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Wildlife advocate Bindi Irwin, 14, is a cocreator of the new series Bindi Behind the Scenes. The books are based on Bindi's real-life adventures. In the first book, The Wildlife Games, Bindi plans a televised contest to raise money for the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. Bindi wrote to TFK about the series and how she hopes the books will inspire other kids to become Wildlife Warriors.
What ties together all the books in the Bindi Behind the Scenes series?
Being a Wildlife Warrior and standing up for what you believe in! I wanted the series to [have] really exciting adventures [that] stretch your imagination, allowing kids to learn something along the way about conservation and the beautiful wildlife on our planet. I hope that reading the series will empower kids to change the world.
What do you hope kids will get out of the books?
I hope the books allow kids to feel like they're travelling with me on these adventures, and then become inspired to be the hero of their own story. I am a strong believer in kid empowerment. As kids we are the next voters, the next decision makers and the next generation to be making a difference on our planet. No matter what your age is, each of us has a voice and we can and should stand up for what we believe in. My dad, Steve Irwin, was one man who changed the world. If one can make a different, you can make a difference!
How do you come up with the ideas for your books?
The Bindi Behind the Scenes books are fiction based on our real life adventures. I have been extremely lucky to have had so many unforgettable experiences, and I really wanted to share them with everyone, which is where the idea of this book series was born. I've had the best time being the cocreator on this series.
What is your advice for other kids who care about and want to help wildlife?
Become a Wildlife Warrior! Being a Wildlife Warrior is not just a title. It describes who you are and your attitude. People tend to think of little woodland creatures when they think of conservation, but it is ultimately about us, people. As our human population explodes, it is becoming increasingly difficult for our wildlife to keep up and survive with less habitat and fewer resources, such as clean water and fresh air. Each of us can play a part and make the world a better place. Kids can help in every way. Even small things can make a difference. Planting a tree, turning the tap off while you brush your teeth and recycling are all ways to help. So be the change you wish to see in the world.


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I've lived in Maine for seven years and been writing for this fine publication for about five, and during that time I've covered a wide array of subjects on the issue of diversity in Maine.
Oddly enough, despite putting myself out there like that on the printed page, blogging about diversity, speaking on the subject publicly a couple times, and even appearing on a local radio talk show once, I bristle sometimes at being asked how Black people view this, that, or the other thing.
It's not that I don't like to share my insights; I just don't like people to think that I know what every Black person feels — nor to think that every Black person thinks the same. If they did, how in the hell did we get Alan Keyes on one end and Cornel West on the other?
But I have to recognize that it's quite possible to live in Maine and never encounter a Black person (not so easy in Southern Maine, but still possible). So, I'm going to give y'all a chance to ask me questions and from time to time, I'll answer them.
Oh, stop laughing. Remember that "fist bump" between Barack and Michelle Obama? Most of you didn't know what to make of that. Some of y'all thought it was a "terrorist fist jab." You're dying to ask some questions, admit it, and I'm here to answer them as your unofficial Black ambassador.
Since I just started this, and you haven't had time to ask me anything, let's just pull a random question I've heard more than once over the years, and which I'm assuming must boggle a lot of White folks.
How come whenever something happens in the Black community, the Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are always front-and-center to yammer at the media faster than Kirstie Alley can go through a plate of shrimp scampi?
White people tend to think this "dynamic duo" are just a pair of race hustlers who want to stick it to "The Man." And because we Black folks don't call them out publicly when they get too wild, we must agree with them and allow them to speak for us.
Well, I'll be honest: I'm not sure either why we see them pop up every time something goes wrong in the Black community. Except for the fact that the media loves to have a spokesperson for every group, and nobody gets to the mic faster than those two. Too much trouble, I guess, to track down hipper, younger, well-educated folks like Black linguist and race-issues writer John McWhorter.
We needed those two once upon a time, because no one would listen to Black America when shit went down. And they had big mouths and big personalities to go with them. They didn't always say the right thing, but at least in the days before Barack Obama broke the color barrier to the Oval Office, they often were the most prominent and reliable voices we had.
In the end, though, their role isn't that much different than a Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck, who are out on the insane edge of conservatism and are, to many conservatives with functioning brain cells, an embarrassment. But at the same time, they are riling people up and helping to pull people farther away from the left, so they serve a purpose in some ways.
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Saturday I went to West Point to see the Yankees exhibition against Army. They intentionally oversold the tickets, which was complete bull****, cuz I spent $52, and they wouldnt let me sit anywhere. We got into a brief scuffle with "security" because they asked me to not stand on the sidewalk at the bottom the bleachers. And I'm like, well unless you have $52 on you to refund my ticket money that you ripped me off for, I'll stand wherever the hell I want. They went to get their boss, and I told him the same thing. I'm like, I'm not being inconvenienced because whatever company you put in charge of this decided itd be a great idea to sell 1000 tickets to a field that can only fit 700. It's not my problem. You either kick the cadets out, who you let in for free, or you give us our $400 back right here on the spot.
Bright side: Full roster played the game. Joba, Robertson, Overbay, and Nix were walking around my section signing autographs and bull****ting with cadets. they were like 2 feet from me, it was pretty cool.
Yesterday I went to my first opening day. It was a terrible ****ing game, but we went as part of my buddy's bachelor party, and we had an awesome ****ing time regardless. One of my friends ate a "cookie" and passed out in his seat, and we piled garbage(boxes, trays, cups, crumbled napkins) onto him like a foot high, and then scared the **** out of him to wake him up. Seems lame, but that kind of **** is hilarious
I can't believe I spent $52 to go to West Point to see the Yankees, when I can spend like $30 and get bleacher seats AT Yankee stadium lol
Well yea I was pissed. Why would they charge us for something they wouldnt let us watch? After i explained what i just told you, they saw it my way, and let people stand wherever they wanted, because they couldnt accomodate everyone. It was poor planning. I'd expect nothing less from a military establishment. lol
[QUOTE=JPizzack;727064]Kept hearing about it but, I wasn't home all weekend.
/QUOTE]Yea my youngest sisters boyfriend put the game on about 5 mins before it happened. I was building a fire in the fire place and I hear him like "AHHWWWW!!!" My little nephews and nieces were running around so everyone thought something bad happened to them. lol hes like "yeaa sorry about that everyone, I just saw the most disgusting thing in my life."
