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In the heart of historic center & center,16 century,wifi,a few meters of everything
Size38 m²
Floor No.0
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- Towels
- Suitable for events
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|Calle Hospital de Peregrinos, 18010 Granada, Spain
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It is a historic building in Granada , who welcomed pilgrims who made the route to Santiago de Compostela. It is located in the heart of the historic center , yet is located in downtown, the area declared World Heritage .
The apartment has an excellent location and is just 100 meters from the Cathedral of Granada , Gran Vía de Colón, Plaza Nueva , Plaza of the Catholic Monarchs and the market of San Agustin (fresh fish , fruit, meat, vegetables, ... ) . You can walk from the apartment to the Alhambra, Generalife garden .
The apartment is surrounded by places of interest for tourists : historic sites, museums , art galleries , pubs , restaurants , discos, Arab tea houses , craft shops , supermarkets , shops, banks , etc ... most emblematic places of Granada are around. The apartment is in the middle area of " Tapas" (which is a plate of free food when a drink is ordered, we explain the best places ), but at the same time , the apartment is quiet and peaceful place to rest and sleep , cool in summer and warm in winter thanks to the materials and construction planning .
The apartment is fully equipped so you can feel at home . There is a bathroom with shower , towels, hair dryer, washing machine, kitchen with microwave , coffee maker , cooking utensils , etc ... The bedroom has sheets, blankets , lounge / dining room has TV and sofa bed for two , Wifi. On arrival we will give you a map with the most interesting places to visit , the best restaurants, shops, etc, we explain everything with map information and tips , and also know some places to leave your car for free, the very best prices to ensure a perfect stay…
House rulesAll we want is to make guests feel happy and enjoy this city, the only thing we ask is to leave the apartment in the best conditions, we charge an extra plus if we find excess dirt, disorder or broken furniture.
We have flexible schedules chek chek-in and-out, but please consult us first if there are guests before or after your stay.
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 17 US per guest/night extra
|Maximum nights
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Reviews of this property
Well, they say.
I tell you the good and the bad and every one you choose, we will not repeat.
Good thing is in the center, next to everything.
The downside is that it is a small, underhanded or cleaned over apartment to look like but when you drop something and bend down to the ground you get scared, in fact I were hoisted grace we were with our dog and apparently did not read While the email I sent them advising them, the question is who told us that usually charge a cleaning fee for any dog hairs stop, ha ha ha me birth.
Unfiltered coffee maker, shower stalls while showering, the fridge is noisy and annoying at night, lack of kitchen utensils and other for normal use of the apartment, no cleaning products to clean the bathroom and kitchenette, savannas very, very old and used, blankets with holes, musty towels.
Otherwise Granada and beautiful weather accompanied us all day on the street so neither you very concerned the shortcomings of the apartment.
Bueno, que decir.
Os digo lo bueno y lo malo y cada uno que elija, nosotros no repetimos.
Lo bueno es que esta en el centro, al lado de todo.
Lo malo es que es un apartamento pequeño, poco limpio o limpiado por encima para que parezca pero en cuanto se te cae algo y te agachas al suelo te asustas, de echo nos izo gracia por que íbamos con nuestro perro y parece ser que no leyeron bien el correo que les envié avisándoles, la cuestión es que nos decían que suelen cobrar un suplemento de limpieza por los posibles pelos que deje el perro, ja, ja, ja me parto.
Cafetera sin filtro para hacer café, la ducha se atasca al ducharte, la nevera hace ruido por la noche y molesta, falta menaje de cocina y demás para hacer un uso normal del apartamento, no hay productos de limpieza para poder limpiar el baño y la cocinita, las sabanas muy, pero muy viejas y usadas, mantas con agujeros, toallas con olor a humedad.
Por lo demás granada preciosa y nos acompañó el tiempo, todo el día en la calle por lo que tampoco te preocupa mucho las carencias del apartamento.
Great host, very friendly and welcomming. He provided us with a lot of useful tips about tapas bars (also vegetarian places) and what to visit in Granada.
The location is optimal and the flat was great too. There were also washing pads for us to use which was really convinient.
We warmly recommend it :-)
Great apartment in the old Granada. Quiet, enjoying the freshness of its old walls: pleasant in hot weather. Christian was very good advice for finding some nice places
Super appartement dans le vieux Grenade. Calme, bénéficiant de la fraicheur de ses vieux murs: agréable par forte chaleur. Christian a été de trés bons conseils pour dénicher quelques endroits sympathiques
Sabrina and Christian are great hosts who provided us in advance with detailed information. The location of the apartment is very central and surprisingly quiet despite the many premises in the immediate vicinity. The facilities were very good and there was even a German filter coffee machine ... we have not needed because we prefer caffe con leche in the next bar .... but for others it might be interesting to know :-)
Sabrina und Christian sind tolle Gastgeber die uns schon im Vorfeld mit detaillierten Infos versorgt haben. Die Lage der Wohnung ist sehr zentral und trotz der vielen Lokale in allernächster Nähe überraschend ruhig. Die Ausstattung war sehr gut und es gab sogar eine deutsche Filterkaffeemaschine...die wir zwar nicht benötigt haben da wir caffe con leche in der nächsten Bar vorziehen....aber für Andere ist es vielleicht interessant zu wissen :-)
Very nice appartment, right in the heart of the city. Close to all the sights and in a lively area. It is very clean and well equipped too with everything you need. Christian and Sabrina were very welcoming and helpful hosts. I would recommend this address.
