they came the next day to help us out. The house is within easy access from the ring road and shopping centers, and 1/4 of an hour from the city center by car. Good experience worth repeating.
notre séjour s'est très bien déroulé, le logement est très bien , très spacieux et très lumineux. les seul petit hic pas de clim... quand il fait très chaud comme nous avons eu difficile de trouver du frais...Merci cependant aux hôtes pour leur réactivité car nous avions fermé le garage avec le bip à l'intérieur ils sont venus le lendemain pour nous dépanner. La maison est à un accès facile de la rocade et des centres commerciaux, et à 1/4 d'heure du centre ville en voiture. Bonne expérience à renouveler.
We loved the apartment very fresh and good location. The driver from the airport was very helpfull and showed us alot of places! 5stars to him
A modern apartment clean and extremely comfortable, strategic position and owner very nice and friendly!
Un appartamento moderno pulito e ricco di comfort , posizione stategica e proprietaria molto gentile e cordiale!
The apartment is located really very nice, barely 20 minutes from the beautiful Old Town (walking distance!). It was all very clean and the basic necessities for the few days was also present. We felt ourselves very well, thank you! :)
Die Wohnung ist wirklich sehr schön gelegen, kaum 20 min von der wunderschönen Prager Altstadt entfernt (zu Fuß!). Es war alles sehr sauber und das Nötigste für die paar Tage war ebenfalls vorhanden. Wir haben uns dort sehr wohl gefühlt, danke! :)
Well organaised, nice apartment. Decent location
We were very satisfied. It is relatively na city (with tram 2 stops). During the next Prague like we book it again.
Wir waren sehr zufrieden. Es ist relativ city na (mit der tram 2 Stationen). Beim nächsten Prag buchen wir es gerne wieder.
flat was fine; location good; despite prior notice, bed for 4th guest was not prepared; handling of key's return easy and comfortable; wifi slow
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Peyton Manning did choke again in the playoffs this year. By your own logic, he should retire. I don't think that he should.
Eli Manning did fail to lead NY Giants to successfully defend SuperBowl Title for the second time. By your own logic, he should retire. I don't think that he should.
Tom Brady just had a better regular season than Eli Manning has ever had. He brought his team to AFC Championship Game while our team watched the playoffs from home this year. By your own logic, Eli Manning should retire. I don't think that he should.
It doesn't mean that I have hatred for someone because I call it like it is. I love Eli Manning and think Peyton is swell too. I also like Tom Brady. I don't like Aaron Roders and I don't like Ben Rapistfatburger. Guess what? Aaron Rodgers and Ben Rapistfatburger are both great QBs. Like or dislike. Love or hate has something to do with who I cheer for but doesn't have anything to do with wheter or not someone is bad, good, great, ELIte or whatever.
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Video: Leftist interrupts reporter to accuse her of bias and hostility
posted at 2:55 pm on April 19, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
Here's a palate cleanser for the afternoon, of a sort. Washington Times reporter and blogger Kerry Picket covered a press conference last Thursday in Washington DC, where Mayor Vincent Gray announced his opposition to the restart of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, the school-voucher system that Republicans in the House re-funded after Barack Obama cut the funds in 2009. Kerry asked a couple of extensive questions to Mayor Gray, who disagreed with her premise but appeared perfectly capable of handling tough questions. Unable to handle it was a liberal activist standing behind Kerry, who accused her of hostility and bias while telling her to "drop dead." Kerry has the longer version with the exchange between herself and Gray on the WT site, but here's the "bizarre" conversation:
However, as I referenced from a Daily Caller piece in a previous post, Dr. Patrick Wolf was asked by the Congress in 2009 to study the effectiveness of the DC school choice program, and he testified a number of times in front of a Senate Committee panel saying, "We know from this study that participating D.C. students are reading at higher levels as a result of the Opportunity Scholarship Program." He added, "We are more than 99 percent confident that access to school choice though was the reason why OSP students graduated at these much higher rates."
Furthermore, while a voucher program never had a chance to be established in Washington, D.C. until 2004 and was last voted down by D.C. residents in 1981, when the program was eventually started around a quarter century later, a 2011 poll conducted by the same company (h/t TWT's Deb Simmons) that worked for Mayor Gray during his election last year showed that more than 70% of DC residents approved of the school choice program.
In fact, a majority of D.C. City Council members support public views on the voucher program. This includes Chairman Kwame Brown and other members who are not supportive with other measures in the budget deal. These members signed a letter to Congress supporting the re-authorization of the program.
I'd call this a classic case of projection. Kerry isn't sure who this might be; perhaps a tourist from Madison, Wisconsin?
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St. Charles announces fall funding recipients
BEND, Ore. - St. Charles Health System is awarding about $50,000 to 10 Central Oregon nonprofits whose missions are to improve the health and well-being of the communities they serve.
The largest award — for $10,000 — was given to the Bethlehem Inn, which serves as Central Oregon's only emergency shelter, providing critical housing services for adults and children experiencing homelessness.
The organization will use the funding to support its case management program, which helps residents receive cost-effective, preventive health care.
The need for the Bethlehem Inn's services has expanded in correlation with the region's significant economic challenges. Over the last two years, the shelter provided housing for about 1,600 adults and children.
"We know that the basic necessities of housing and food in conjunction with solid case management can empower our residents to transition back to a life of self-sufficiency," said Bethlehem Inn Executive Director Gwenn Wysling.
Other organizations awarded funding include:
- Advantage Smile For Kids, for $3,000, for orthodontics and dental treatment for Central Oregon children
- Boys and Girls Club of Central Oregon, for $5,000, for healthy lifestyles programming at the Bend Branch
- Family Access Network, for $4,900, for linking children and family members to basic needs at MA Lynch Elementary in Redmond
- Healthy Beginnings, for $3,100, for Prineville community screening for kids ages birth through Kindergarten
- Kids in the Game, for $2,500, for sports registration fees for low-income children in Central Oregon
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- Ronald McDonald House, for $3,000, for new furnishings for the facility serving Central Oregon families
- Saving Grace, for $4,803, for the Lethality Assessment Program serving the residents of Deschutes County
- Volunteer Connect, for $9,000, for prescription and medical/dental supplies for the Project Connect event in September, serving the residents of Crook, Jefferson and Deschutes counties
"St. Charles is committed to working with its local nonprofit partners to improve the lives of the underserved residents of Central Oregon," said Alisha Fehrenbacher, director of strategic improvement. "We are fortunate to live in a community where organizations like these are working toward the benefit of those who need it most."
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With Italian spices, some diced fennel and toasty pine nuts, you'll have a gorgeous supper in no time.
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