As terrible as it was the reaction on the bench was a bit funny.


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AFL Challenge for PSP is an Official AFL football game featuring all the official clubs and players with quality 3D graphics and fast, furious totally addictive game play.
AFL Challenge allows players to play through an entire Home and Away season and the finals series, leading up to the Toyota AFL Grand Final. Use strategy to manage your clubs and train up key players in key positions to enhance your own attack and defense styles.
Genre: Sports
Developer: Wicked Witch Software
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- Number Of Players: 1
- All official teams: All the official AFL teams are present and available to play as, and play against leading up to the Toyota AFL Grand Final.
- Quick Match mode: Available from the main menu, players can jump right into the action and play a quick match against their favourite rivalries in a range of difficulty.
- Season mode: Teams will play each other through the Home and Away Season and the Finals Series, leading up to the Toyota AFL Grand Final. Opposition team stats are generated at the start of each new season making for different team strengths and weaknesses every time you play.
- Changing Player Statistics: Players can make strategic decisions on training players in various areas. These statistics are represented within the game play with players being able to physically move faster, kick further and more accurately and have more chance of successfully tackling or resisting tackles.
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- Varied player animations: All players feature a range of animations. Kicks, marks, handballs, sprint and tackles are all there and will play differently depending if your player was successful or not in any action, depending on their stats.
AFL ChallengePublisher: Sony Computer EntertainmentRelease Date: March 25, 2010MSRP: 15.99 GBP
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Born near Reynolds, Ind., on Feb. 19, 1893, Clarence Orvan Adams attended high school in Monticello, Ind. He studied at Valparaiso University; taught school for two years; and moved to Gary, Ind., in 1915. After serving in World War I, he was a salesman for several years and became a relief investigator during the depression in the 1930 S. Adams was the first manager of the Goodwill Industries and in 1957 was working in the steel mills of Gary . He is a past vice president of the American Poetry League and he and his wife have judged some of that organization's contests. In 1950 they organized the Indiana Council for the Appreciation of Poetry.
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The "window to win" is a concept that drives nearly every move a small-market team makes. Because small-market teams can't afford to buy premium free agents, those teams look to maximize the years that they have their young players under team control at a reasonable cost. As best they can, small-market teams look to build young nucleuses that will be good and affordable together at the big league level for a few seasons, giving that team a window to make a run into the post-season before those players leave via free agency for teams with bigger pockets.
Two of the smallest market teams in all of baseball – the Kansas City Royals and the Tampa Bay Rays – pulled off a blockbuster trade over the weekend. The Rays sent number two starter James Shields and set-up man Wade Davis to the Royals for a package of prospects: outfielder Wil Myers, starters Jake Odorizzi and Mike Montgomery and third baseman Patrick Leonard. In both cases, the teams involved in the deal made those moves with their windows to win firmly in mind.
The Royals believe their window to win is now. Since Dayton Moore took over as general manager in Kansas City in 2006, he has focused on rebuilding the organization from the ground up. Through shrewd drafts that included paying over-slot signing bonuses to draft picks that had slid out of the first round and being aggressive on the international market, Moore has built a farm system that is the envy of baseball.
Kansas City has already started to see some of the fruits of that farm system at the major-league level. Thanks to a starting line-up that boasted an impressive nucleus of young position players who were either homegrown (i.e., first baseman Eric Hosmer, DH Billy Butler, catcher Salvador Perez, left-fielder Alex Gordon, third baseman Mike Moustakas, second baseman Johnny Giavotella) or acquired in trades (i.e., centerfielder Lorenzo Cain, shortstop Alcides Escobar), the Royals were a trendy pick to surprise in the AL Central in 2012. However, despite all of that position player talent, the Royals' offense struggled last season, finishing 12th out of 14 American League teams in runs scored. Kansas City's pitching staff wasn't much better, finishing 10th in the league in team ERA, and they committed the second-most errors in the league. All of that resulted in a disappointing 72-90 record and a distant third-place finish in the AL Central.
Of the three divisions in the American League, the AL Central is arguably the easiest for a small-market team to win given the lack of big money clubs such as the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers in the division. However, the 2012 American League champion Detroit Tigers came from the AL Central and finished 16 games ahead of the Royals in the division despite underachieving for most of the regular season. The Tigers could be better in 2013, as they have added Torii Hunter to what was a mostly punchless outfield last season and are expected to welcome back DH Victor Martinez, who missed the season with a torn ACL.
The Chicago White Sox, who finished 13 games ahead of the Royals, will return a team mostly intact that was strong on pitching and power in 2012.
Given what is in front of them, it may seem odd on the surface that the Royals have picked 2013 as their year to win it all. To make up 16 games on Detroit and 13 on Chicago, the Royals will have to see marked improvement from all of their young position players (with the exception of Butler) and field a significantly better pitching staff. The Oakland A's made up 22 games on the Texas Rangers and 12 games on the Los Angeles Angels from 2011 to 2012, but those one-year jumps are rare.
Yet the Royals see this year as the start of their window to win, in part because their nucleus will only have so many years to stay together. Teams on a limited budget such as the Royals have a difficult time affording their young players once they reach arbitration and certainly when they get to free agency. This will especially be the case for a team like Kansas City that has so many players on the same development path. Moustakas, Hosmer, Escobar and Cain will all become expensive at the same time, and Butler and Gordon will be expensive to retain even earlier than that (both are signed through 2015). Had the Royals kept Myers and Odorizzi, they, too, would likely have hit arbitration and free agency within a year or two of the Moustakas-Hosmer group.
The fear in Kansas City was that their great core of position player talent would develop so far ahead of their pitching core that the position player group would be on the way out just as the pitching finally matched their level of excellence. To avoid that happening, the Royals have focused exclusively this off-season on improving their pitching staff in hopes of having it match the talent level (or at least get close) of their position players starting this season. To that end, the Royals have re-signed free agent Jeremy Guthrie (who had a 3.16 ERA in 13 starts with the Royals after struggling earlier in the year with Colorado), traded for starter Ervin Santana and have now acquired starter James Shields and starter/reliever Wade Davis.