Granada is beautiful, the location of the apartment we liked, well ubicado.La housing itself is as shown, there was problem with the hot water heater as they have fast recovery, and the sofa bed was not very comfortable, the mattress was all by defeated finito.Los hosts and was fine, provided useful information and quantity
Granada es hermosa,la ubicación del departamento nos gustó,bien ubicado.La vivienda en sí es como se ve,hubo problema con el agua caliente pues no tienen termotanque de rápida recuperación,y el sofá cama no era muy cómodo,el colchón estba vencido y era finito.Los anfitriones muy bien,brindaron información útil y en cantidad
very helpful host. we were picked up in the centre and shown to the appartment,which was very central everything in walking distance even the alhambra.comfortable bed,clean and everything you need.
Great location in the center of Granada (Albayzin). With the best tapas bars around the corner. Very quiet at night (good night sleep). Comfortable beds although the mattresses are different. Spacey and though the interior is not very modern, it has all the features you need. The host is very friendly, helpful and will give you some great tips what to see and eat in the neighborhood.
we had a very pleasant stay despite the weather not accompanied us much ... christian informed us to visit sites recommended to eat, where to buy ...... genial!!
tuvimos una estancia muy agradable a pesar de que el tiempo no nos acompaño mucho...
christian nos informo de los sitios a visitar nos recomendo donde comer, donde comprar......
The stay was canceled due to illness.
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The data on vacancy status were obtained from questionnaire item C1, which was completed by census enumerators. Vacancy status and other characteristics of vacant units were determined by enumerators obtaining information from landlords, owners, neighbors, rental agents, and others. Vacant units are subdivided according to their housing market classification as follows:
For Rent
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These are vacant units used or intended for use only in certain seasons or for weekend or other occasional use throughout the year. Seasonal units include those used for summer or winter sports or recreation, such as beach cottages and hunting cabins. Seasonal units may also include quarters for such workers as herders and loggers.
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Stylish Room Near Brick Lane Market (HF4)
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- Kitchen
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- Breakfast
- Lockable room
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|Hereford St, E2 6EX LONDON, United Kingdom
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Wooden flooring can be found in the modern bedroom, which boasts colourful decor, a comfortable double bed and a walk-in wardrobe. The sleek kitchen is fully fitted and features both a breakfast bar and laundry facilities. The tiled bathroom contains a walk-in shower, heated towel rack and separate WC.
Old Truman Brewery is just a little over a 5-minute walk away, and provides a vibrant fashion market every Sunday for guests to enjoy. A range of clothing and accessories are on offer from some of London's most talented upcoming designers.
Bethnal Green Train Station is just a 5-minute walk away, while Shoreditch High Street Underground Station is a 10-minute walk away. Numerous 24-hour bus routes service Trafalgar Square and central London.
House rulesBe respectful of the other guests.
Guests should clean up after themselves.
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Reviews of this property
It could have been the perfect nest for visiting London thanks to its strategic location and its roomy interiors. Unfortunately, neglect and serious maintenance issues make this apartment a place to get away as soon as possible. Main entrance door broken, bathroom on our floor unusable (shower, sink, toilet: everything out of order!) and a general sense of neglect put us in a position to not recommend this place. Nevertheless, the overall cleanliness level is acceptable.
Nice room. Bath and toilet shered whith other tenants were Clean.
The door to the appartment a Little tricky to understand
On the whole I had a nice stay
I have never seen to anfitrion, the house is good but maybe it need some fix. Everything else is good by the money that you pay. It's good.
We had a serious problem because the Wifi didn't work. I sent as message to our host days before arriving telling him it was very important to assure the wifi was ok. He said there was no problem and told me where the router was located. But no wifi at all. A girl staying in other room told us she had been in the house for a long time and she never had a wifi connection. I phoned Kazzos but he didn't answer the call. I sent him a message but I never got an answer and the problem was no solved. I'm very upset. I think I should get some of my money back because I payed for a service I never had. And, talking about the room, it had little to do with the photos at wimdu page. The drawer was entirely broken and we couldn't use it. The windows were really dirty. Everything needs a fix.
The street was quiet, the area right and near the centre. We walked everyway. That's the only thing I'm happy about
The room was not clean, discasting!! The owner does not answer the phone. I did not have wifi even when I was paying for that... If you want my opinion, just go to another place.
Hello, we just been a few days in London, For start the good things = Good location, good instructions from the owner, Medium things = Clean so so, bins not being empty every day. Bad things we stay in room 4, next door from the shower, and was annoying to listen noises and being fully booked the use of the bathroom was constant. Front door handle is naked.
It is a shame as the apartment is decent size and very good located and average as per London standards, I would not repeat in this place due to the comments I told, maybe another room with no bathroom next door .........
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Plus, commenting about Yuna in the press conference was a great opportunity even for Hugh and Cameron Mackintosh to call much more Koreans' attention to Les Misérables. That's because Koreans tend to be very interested in every story involved in Yuna. I think Hugh is much more savvier about media than some people in this thread.
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How sweet of him! I do hope she could get some more inspiration for her lp after watching this movie. Only ten days to go for her comeback, can't wait
What's in ten days? Is it Korean Nationals? That'll be wonderful.
What did the press say about Yuna's hair cut?
Thanks for the clip! I can't remember anything he said about Yuna. I was too busy thinking damn, Hugh Jackman is hot.
So cool he is in the movie...he should do it justice...so when will we see Yuna in Germany? Jeremy Abbott has a beautiful LP to Les Mis. I hope Yuna is getting in top form...


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"Best Practices in Conducting Rounds." Kathleen Watson, MD. Greg Bielman, MD. Bradley J. Benson, MD. Faculty development seminar on conducting ward teaching rounds. February 2003.
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"The University of Minnesota OSCE Resident Evaluator Program." Ilene Harris PhD, Brad Benson MD, David Power MD. Abstract for RSVP program on ACGME Outcomes Project Website. March 2004.
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Playbook: Let Them Eat Cake
The NHL is running the risk of alienating their fans for good if they don't resolve this lockout soon. Plus Week Ten NFL Lines.
I believe it was Jean-Jacques Rousseau who coined the now infamous adage "Let them eat cake," though it is most commonly attributed to the out-of-touch Queen of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette. She was a dunce of pure royal descent and known, at times, to bathe stark naked in milk while her subjects were forced to roll about in their own excrement and filth. She was in fact so far removed from the plight of the plebes that when word came around that they could no longer afford to make or buy bread, she suggested that perhaps they should eat cake instead.
Ah well; she was strung up by her thumbs and guillotined by a man named Robespierre and the mob for her obvious lack of empathy and overly oblivious decadence. Her husband, too. Après moi, le déluge.
Half the royal court was eventually dragged through the blood-soaked streets of France at that time to have their heads lopped off in public if for no other reason than that they had lost control of the lowly types who were prone to and entertained by acts of serious violence when boredom and hunger became their operative ethic. And let me tell you: when public decapitation becomes the modus operandi and number one entertainment source for angry crowds, the people in charge better either scatter or make good; bloodlust is an ugly thing when it gets out of hand…
But shit, we were trying to talk about hockey before all this ugliness about the French Revolution came about. The NHL and the Players' Association are still talking, still at odds about how best to split up the embarrassment of riches they've amassed from spectators and fans while unruly crowds of those same spectators and fans go without hockey, going on 54 days now.
At first, we were dealing with an existential question (which, along with democracy and blood, is another proud export of France): What is Hockey-Related Revenue? Is it made up of the estimated record growth the league has seen in the last five seasons, each year better than the last, with 2011 bringing in somewhere in the neighborhood of 2.9 billion dollars? Is it the 64 percent increase in sponsorship dollars the All-Star game brought in? Or is it the across-the-board national television viewership rating increases and all the advertising dollars attached to that? In some areas that growth maxed out at 70 percent, good for, you would assume, a sizeable bump in the market price for ad spots.
Whatever hockey-related revenue is, it's safe to say it's substantial. It's also safe to say that everyone might as well be arguing over Monopoly money so long as they're arguing and not playing hockey. We thought maybe getting back to making money might be enough for these two sides to get a deal done.
But then they had to argue over "Make Whole" provisions, loopholes that had to be put in place to ensure players already signed to enormous contracts would inherit what's rightfully theirs under the new CBA. Okay, that's fine; the last thing we need to hear are horror stories of starving athletes and their families forced to eat second-rate caviar and champagne from just outside the South of France.
And now we're not hearing anything at all; talks are tabled or else taking place in undisclosed locations, away from prying eyes, separating piles of solid gold bullion into two equally enormous portions, then scrapping it, starting over and separating the piles again. Shuffling the deck chairs on the Titantic.
But oddly enough, what we also aren't hearing is a lot of crowd noise. No uproarious behavior from the bleacher creatures, the fans.
Indeed, all is quiet on the peasant front, and one wonders why. Why, when the NFL threatened lockout, were we sending death threats and talking about self-immolation? When the NBA shut down we staked out Commissioner Stern's house. When there wasn't any bread, we held a bloody rebellion in the streets.