In all likelihood, the Royals' pitching staff will be improved in 2013. Shields has been one of the most reliable and durable frontline starters in the American League over the past several years. Shields has thrown at least 215 innings every season in the big leagues since 2007 and he has 19 complete games during that stretch. Shields has averaged more than seven strike-outs per nine innings and has maintained a better than 3:1 K:BB ratio for that span. Davis, who was a highly regarded pitching prospect as a starter, made the transition to the bullpen in 2012 and struck-out more than 11 batters per nine innings while posting a 2.43 ERA in 70.1 innings. Shields has player options for 2013 and 2014, while Davis is signed to a team-friendly deal through 2014 with options that would take the contract to 2017.
There are questions about both pitchers, however. Shields has been Mr. Reliable throughout his career, but that has come with a price in that he has a lot of mileage on his right arm. Shields, who will be 31 later this month, has also been homer-prone at times during his career, especially away from Tropicana Field. Kauffman Stadium has historically been more homer-friendly than Tropicana Field. There has been speculation that the Royals will move Davis back into the rotation, but he was a much different pitcher as a starter with Tampa than as a reliever. His strike-out rate was half of what it was as a reliever. In addition, Davis has struggled with command throughout his career, a weakness that was made more obvious as a starter when his pitch count would rise early in games.
But the real question for the Royals is this: even if Shields and Davis perform as Kansas City believes they will, are the Royals good enough to compete for a post-season spot in 2013? To believe that they are, one has to believe that Hosmer and Moustakas will realize their tremendous potentials next season. Hosmer had a 663 OPS and a 0.1 oWAR and Moustakas had a 708 OPS and a 1.5 oWAR in 2012. Kansas City will also need to see improvement offensively from Cain (734 OPS) and hope that Perez will be able to catch 120+ games one season after he was limited to 76 games because of a knee injury.
Then one also has to believe that a rotation of Shields, Bruce Chen, Guthrie, Santana and either Davis, Luke Hochevar, Luis Mendoza, Guillermo Moscoso or Will Smith is good enough to stack up in a division that features the Justin Verlander/Doug Fister/Max Scherzer-led rotation in Detroit and the Chris Sale/Jake Peavy-led rotation in Chicago. Kansas City will also be relying on a young bullpen, although the back-end is talented with Greg Holland, Tim Collins, Kelvin Herrera and Aaron Crow leading the way.
It is understandable why the Royals felt they needed to trade for starting pitching in order to compete for the post-season. They tried to develop young pitching in-house the way that other small-market teams such as the Rays and the A's have done with great success. However, those efforts have not netted the Royals great results. A few years ago, prospect watchers drooled over the Royals' minor league starting pitching depth. However, none of those arms have developed the way the Royals hoped they would.
Promising left-hander Danny Duffy reached the big leagues, but he had Tommy John surgery during the 2012 season, while prospect John Lamb had the same surgery in June 2011. Mike Montgomery, who was traded to Tampa in the Shields deal, struggled with mechanics and saw the quality of his stuff fall off dramatically in 2012. Chris Dwyer posted mediocre numbers for Double-A Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha this season. Promising right-hander Yordany Ventura could be a factor sometime in 2013 for the Royals, but it is hard to count on a pitcher who has only made six starts above the A-ball level and won't turn 22 until mid-June.
A lot will have to go right for 2013 to be the Royals' season, even with the additions of Shields and Davis, which is why this move is so risky for Kansas City. If the team continues to struggle in 2013, Kansas City will be faced with the same conundrum that they were faced with this off-season of needing to try to win as much as possible while their nucleus is still affordable. However, they won't have the luxury of having Wil Myers around to replace Butler or Gordon if they need to trade either for salary room or Jake Odorizzi around to replace Santana or Guthrie should they cut ties with either pitcher at the end of the year.
The Royals' farm system still boasts a lot of talent, but that talent is mostly in the early stages of development. Most of those players won't be options until the Royals reach the stage when Hosmer, Esocbar and Moustakas become expensive. On the other hand, if Shields has another strong season, the Royals will have a popular trade chip at this year's deadline or next off-season and they may be able to recoup some of the talent they gave up for Shields should the team falter even as he pitches well. Still, they aren't likely to get back a package of talent equal to what they gave up.
In many ways, the Shields deal looks a lot like the deal the Oakland A's made with the Colorado Rockies before the 2009 season when Oakland acquired Matt Holliday for Carlos Gonzalez, Huston Street and Greg Smith. Oakland saw an opportunity to make a run at the post-season and paid a hefty price to acquire an offensive talent that they couldn't afford on the open market. What happened to the A's that season is the worst-case scenario for the Royals. Oakland struggled badly out of the gate in 2009 and was well out of post-season contention by the deadline. The A's traded Holliday for a package of talent that wasn't nearly as deep as what they gave up to get him. Gonzalez went on to be a star for Colorado, while Street was a serviceable closer. The A's window closed in a hurry in 2009 and didn't open again until the team made a surprising run in 2012.
The Royals are hoping that their 2013 season tracks more closely with the 2012 Washington Nationals. Like the A's in 2008, the Nationals sensed an opportunity to make a move for the post-season and they paid a big price in terms of talent to acquire a pitcher (Gio Gonzalez) that they felt would put them over the top. They also signed the enigmatic but talented starting pitcher Edwin Jackson, giving the Nationals tremendous depth in their rotation. The strategy paid off handsomely for the Nationals. Gonzalez competed for the Cy Young and Jackson helped the team cruise to the best record in baseball. The Nationals also saw their young position player core gel together in 2012, something the Royals are counting on for 2013.
But Washington had the benefit of already having Stephen Strasburg in their rotation and Bryce Harper on his way to the big leagues. Kansas City doesn't have those kinds of talents in the fold (no one really does), so it remains a risky lead to follow.
From the Rays' perspective, this trade was a no-brainer. Tampa has managed to keep their window for winning wide open since 2008 and this trade will help extend that window another several years.
Despite playing in arguably the most difficult division in baseball and certainly the richest, the Rays have managed to remain relevant because of their ability to develop pitching talent. However, they have struggled over the years to develop hitters, with the exception of Evan Longoria. The Rays finished 11th in the league (one spot ahead of the Royals) in runs scored in 2012 and they have lost two of their top offensive players (Jeff Keppinger and B.J. Upton) via free agency. James Loney, who had a 630 OPS last season, and Yuniel Escobar, who had a 644 OPS while reportedly alienating teammates last season, were the Rays' only position player additions before the trade.