Well, you don't have to look too far for the answer: we've got the KHL, the OHL, the AHL, and half the players who play professionally are playing there, so who really cares what the first letter of the initialism is? The quality of hockey is coming up to par with the influx of talent, and television networks across the country are working out deals to get these games on the air to pacify the bloodthirsty fans. Unlike the NFL and NBA, whose monopolies on where players can play is almost absolute, the NHL has some stiff competition in their own markets, making fans wonder: who needs the NHL when we've got hockey? When the two sides said, "Let them eat cake," we said, "Will do; we'll have our cake and eat it too."
At this point, with any further prorogation of the NHL season, fans are going to start to wonder why we need the NHL at all, why we need to be put through the ringer every time players, owners and the league can't agree on how to split up all our hard-earned dollars. With non-NHL hockey becoming more readily available in almost every market, the only losers at this point are the parties still at the table, with all the growth in revenue and ratings they've seen in the past five years threatened by each passing day they think they are keeping hockey away from us. At some point our interest in their bumbling sideshow will wane; our goodwill and expendable income will just go somewhere else, somewhere where there is hockey being played.
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Houston (+1.5) over Chicago, St. Louis (+11.5) over San Francisco, Atlanta (-2.5) over New Orleans, Baltimore (-7.5) over Oakland, Tennessee (+ 6) over Miami, Denver (-4) over Carolina, Tampa Bay (-3) over San Diego, New York (-4) over Cincinnati, Philadelphia (+2) over Dallas, Seattle (-6) over New York, Buffalo (+11) over New England, Minnesota (+1.5) over Detroit, Pittsburgh (-10) over Kansas City.
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I'm with u about baseball, the games could get pretty darn long and hectic but it's still entertaining. Basketball is pretty good too. Of course none of these even come close to good old NYG football, that's my biggest joy in life.


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kidding, but our pass rush needs to get going. Thomas manhandled JPP today, and osi and tuck need to get involved
kidding, but our pass rush needs to get going. Thomas manhandled JPP today, and osi and tuck need to get involved
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Thomas showed why he's a 5 time pro bowler. JPP had his hands full with Thomas and against other teams, gets double teamed. That's when we need the others to step up. Formula for other teams right now is to stop JPP and not having to worry too much about the others on the D line with their play of late.
lol i knew this had to be a joke before i entered this thread. we definitely need to generate more pressure though
Our passrush situation is a problem going forward.
Since we have been unhealthy in the secondary, we have been unable to blitz a 5th man very often for fear of the pressure it will put on an inexperienced secondary. This means teams have 5 blockers to our 4 passrushers. In the past ,that was often a situation we thrived in because we had multiple people who could beat 1v 1 matchups. If you commited 2 guys to JPP, then Osi , Kiwi or Tuck would win their 1v1 matchup. Right now, JPP is the ONLY guy who is tough to block 1 v1 and teams are using the 5th blocker to help block him. If Osi , Tuck and Kiwi are unable to defeat their guys 1v1 then we have a problem because teams are going to keep focusing on JPP.
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Secondary has to buy them a few seconds to get to the QB....
No shame in getting your butt kicked by Joe Thomas, especially only in your 2nd year
Entire Team Let Eli down today - NYG4l
We need Canty back... he's another guy that draws double teams...
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
But for real, it is more of a reflection of osi/tuck/kiwi. JPP is seeing a lot of attention from opposing offenses and lots of double teams. He is still blocking down passes and getting in on running plays. He is an absolute monster, and is more or less unblockable 1-1. He just doesnt get 1-1 very often HA! Thomas is also a great player.
the other 3 ends need to step it up bigtime. Either way, a big win against a team we couldnt afford a letdown against.
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Moscow, 18 June 2014: Despite the geopolitical uncertainty that looms over the global oil and gas industry the continued imposition of taxes on income from oil and gas operations remains a certainty. In a global environment of constantly evolving tax and fiscal policy, the scope, impact and makeup of taxes are far from certain. This is according to EY's newly released annual Global oil and gas tax guide which summarizes the oil and gas tax regimes in 80 countries.
Alexey Kondrashov, EY's Global Oil & Gas Tax Leader says: "Fiscal policy has never been more important to governments as they compete to attract large-scale investment. Revenues need to be maximized from hydrocarbon production to create stable fiscal environments for efficient resource development.
"Some countries are certainly better at achieving this stability than others, thus allowing reasonable returns for investors. Quality and economics of basins naturally evolve over the lifetime of the basin, but also shift in response to other challenges, such as declining production caused by the maturity of fields. Forward-thinking governments recognize this and continually review and revise their tax regimes to equate for these changes," says Kondrashov.
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Can stone-tool marks on fossils be distinguished from tooth marks?