Myers has yet to play a game in the major leagues and is certainly not a slam-dunk to reach his potential. However, he hit .314 with 37 homers in the minor leagues last season and projects to be a perennial 30-homer threat in the big leagues. While it is arguably easier to find above-average corner outfielders than it is to find starting pitchers who regularly top 200 innings with better than league-average ratios, it will be easier for the Rays to find a talented pitcher to replace Shields in their rotation than it will be for them to find a 30-homer hitter they can afford. With Longoria signed to a long-term deal, the Rays potentially have seven years of a fearsome middle-of-the-order combination with Longoria and Myers.
Odorizzi will also be a solid asset for the Rays. He projects as a solid mid-rotation starter, and given the Rays' history of developing pitchers, it is likely Tampa will get the most they can out of his talents. Even without Shields, the Rays' 2013 rotation looks strong with reigning Cy Young award winner David Price, 2011 Rookie of the Year Jeremy Hellickson, left-hander Matt Moore (who posted a 3.01 ERA and struck-out more than a batter an inning during the second half of his 2012 rookie season), and right-hander Alex Cobb.
Tampa won't need to rush Odorizzi and he will likely compete this spring for a rotation spot with fellow top prospect Chris Archer as well as veteran Jeff Niemman, who missed much of the 2012 season with a leg injury. Losing Davis will hurt the Rays' bullpen, but they have a strong track record of being able to put together low-profile, but highly successful bullpens.
Montgomery is more of a wild card for Tampa. He was very highly regarded a few years ago, but his mechanics have fallen apart over the past year or so. If Tampa can get him back on track, they will have a very talented left-handed arm to add to a staff, either as a starter or as a reliever. Third baseman Patrick Leonard, the fourth player in the deal, is an even bigger wild card, but he will be one to watch in the Rays' system. As a 19-year-old, Leonard hit 14 homers and posted an 833 OPS in the short-season Appalachian League last season. The Texas native was a fifth-round pick of the Royals in 2011.
If Myers fails to hit as he is projected to at the major league level, this trade will be underwhelming for the Rays. However, it is a good risk for them to take given that the strength of their organization allows them to replace Shields and Davis in-house. Since they can't buy 30-homer talent on the free market, they need to use the assets they have to get that talent – in this case established veteran starting pitchers. Much like with Kansas City and the AL Central, a lot will have to break right for the Rays to win the AL East. Like the Royals, the Rays finished third in their division last season. However, they have a lot less ground to make-up than the Royals do. If Moore can pitch like he did during the second-half of the season for a full year and if Longoria can stay healthy, the Rays will be in a good position to compete once again given the strength of their pitching staff. A strong rookie campaign from Myers could be the difference between the Rays making the post-season and staying home.
Small market teams need to take risks in order to compete and this trade represents both sides of that risk. The Royals are banking on the fact that a few veteran arms will be the final pieces to a puzzle they have spent years building, while the Rays are counting on moving a veteran like Shields to extend their window of opportunity a few more years. The success or failure of both strategies will likely hinge on this deal.


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Long a mecca for golfers, design enthusiasts, and shoppers—but mostly those seeking a little R&R in the perennially sunny climate of the desert—Palm Springs is unrivaled when it comes to Southern California resort towns. Just over 100 miles from both Los Angeles and San Diego, and mere minutes from Joshua Tree National Park, this surprisingly green oasis in the Sonoran draws more than 1.5 million visitors each year. It's easy to get to, hard to leave, and just the recharge that city-dwellers seek.
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Spread out over 27 acres, The Oasis comprises several Spanish-style villas and a vast collection of leisure amenities. Sunbathe by one of the resort's eight pools, unwind in any of nine Jacuzzis, work up a sweat on one of five lighted tennis courts, or make use of the rental bikes that come with each room. Each air-conditioned villa is a plush summer bungalow surrounded by palm trees, with one-bedroom units featuring a king bed, a queen wall bed, one full bath, a full kitchen, a washer and dryer, two DVD-player equipped TVs, a balcony or patio, and your own personal garage or carport. Two-bedroom villas come with all the same amenities, plus an additional room with a queen bed.
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Dozens of tornadoes and heavy thunderstorms swept across the Midwest on Sunday, bringing damaging winds to 12 states, from Missouri and Tennessee up through western New York. The band of storms flattened neighborhoods, flipped over cars, and uprooted trees.
Illinois was hit hardest. At least six people there were killed and dozens more were injured. Trees and debris from the storm brought down power lines and left roads impassible. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn declared seven counties disaster areas.
In the western Illinois town of Washington, a tornado with wind speeds of at least 170 miles per hour cut a path from one side of town to the other, destroying homes and businesses. "The whole neighborhood's gone," resident Michael Perdun told the Associated Press. "The wall of my fireplace is all that is left of my house."
Washington Mayor Gary Manier estimated that 250 to 500 homes were damaged or destroyed in the storm. "Everybody's without power, but some people are without everything," Manier told reporters while standing in the parking lot of a destroyed auto parts store. The Illinois National Guard assisted emergency crews as cleanup efforts got underway in the town early Monday.
The Power of Nature
The storms, all belonging to the same system, were unusually powerful for this late in the year. They were caused by strong winds combined with temperatures in the 60s and 70s, says weather service meteorologist Matt Friedlein.
Twisters usually form during giant thunderstorms called supercells. Many tornadoes are black or brown from the dust and dirt they suck up as they move across the land. During a tornado, the National Weather Service advises people to take shelter in a storm cellar, a basement, or the innermost room on the lowest level of a building.
Damage from the storm was widespread. In Michigan, two people were killed and 500,000 homes and businesses lost power. In Indiana, 12 counties reported either tornadoes or storm damage and tens of thousands of homes went dark.
Governor Quinn promised help to storm victims in his state. "We're all in this together," Quinn said.


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The apartment, which offers stylish furnishings and elegant wooden floors throughout, features a spacious bedroom overlooking the nearby park. The room contains a double and single bed, as well as a cosy dining area. Guests have access to a fully equipped kitchen which comes complete with modern utensils and appliances. Breakfast is available on request.
A range of amenities are available in the streets surrounding the apartment including a supermarket and various restaurants and snack bars. The popular Meervaart Theater is can be reached in just 10 minutes on foot from the apartment.
A tram stop just 5 minutes' walk from the apartment offers speedy connections around the city. Leidseplein, generally regarded as the main hub for tourism, is just 30 minutes away via tram. Amsterdam Lelylaan Station can be reached is a 5-minute tram journey away.
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Really nice studio with super bed and bath and a well-equipped miniature kitchen. Clean, comfy and in a quiet neighbourghood. Short walk to trams (10 minutes to Leidse Plein), local restaurants and supermarkets. Thanks for having us, Marloes & Gabriel :-)
Marloes & Gabriel are a wonderful couple that do everything in their power to ensure their guests have an enjoyable stay. Their apartment is both clean and well appointed with luxury fittings. Really enjoyed the elevation bed and coffee machine. It's situated in a quiet residential area with a park and lake and only a few minutes walk to the closest tram station. Another bonus in a big city is being able to park the car in a safe environment. Here we had our own parking space right ourside the door. My wife, daughter and I had a wonderful 6 night stay and wouldn't hesitate recommending this apartment to others.
We had a short and comfortable stay. Malores and Gabriel were very welcoming and even met us at the railway station and dropped us off there at the end even though it's not a very long walk away. The apartment is impeccably clean and the kitchen well-equipped. There's tea, coffee and all you need for cooking simple meals and at least two supermarkets nearby. The neighborhood is quiet with a park. Our son saw bunnies out of the window two evenings in a row.
It was really great ... we would gladly have stayed longer. Everything was fine. Great apartment, great hosts, great city.
We will certainly be back.
The apartment is a top address for a relaxing Amsterdam trip with everything you need. Wonderful.
Best regards and see you soon.
Es war richtig toll... Gerne wären wir noch länger geblieben. Es hat alles gepasst. Tolle Wohnung,tolle Gastgeber, tolle Stadt.
Wir kommen ganz bestimmt wieder.
Die Ferienwohnung ist eine top Adresse für einen entspannten Amsterdam Trip mit alles was man braucht. Wunderbar.
Viele Grüße und bis bald.
A great, comfortable, quiet apartment, in the we immediately felt comfortable them.The S-Bahn can be reached quickly and bikes were on site. The owners were very friendly and reliable. We would definitely come back :)
Eine tolle, komfortable, ruhige Wohnung, in der wir uns sofort wohlgefühlt haben.Die S-bahn ist schnell erreichbar und Fahrräder waren vor Ort. Die Vermieter waren zuverlässig und sehr freundlich. Wir kommen gerne wieder:)
Top holiday home, just as one gets to see in the photos. The location is about 4 km outside of Amsterdam in a quiet area, parking at the house. Tram line 1 and 17 you are in about 10-15 minutes in the center. Our host Marloes & Gabriel were very helpful and personable. The sights, including the Keukenhof or the windmill village Zaanes Schans are also not far away by car. We liked it very well, thank you and LG to Marloes and Gabriel !!
Top Ferienwohnung, genauso wie man sie auf den Fotos zu sehen bekommt. Die Lage ist ca. 4 Km außerhalb von Amsterdam ruhig gelegen, Parkplatz direkt am Haus. Mit der Tram Linie 1& 17 ist man in ca. 10-15 min im Zentrum. Unser Gastgeber Marloes & Gabriel waren sehr hilfsbereit und sympathisch. Die Sehenswürdigkeiten wie der Keukenhof oder das Windmühlendorf Zaanes Schans sind ebenfalls mit dem Auto nicht weit entfernt. Uns hat es sehr gut gefallen, Danke und LG an Marloes und Gabriel !!
Beautiful studio, friendly people, close to public transportation and quiet neighborhood. In short, the ideal place to stay for a visit to Amsterdam.
Prachtige studio, vriendelijke mensen, dicht bij het openbaar vervoer en rustige buurt. Kortom de ideale verblijfplaats voor een bezoek aan Amsterdam.
A very nice apartment. Everything was as described and in a very good condition. We would definitely come back .....
Ein sehr schönes Appartement. Alles war wie beschrieben und in einem sehr guten Zustand. Wir kommen gerne wieder.....
The small apartment is on the house of Marloes and Gabriel and has its own access. The house is wonderful in the countryside and you look in the park.
The apartment has everything you need for a stay in Amsterdam, and is beautifully furnished modern. The bed is super comfortable!
We have felt very comfortable and had a very friendly terms with the landlords. Gladly again at any time !! :-))
Die kleine Wohnung liegt im Haus von Marloes und Gabriel und verfügt über einen eigenen Zugang. Das Haus liegt wunderbar im Grünen und man blickt in den Park.
Die Wohnung verfügt über alles, was man für einen Aufenthalt in Amsterdam benötigt und ist wunderschön modern ausgestattet. Das Bett ist super bequem!
Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt und hatten einen sehr freundlichen Kontakt zu den Vermietern. Gerne jederzeit wieder!! :-))
Incredibly great apartment, very nice and courteous landlord, immediately !! Thanks for the great hospitality !!
Unglaublich tolle Wohnung, sehr nette und zuvorkommende Vermieter, sofort wieder!! Vielen Dank für die tolle Gastfreundschaft!!
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Single room with Amazing view of Sultanahmet
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|Yuksek kaldirim cd, 34450 Istanbul, טורקיה
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Toilet/bathroom and kitchen shared between 4rooms, hot water 24h/7, linen and towels provided, Washing machine - Wireless internet connection provided.
5 mins walk up the street of music shops, is the liveliest street of Istanbul, Istiklal Avenue, which is full of restaurants, cafés, bars, concert venues and art galleries. 5 mins walk down the hill is the Bosphorus, Galata Bridge and Eminonu Spice Bazaar. From there, the tramway goes directly to the historical area of Sultanahmet, where you will find the Blue Mosque, Haghia Sophia and other famous places.
A note about the renovation : The buildings of this historical neighborhood of Galata date from the end of the 18th century. Our flats were renovated by craftsmen using the finest traditional methods. They kept the old stones of walls and, under about twenty coats of paint, they discovered wonderful ancient patterns on the ceilings…
כללי הביתYou will have the set of keys wich contain the special key of your room and apartment door key.
From travelers we require 20 Euros of caution money in case there is some damage to the place, for example a lost key etc. but the money is of course given back at the leaving if there are no problems.
As Galata Roadhouse is a shared establishment it is not allowed for guests to invite friends (that is individuals that are not staying within the same establishment) for a visit/stay.