Pat Shipman
The cutting edge of science is sharp and potentially dangerous. New techniques, new interpretations and new ideas are sometimes responsible for great advances in understanding—or for great mistakes.
What would you do, as a responsible scientist, when a new discovery doesn't jibe with the previous evidence?
First, you'd sit and ponder. What will be the broader implications, if the new evidence is correct? What ideas would be overthrown or contradicted? How different would the new interpretation be?
Then you'd probably do everything you could think of to double-check all of the evidence. Were you careful? Did your ideas go beyond what was supported by the finding? Could some form of confirmation—or refutation—be gleaned from another line of inquiry?
And finally, depending on your own convictions and how bold you are, you would make one of two choices. You could tuck the new evidence into a larger paper, discussing its possible import if confirmed. Or you could simply publish your data and its implications as fully and prominently as possible. In either case, you'd be hoping that later findings would show you were right, because science is essentially self-correcting.
An international team found themselves in this sort of situation, with new evidence contradicting established theories, when surveying for fossils in the Lower Awash Valley of the Dikika region of Ethiopia—and they opted for publication. The Dikika Research Project team is led by Zeresenay Alemseged, curator of anthropology at the California Academy of Science. The team includes geologists, experts in radiometric dating, archaeologists and paleontologists, as well as experts in an obscure specialty called taphonomy, which is one of my own areas of expertise. Taphonomists strive to reconstruct what has happened to a fossil, from the time it was a living organism until it was found, and to deduce what that history tells us about the ancient environment and adaptive niche of the animal, including how it died.
The team has been working in the Lower Awash Valley for 11 years and has made impressive finds. The most spectacular has been the partial skeleton of a young Australopithecus afarensis—the same species as the Lucy skeleton—that has been nicknamed "Selam" or "the Dikika baby." Selam is 3.3 million years old by geological standards and was about 3 years old at death by human standards.
In 2009 paleontologist Denis Geraads of the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique was collecting bones from the surface of one area and noticed, on one calcaneum (a foot bone) from an antelope, a set of obvious, unusual marks. Based on field inspection, he thought these might be cut marks made by a stone tool, so he brought the bone back to camp and showed it to the rest of the team. They decided to return to that area and several others to inspect every fragment of fossilized bone for similar marks. Eventually they collected four specimens with intriguing marks on their surfaces for further study. There were no identifiable stone tools or sharp stone fragments found in those areas.
Back in the United States, taphonomist Curtis Marean of Arizona State University examined the marks microscopically and compared them with his large collection of bones with known taphonomic histories. He became convinced that the marks on two of the specimens (a rib and a femur, both probably from antelopes) were unambiguous cut marks, some of which graded into percussion marks made by striking the bone with a hammerstone rather than slicing. Two other bones had marks that were too ambiguous to identify. His judgments were confirmed by an advanced graduate student and a former student in taphonomy, who made independent assessments of the marks.
Unfortunately, the two marked specimens were found on the surface and had very little rock adhering to them, so they could not be linked definitely to any particular stratigraphic layer. However, the surface on which they were found is bracketed by two well-dated deposits of volcanic tuff, the higher one at 3.24 million years and the lower one at 3.42 million years. Thus the surface is estimated to be 3.39 million years old.
On August 12 of this year, the team published the find as the cover story in the journal Nature, with the title "Evidence for stone-tool-assisted consumption of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, Ethiopia."
The applause from those who accepted their interpretation, and the criticism from those who didn't, began almost immediately.
Why? The bones the team identified as having cut marks were more than 800,000 years older than the oldest-known type of stone tools, called the Oldowan industry, which come from nearby Gona, Ethiopia, and are 2.6 million years old. There is not a single confirmed stone tool anywhere that is older than the Oldowan tools at the Gona site—and there is not even one possible stone tool from this region of Dikika.
If the team's interpretation is correct, their discovery "dramatically shifts the known timeframe of a game-changing behavior for our ancestors," says Alemseged. "We are putting stone tools in the hands of Lucy and her kind."
I have great personal interest in this report on the Dikika fossils. Almost 30 years ago, Rick Potts, now of the Natural History Museum at the Smithsonian Institution, and I were the first to demonstrate (as we published in Nature) that the microscopic appearance of stone-tool cut marks is distinctly different from marks produced by animal teeth.
We had collected large samples of bones with marks of known origin, then "visually inspected" (eyeballed) and documented the marks under a scanning electron microscope. Our known samples included carnivore tooth marks, rodent gnawing, weathering, sedimentary abrasion, digestion, trampling, excavators' marks, and root marks; the known samples expanded in number and diversity as years passed. By comparing the known pieces with each other and with the unknown ones, we were able to identify diagnostic characteristics that consistently showed up in true cut marks that were lacking in other kinds of marks.
Our paper on identifying surface marks on fossils kicked off a flurry of controversy and excitement. Some colleagues challenged our ability to make these identifications correctly. Others undertook parallel studies examining many different kinds of marks and surface damage, including percussion (hitting a bone with a stone tool to break it open). What once seemed simple is now complex. We now know that several types of marks can closely mimic cut marks, including trampling by animals and the action of crocodile teeth on their prey. Great care must be taken to distinguish such marks from cut marks.
In light of these findings, it's no wonder that the startling interpretation of these two Dikika bones caused a major controversy to erupt over the identification of these marks.
So, how can there be cut marks prior to the existence of stone tools for cutting? There are a few possibilities, some more likely than others.
First, maybe there are stone tools going back to 3.4 million years ago, but they have been missed. This is incredibly unlikely. This explanation would mean that all of the researchers on all of the expeditions that have combed the badlands of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania for the past 40 years looking for fossils and early stone tools have been too incompetent to recognize stone tools in layers older than 2.6 million years. The timing of the invention of stone tools is a critical issue in paleoanthropology, and the oldest-known type of tools has been extensively studied. Furthermore, stone tools are sturdy objects not easily destroyed by most natural processes (unlike bones), so they don't just vanish. It is completely unbelievable that Oldowan tools are scattered over the 3.4-million-year-old landscape and have been overlooked.
Second, the tools might be present but unrecognized because they are not deliberately flaked like the Oldowan tools, but naturally broken sharp stone fragments, or "expediency tools." Marean favors this hypothesis.
"These will not look like Oldowan stone tools," he says, "so the search image brought to the field will be inappropriate for finding this material."
Alemseged also leans toward this possibility, but he cautions that if naturally occurring sharp objects were used as tools, without further modification, they will be very nearly invisible archaeologically. The only hope of identifying such an expediency tool would be if it had been excavated from fine-grained sediments and if it was of a rock type that does not naturally occur in that area (a so-called manuport). Manuports have not yet been recorded in any of the fossil sites older than 2.6 million years.
Third, the marks might be misidentified. This is the view of Tim White of the University of California at Berkeley—the leader of another team that works in an adjacent area of Ethiopia in this time period—who says that too much is being made of too little. "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence," he observes. "This is not perfectly good evidence that is being dismissed because its implications are startling. It is perfectly ambiguous evidence. This claim is based on about a dozen gouges and scratches on two small bone fragments with no associated context, from the surface of a site that is loaded with crocodiles."
Because crocodiles chomp on their prey, leaving lots of marks with varied characteristics on the animals' bones, White thinks crocodiles are probably responsible for the marked Dikika bones. The marks from Dikika are described as being unusually heavy and deep compared to most butchery marks, indicaing that whatever made them used a lot of force, as crocodiles do.
Jackson Njau, now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley, did the most extensive study of crocodile marks on bones as part of his Ph.D. thesis. He is not only a lab analyst but is also the coleader of the Tanzanian International Paleoanthropological Research Project. Njau hasn't yet seen the original Dikika specimens. But judging from the published photographs of the marked bones, he says:
The random patterning of the marks on those two specimens match those produced by crocodile action (under experimental conditions) or other unknown processes. Crocodile feeding techniques include twirling, twisting and hitting bones on the ground or rocks. Combined with the animal's dental morphology, these techniques inflict marks of many different types, shapes and varying intensities, some of which look like cut or percussion marks, or like scoring marks that are curved similarly to ones documented on one of the Dikika specimens. One of these curved scoring marks is labeled J {see image at right}, which the authors consider to have been made by an unidentifiable carnivore.
In response to these challenges, Marean stands firm. He has examined the crocodile toothmarks from Njau's controlled experiments as well as many other types of marks, and is still confident that his identification is correct.
"Most of the marks have features that indicate without doubt that they were inflicted by stone tools," Marean asserts. "The range of actions that created the marks includes cutting and scraping for the removal of flesh, and percussion on the femur for breaking it to access marrow." Crocodiles are not the only explanation for deep and heavy marks; hominins clumsily wielding heavy stone tools might also produce such damage.
Is there enough evidence to support the stunning claim by the Dikika team? Obviously the team thinks so, and so do the scientists who reviewed their paper for Nature.
Sileshi Semaw of the Stone Age Institute in Indiana doesn't think so. He is the leader of the ongoing research team that found the oldest known Oldowan tools and bones with cut marks at Gona. When his team published their discovery, they had excavated thousands of stone artifacts and many fossilized bone fragments from well-dated, fine-grained sediments, as well as collected surface samples.
Semaw asks, "What is the Dikika evidence? Two modified bones with possible cut marks from the surface, and not a single stone flake nor a single hominin-modified stone! Such a major leap in ancestral hominin tool-use behavior should have been supported by strong evidence, but the Dikika researchers are making a huge claim based on very meager data."
Others challenge the interpretation of the Dikika bones because of the lack of context. The bones could not be linked by an adhering matrix (in other words, stone) to the particular rock layer from which they must have originated. Because it is the rocks that are dated, not the bones, the antiquity of the bones depends on their being matched to either a rock layer or, through excavation, to specimens still in place in the ground.