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Nice style of the flat with the brickwalls, which is located in cosy and trendy Tünel quarter nearby Galata tower. We liked the quarter very much. When it is cold outside than be prepared, it is cold in the flat also, but at least hot shower is working ;-) I would recommend the flat to people who have no problems with smoking in it. Only to ask for a doublebed is not enough I experienced, I would recommend to ask for the real size. There is at least one bed with approximately 1,2m wideness which in my opinion is not sufficient for two persons and far away to be called and offered as doublebed. I tried hard it but sufferd with my 1,9m bodyheight three nights before we could change to another nicer room with a real doublebed. The by some people described scary stairway was no problem for us. But indeed, it´s not a villa style. The other visitors of the rooms in the flat were kindly and open minded people as we hoped to meet.
The appartemnet is well situated. Close to the old town.
The view from de terrace on the roof is top!
The rooms are minimal but ok. The only (little) table had only 3 legs instead of 4.
The kitchen was dirty and there were not enough plates and mugs for 6 persons.
The cookware was dirty, incomplete or broke.
The shower has good and enough hot water. Shower was not clean. The showerstand was broke.
Toilet oke but when we arrived there was a very smelly and dirty bucket with old dirty water in it.
The terrace makes the appartment worth to go back to this place.
top view. amazing building. very friendly hosts.
Because the rooms in this house were full Tamuna gave us a room in the opposite building. Advantage was the wonderful terrace with a fantastic view over the Bosporus. Our room had a nice view and the bed was good. For the rest we had the same experience as Eddy. A lot of small technical problems that could have been solved easily and rooms that could be cleaned better. It was disappointing that Tamuna did not react on our complaints.
Conclusion: very nice apartments, super location but it is disappointing that you have to accept the disadvantages of "authentic" rooms ….
Positiv aspects:
Very nice apartment with beautiful rustic renovation. Beds were good with clean linen. Terrace with a fantastic view. Very close to all important places.
Negativ aspects:
Furniture was in bad condition (broken doors of cupboard, the small table in the bigger bedroom had only three of four legs!). The rooms were not very clean (dust in and on furniture and very old/dirty rugs). The Kitchen is very small and was also dirty. Dirty shower and closet. Towel holder and toilet paper holder were damaged. The broken shower head sprayed water out of all possible holes and its bracket was also damaged.
One incident was very disturbing for us. That was when a renter of another apartment came at night and opened our apartment door with his keys and asked us if we have the keys to the roof terrace.
All-in-all it was a nice stay. But for this rental, in my opinion it should be possible to eliminate most of the defects.
the room I booked was not available so I got a bigger doublebed room with a great view on the Galata Tower.
Nice host Tamuna (Thanks again ! ), great shower and fast internet.
What more could a weary traveller want ?
A really pleasant few days.
Tamuna met us promptly, provided a beautifully turned out apartment (5 bedrooms, all to ourselves), with Bosphorus views and a roof terrace for eating breakfast and early morning exercises...
Top recommendations also from Tamuna on local fresh fish and a Hammam in north Taksim where we had a round trip in a taxi and a good couple of hours of massage, scrub and unwind for about £20 each.
Things to improve - a lock on the bathroom door!
We had a nice stay in the room with nice window over Bosporen.
GREAT view to town and Bosporus, nice rooms, but bathroom is separate from room.
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Robert "Mac" Macnamara
Robert "Mac" Macnamara
Pequot Lakes
Robert "Mac" Macnamara died at his home on Saturday, June 8, in the company of his wife of 62 years, Nancy; son, Michael; and daughter, Jill.
Formerly of the Twin Cities, he and Nancy have been residents of Pequot Lakes for the past 38 years where they made many dear friends while operating Silver Sands Resort, participating in local civic activities and through their many years of membership at Grace United Methodist Church.
Mac was a graduate of Willmar High School (1947) and Hamline University (1956), where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. His studies were interrupted by the draft, and he served 22 months in the Army as a combat medic. While serving in Korea he earned the Silver Star for valor on the battlefield, and was awarded two Purple Hearts for wounds he received in combat. He returned to his wife, Nancy, and a 13-month-old son, Michael, whom he'd never met, and finished his degree while working full time in the evenings. His corporate career included stints with 3M and Univac, but in 1975 he left the laboratory and bought Silver Sands Resort, beginning a new career in Pequot Lakes.
Mac and Nancy retired after 18 years operating the resort, and his time was occupied by his service on the Jenkins Town Board (29 years), tireless work with Grace United Methodist Church, his gardening and elk hunts in the mountains of Colorado and Idaho. He was a long-term member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and National Rifle Association.
He was preceded in death by his natural parents, H.L. "Mac" and Erma (Nelson) Macnamara; brother, Larry; son, David; and daughter-in-law, Debbie.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy (Van Stone); his stepmother, Burnette (Knutsen); sons, Michael and Mark; daughter, Jill, and husband, Rod Romine; siblings, Lorine Potter, Wesley Macnamara and Mary Kuhr. Mac leaves grandchildren, Philip, Matthew, Justin, Ryan, Andrew and Dillon; as well as great-grandchildren, Ian, Waylon, Rowan, Bennett and Decklan; and many nieces and nephews.
Despite his humility, Mac was a man difficult to ignore. He touched so many people around him with his compassion and care that his absence will be widely felt.
Visitation was from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, and a memorial service was held Wednesday, June 12, at 11 a.m., both at Grace United Methodist Church in Pequot Lakes. Interment will be attended by family and friends on Thursday, June 13, at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery at Camp Ripley in Little Falls. Memorials to Grace United Methodist Church, Pequot Lakes.
Arrangements are with Kline Funeral Home, Pequot Lakes.


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Pole Creek Fire: Evacuations and amazing sights
Photos snapped by many; Fisherman says: 'We're due. ... It's here.'
SISTERS, Ore. - Looking out toward the Three Sisters Sunday afternoon, from any direction, you couldn't help but notice a huge smoke plume, visible for miles and filling the sky with thick, black smoke.
Anyone who thought wildfire season was over quickly learned otherwise.
"I knew it was a fire -- I knew it was a fire right then and there," said a nearby fisherman.
The Pole Creek Fire started out small, as all do -- but it grew very big, very fast.
A time-lapse video sent to us by one of our viewers, Ben Boro, showed just how fast the fire spread in a thee-hour period.
"I've lived here quite a few years," said one Sisters resident. "And it seems to be one of the most fastest-growing fires that I've ever seen."