Speaking for the team, Alemseged responds to this objection: "We do not have any doubt that these bones are older than 3.24 million years and very likely 3.39 million years old. The juvenile skeleton Selam was discovered only 222 meters away, so intensive attention was paid to documenting the geologic history of that particular area. Almost all fossils from the Lucy site, Hadar and Dikika were dated using the same methods." Of course, Alemseged adds, excavating additional pieces that confirm these finds would be great, and he hopes to find such material in his next field season.
But he doesn't have the evidence yet, his critics retort.
The lines are clearly drawn.
The Dikika team has conducted all of the studies they can to support the identification and the antiquity of the marks. They chose to make a prominent announcement of their findings because they are confident that their work has been done correctly and because the implications of finding pre-Oldowan cut marks are huge.
If their interpretation is correct, it reshapes our understanding of the life of Australopithecus afarensis. This species may well have had more meat and fat in their diet than we supposed, but the addition of these important foods did not cause a rapid physiological change in Australopithecus afarensis that can be seen in the fossil record. Were the first tools used too rarely to have a dramatic impact on the species right away? Possibly.
Also, the odd pairing of bone with cut marks and an utter lack of recognizable tools suggests how tool use might have begun: opportunistically and infrequently with expediency tools. Maybe simply picking up handy objects showed australopithecines that what they really needed was a cutting edge. If so, then it took these early hominins 800,000 years to figure out how to make and use tools regularly.
In contrast, the skeptics feel the announcement was premature. They argue that the team should have waited for more, better and less ambiguous evidence before making such an enormous claim.
If stone tools were invented 2.6 million years ago and not much earlier, their first appearance coincides with the presence of Australopithecus garhi and is close in time to the oldest known occurrence of A. garhi's possible descendent, an early species of the genus Homo. In this reading of the record, the invention of stone tools provoked a dietary change—an increase in carnivory—that led to a rapid increase in body and brain size seen in Homo.
Is the identification of marks on bone surfaces so reliable that a few cut marks can be taken as proof of stone tool use, even in the absence of recognizable tools?
Do we know enough about taphonomic agents that cause marks that closely mimic stone-tool cut marks and how to distinguish among them?
How long did it take to invent stone tools? Did using naturally occurring sharp stones give our ancestors the idea that they could make sharp objects out of stones?
And how long would a dietary and ecological shift—from herbivore to carnivore, from prey to predator—take to produce dramatic changes in the biology of our ancestors?
In this intriguing case, the truth is balanced precariously on a knife's edge.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/the-cutting-edge/4
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(Aug. 2, 2005)--The UTSA Institute for Economic Development (IED) has named Mark Hager director of its newly established Center for Community and Business Research.
The center will seek funding from foundations, government and business to conduct research on community and business development. This research will guide IED?s public service activities. Hager?s responsibilities as director include the development of evaluation, assessment, and community research projects, and directing the design and implementation of the institute?s research program.
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"Establishment of a Center for Community and Business Research is an important part of our plan to understand the dynamics of economic development in South Texas and the Border Region," said Robert McKinley, UTSA associate vice president and director of the Institute for Economic Development.
Hager brings 10 years of leadership in the study of community organizations, voluntarism and philanthropy. Prior to joining IED, he was a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, a social policy think tank in Washington, D.C.
"Dr. Hager is an excellent choice to develop this new center and its research program," said McKinley. "Rural community economic development was my first area of study as an undergraduate student in Kansas," noted Hager. "That work led me to the Peace Corps, then to a specialization in nonprofits. I am pleased to be able to return to my community development roots as the director of this new center."
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The apartment has a double bed in de bedroom and a 2 persons sleeping couch in the living room. The rent includes fresh bedding and towels. The place is perfect for one or two couples, families with (small) children & everybody who just wants to enjoy all the good stuff. Amsterdam has to offer, because it's close to every interesting party venue!
It will take you no more than a 5 minute walk to get to Vondelpark (the Dutch mini equivalent of Central Park), all the important museums (including the Van Goghmuseum & Heineken :), PC Hooftstraat (where you find Chanel, Louis Vuitton & Tiffany's). First rate entertainment area: Leidseplein with its splendid nightlife, legendary concert halls Paradiso and Melkweg and many many restaurants, terraces & theatres. Walk the other way for 5 minutes to the place to be: Jordaan area where you'll find excellent restaurants, pastries, (coffee)bars & fabulous shops selling everything from designer clothing to original Absynth, art, chocolates straight from heaven, jewelry, antiques and skate wear.
Prefer to explore the city by public transport? Just walk out the door and hop on a tram. This will also take you to the central station within 20 minutes. and also to the touristy Dam square & red light district (both near to the station) and vintage market Waterlooplein.