The smoke nearly doubled in size in mere minutes, darkened the skies and turned the sun into a hazy orange orb.
The sight of it caused dozens of people to pull off the road and snap pictures, and of course worried some residents living nearby.
"I think it's pretty close," said another Sisters resident. "I think it's pretty scary, always scary when they are that hot."
The fire was so close to recreational visitors to the area that police decided to evacuate and close down the Three Creeks campground area, Highway 242 and Forest Service Roads 15 and 16.
"Essentially to make sure that we don't have any loss of human life, to make sure that people are out of the area and safe," said Deschutes County sheriff's Lt. Paul Garrison.
Safety was the No. 1 priority for officials who have seen the damage massive wildfires can leave behind.
"When it comes to how long it is going to be there, it's really hard to say right now," said Katie Lighthall, public information officer on the Pole Creek Fire. "We got tankers right now dropping retardant and our number one priority is keeping communities safe."
Lighthall says the wind was causing major challenges for fire crews.
"Right now, the big concern is that we have wind gusts up to 25 mph," said Lighthall. "So while we can't track the speed of the fire just yet, we know the winds could be a problem."
And for many people who were watching the flames get closer and closer, they knew more than ever that the wildfire season wasn't over just yet.
"We're due," said a fisherman. "We've been waiting for something like this. It's here."


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Juan Sánchez Cotán- Quince, Cabbage, and Cucumber
Size: 27 1/8 in. x 33 1/4 in. (68.9 cm x 84.5 cm)
Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam, 1945:43
Still-life painting was virtually nonexistent in European art before the 1590s, and Sánchez Cotán is considered not only among the first practitioners of the genre, but also arguably the greatest. This work, moreover, is universally acclaimed as his masterpiece.
Brilliantly executed, the painting is unflinching in its naturalism and simplicity. The mysterious serenity of the composition, in which the objects are positioned in a perfect curve against the deep black background, has led many to question the meaning or function of the image. For some, the work is an exercise in pure painting, the straightforward depiction of vegetables in a cold cellar. Others, however, believe that the picture may have religious overtones, and that it should be understood as a celebration of God's most humble creations. In support of the latter reading, it is often noted that Sánchez Cotán gave up his possessions and entered a Carthusian monastery soon after painting this canvas.


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Re: st: Conditional matching of observations
Re: st: Conditional matching of observations
Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:15:47 -0500
The technical answer to your question is simple: give every person in
A (receive support) a pseudo-age and and gender which you will use to
match to people in B (do not receive support). Then use one of Stata's
many matching programs to match on race, pseudo-age, and
Female in A: pseudo-age = age +3 pseudo-gender = male
Male in A: pseudo-age = age-3 pseudo-gender = female
Female in B: pseudo-age = age pseudo-gender =female
Male in B: pseudo-age = age pseudo-gender = male
However I question your basic design. Even if the average age of males
paying child support to females is three years older than the females
they support, it is not exactly three years older in every case. Your
matched population of potential payers will match the actual
population only in mean difference in age but not in any other
characteristics, such as the quantiles of the difference. Also the
population B who do not receive child support will include a
supopulation, B', approximately equal in size to A, who already pay
child support to someone in A. You are also ignoring geographical
proximity, which is important for many phenomena. Will ignoring these
issues cause problems? Without knowing the purpose and details of your
study it is difficult to say much more.
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Nathan Hutto <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> I have a large population data set. I want to match people who have
> received child support payments (0/1) to a person who could have
> theoretically paid them child support. I want to match on sex, race,
> and age only. For each person who receives child support, I want to
> match to someone of the opposite sex and same race. If the person
> receiving is a female, her match should be 3 years older. If the
> person receiving the match is a male, his match should be 3 years
> younger. I have no idea how to go about do this after searching high
> and low for an appropriate method. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Much Ado About Nothing
Kde Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Starring Shakespeare's most reluctant lovers, Much Ado is a joyous, wise-cracking comedy of love, honour and second chances.
Much Ado About Nothing Recenze
"Timothy Sheader's second season. gets off to a cracking start with this charming and crowd-pleasing account of Shakespeare's wittiest comedy"
The Guardian
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Monday to Saturday 8pm
Monday, Thursday and Saturday 2:30pm
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2 hours 40 minutes
(10 mins) Exit onto Marylebone Road and turn left. Past Madame Tussauds turn left into York Gate and follow York Bridge to the end. Pass through the large gates into the park and walk straight until you reach the theatre on your left.


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Trip Start Mar 08, 2011
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After 2 nights in a hotel and almost 2 days without stepping foot in Britzy Spears we were beginning to miss her. Luckily, we had our longest drive of the trip up in front of us. We got up bright and early so we could do as much of the drive during daylight as possible. Before leaving Queenstown, there was one small stop we had to make right on the outskirts of the city, AJ Hackett Bungy at Kawarau Bridge. We had stopped here on our way into Queenstown but it was an unplanned stop and no one felt like jumping on the spur of the moment. I need to know a couple days in advance exactly when I'd be jumping in order to prepare myself and get in the right frame of mind.
Queenstown is the home of extreme sports with bungy (bungy is the New Zealand spelling) jumping being the most famous activity. The Kawarau Bridge jump is done off the historic Kawarau Bridge which was built in 1880 and is 23KM from Queenstown. It opened in 1988, and was the world's first commercial bungy jump. The jump is 43 meters over the Kawarau River. AJ Hackett is the king of bungy and has opened up jumps in several countries. In Queenstown, in addition to the Kawarau jump, he also runs the Ledge Bungy jump which is a 47 meter jump atop of Queenstown's gondola and the Nevis Highwire jump which a 134 meter jump from a pod suspended over the Nevis River.
Amy had made it clear that she was not even considering jumping. Dave was on the fence all week on whether he would jump or not. He wasn't nervous, he just wasn't sure it was worth the money ($180 NZ) because he never had an urge to do it. He also thought that he could find a jump for cheaper when he went to the North Island. For me, bungy jumping was always something I wanted to try and I couldn't think of a better place to do it than the original. Since this jump was over a deep river and 43 meters isn't as high as many other bungees, this one seemed less scary. In addition, since I wasn't going to the North Island, it was now or never for me.