Just to let you know, I keep my calendar very up to date, so if it's still free; Just go a-head and book it! You won't regret it, that's a promise.
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The apartment is really beautiful and ideal location! We were very happy there and we can only further missing.
Die Wohnung ist wirklich schön und ideal gelegen! Wir waren sehr gerne dort und können es nur weiteremfehlen.
This was our second stay at Indra's lovely apartment and I cannot fault it one bit. The apartment is in such an ideal location - close enough to walk to the tourist attractions but far enough to find peace and quiet when sitting inside the apartment.
We had everything we required and Indra was always the most helpful before and during our stay, providing ideas of places to eat and things to see etc. I would recommend this apartment to anybody as you really do feel at home.
I know this will not be our last trip to Amsterdam as we still have so much to see - I can only hope that when we return, Indra will still be renting her apartment out.
Thank-you for a great stay as always :)
very nice hostess, great location, cozy + functional, price-performance ratio,
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sehr nette Gastgeberin, tolle Lage, gemütlich+funktional, Preis-Leistung stimmt,
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Lovely and great location
Appartement agréable et très bien situé
We found the apartment very nice and clean. The furniture is new and there is everything you should need, also for long stay.
The location is perfect, very central and close to the most museums and tourist sites.
Indra is a perfect host and is always available for any issue you should have before and during the stay. We travelled with the car from Italy and Indra gave us all the information we needed for the arrival, parking and trams to take to go home from the Park&Ride parking. She also left welcome sweets on the table and infos for a funny popular Christmas event in Amsterdam, which had to take place the day after.
Surely we will rent the apartment again if we will have a new holiday in Amsterdam!
Nice apartment in quiet location, about 15 minutes walk from Leidseplein. Nice bar (L'Affiche) on nearby corner. Steep staircase might worry some but overall happy with flat.
This is difficult because I want to be positive, and there were lots of positives, but also make constructive criticisms, in the hope they are useful and helpful. The positives are; great location, very easy to get to the highlights from here and the tram system is easy to master, although much of the city is walkable. The apartment is light and spacious and seemed quiet, it was clean and had all the things we needed. Negatives are; we were a little cold and could not understand the instructions (in Dutch) for the heating or hot water. Eventually managed to get it going; bedroom is sparse but ok, good mattress, some missing electrical fittings (smoke alarms?) and bare electrical wiring to the centre lamp, and damp stains to the ceiling. Nothing too serious and should not put you off, but easily resolved issues, especially if Indra did a little notebook for the visitor. In all, good value for money and a good experience, we are not whinging Brits so hope comments are useful.
perfect appartment...easy handling...super located...nice view...you feel like an Amsterdamer...only downside: smells a little bit too much like in a smoker's lounge...but other than that: always again.
all right, very nice apartment close to the center
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The latest contestant to be eliminated from MasterChef New Zealand, Jennis Hayes, found it tricky keeping the show's secrets safe.
The 25-year-old food technology teacher has been constantly quizzed by her students.
"It's so hard keeping a secret," she said. "They have little bets going on."
Jennis had a lucky seat among the top eight contestants who were flown to Fiji.
There, the first challenge didn't call on the contestants' culinary skills - just a bit of luck picking the right crab to race on the sand.
Vanessa won, while it seemed the unstoppable Aaron finally slipped up.
"I want to eat some crab, and I like the look of that one," said the Raglan yoga dad, pointing at his loser.
However, when it came to the follow-up challenge, Vanessa felt she drew the short straw. The line-up in the crab comp was to determine the cooking order in the Huka Lodge kitchen.
Vanessa would have all day to stew over her meal plan for the challenge: To cook a Fijian meal that could be served in the five-star resort restaurant. Something simple, honest, refined, but not fiddly.
Huka Lodge executive chef Michel Louws would critique what went on in the kitchen during the challenge.
Jennis struggled with a huge freshly caught fish, promising a pan-fried coral trout with palusami and tropical fruit with painted crawfish tail. "I don't fillet fish because you go to the super-market and it's already done," she said.
Louws tried to show her how to do it, but said he was disappointed in her lack of skill, and described her work as "confused" and "rough". He had to step in at one stage and force her to clean up to stop the flies from buzzing around the food.
Upon reflection, Jennis admitted she could have done better.
"I know how to fillet a fish," she said. "I think the mistake was asking how he wanted the fish filleted. I wasn't sure because of the size of the fish."
Contest judge Ray McVinnie said the trout was a "tasteless letdown" and her take on palusami was slammed by Josh Emett: "That's going to kill someone if it falls out of a tree, it's just dead weight."
The plate she served was given a four out of ten.
Jennis hadn't hung out among the bottom of the contest before, so it was a bit of a surprise when she was sent home in tears.
"You just wish that things had gone differently."
* MasterChef New Zealand screens on TV One on Sunday nights. www.nzherald.co.nz will interview every contestant as they are eliminated.
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