We got to the jump site at 9:00am and I went to check-in. They made me sign my life away and weighed me and wrote me weight on my hand (I wish I weighed in pounds what I weigh in kilograms). They told me jumps don't start until 9:30 so I should head out to the bridge around then. I asked if there was an instructional or training video or class I needed to go to and they said no, just report to the bridge at 9:30. Since we had some time to kill we went to the souvenir shop where they had lots of clothing to buy. I think this is the real reason Dave and Amy wanted to go. Amy bought a couple t-shirts as gifts and Dave and I both found a hoodie we liked. We tried it on and it was unusually small so we asked someone who worked there if they had any bigger sizes and were informed we were trying on a woman's hoodie. We eventually found another one we liked that came in men's sizes and got that.
By the time we were done shopping it was 9:30 so I made my way out to the bridge. I hung out in the background at first because I did not want to be the first jumper of the day. I wanted a couple people to go before me to test the cord to make sure it was working. 2 people went in front of me and nothing bad happened to them so I decided to step up. I put on a harness and then sat down on the platform. A friendly guy who looked a little extreme wrapped a towel around my ankles, attached the cord to my harness in 3 places and tightened everything. I asked him how many times he had done this jump and he only said 7 or 8. He told me he was new and hadn't been working there that long. I thanked him for telling me this as I was putting my life into his hands. He finished and it was time for me to move to the front of the platform. I had to hop over because my ankles were wrapped together. I will admit I was nervous. I think part of the experience that you pay all that money for is the nervous anticipation before you jump. I don't think you would be normal if you weren't a little scared for your first jump. What helped was knowing that there had been over a million jumps at this site with no incidents. I did have to push out of my head that they were probably due for a problem if they hadn't had one in over a million jumps. I also had been skydiving so that helped a little too although I believe bungee jumping is more frightening than skydiving because you can see the ground before you jump when bungee jumping and there is no back-up parachute like you have when skydiving.
In any event, I was all harnessed up and had paid my money so I was jumping. I got to the edge and the guy who was working told me that if I push off and dive straight down I would probably end up with half my body in the water. It was cold out and I'm sure the water was freezing so I told him I would prefer not to get wet. He told me to jump straight out and not down. The only other instruction he gave me was to put my arms up and go head first. The 2 people who went before me had to be pushed off and looked like they stumbled off the ledge. Being the extreme man that I am, I told the guy I wanted a countdown but would jump on my own and did not need to be pushed. Right before he started counting he told me to look at the crowd watching where they were filming me and wave. When I looked back at the DVD of the jump I saw I had the most terrified look on my face that I have ever seen. He gave the countdown and when he got to 1 I did a big swan dive out. Amy and Dave told me they heard people compliment how graceful my dive looked. All those years of swimming had finally paid off. It was about a 2 second free fall where I think I screamed a little but fortunately not loud enough to be heard on the DVD. Before I even had a chance to worry about the cord snapping, I bounced back up and then proceeded to bounce up and down a few times. I didn't come close to touching the water. Despite what everyone thinks, it does not hurt when you bounce back up after the initial fall and I got no whiplash. Once I stopped bouncing some guys in a raft came under me, had me grab a pole, and pulled me into their raft and undid the harness. I then had to walk up 43 meters of stairs back to the top where Dave greeted me. Not a fun walk but I felt like I was floating at that point so it didn't bother me. I did buy the professional pictures and DVD which was an additional $80 NZ but they were well worth it. Thinking back on the experience, the best way to describe how I felt is by comparing it to how I felt growing up when I used to swim competitively. Before each race I would always feel very nervous, but as soon as the gun went off and the race began the nervousness would all disappear, my mind would clear, the adrenaline would kick in and I would just enjoy it. That exactly how I felt as soon as I left the ledge.
It was 10 by the time it was all over and we were anxious to get back on the road. Dave and I decided we would trade off driving Britzy throughout the day but that it was probably best to let him drive first since I was still amped up on adrenaline. After about an hour of driving we made our first stop in Tarras to visit a general souvenir store. The store had lots of very nice merino wool clothing from local sheep. Amy bought a pair of merino slippers (called Toasties) that looked extremely comfortable. She said it was to help keep her warm in the chilly nights we spend in Britzy Spears. There was lots of really nice clothing and we had to pull ourselves away to keep from buying more things. I almost bought some hokey pokey ice cream which is the main flavor of ice cream in New Zealand. It is vanilla ice cream filled with nuggets of crunch golden toffee. I was able resist because it was still morning and a little chilly out but vowed to get some before I went home. After picking up some free packets of placenta face cream (not made from real placenta…I think) we were back on the road.
We drove for a few hours straight this time right up through the center of the country. We drove through amber mountains on very windy roads. We were able to take it as slow as we wanted to admire the views because there was almost no traffic. We would drive for miles without seeing another car. Approximately 20KM outside of Twizel we pulled over to a small picnic area and made lunch. This was a very special lunch because it was the first time we turned Britzy's gas on so we could turn the oven on. Dave made grilled cheese which he and Amy seemed to enjoy. After another 20 minutes of driving we made a quick stop at Lake Tekapo so we could see Mt. Cook, New Zealand's tallest mountain. After taking a few pics we drove a little farther along Lake Tekapo and stopped at a little church called the Church of the Good Sheppard. This church is one of the most photographed spots in New Zealand and is one of the most popular places to get married. The church has an altar window that has a spectacular view of the lake and mountains. Next to the church is one of New Zealand's best known public monuments, a bronze statue of a New Zealand Collie sheepdog.
After we finished with Lake Tekapo it was time to start making our way to the East Coast. As we got closer to Christchurch we experienced something we hadn't experienced our entire time in New Zealand so far, traffic. It was close to rush hour time and Christchurch is the only place on the South Island that can be considered a city. We made a quick pitstop at a gas station to refuel Britzy and buy some snacks. I bought a soda called L&P that is unique to New Zealand but supposedly loved by Kiwis. It stands for Lemon & Paeroa and is a sweet soft drink made by combining lemon juice with carbonated mineral water from the town of Paeroa. I thought it was just so-so.
New Zealand has very few traffic lights and uses roundabouts at intersections, kind of like New Jersey. Dave did an excellent job of maneuvering Britzy around multiple roundabouts to get us through Christchurch. Because the traffic slowed us down, we realized we probably wouldn't be able to make it to Kaikoura that day which is where we needed to be by mid-morning the next day. We started looking for campervan campgrounds in our guidebooks where we could stay that night. We eventually found one in Cheviot, a small town about 60km from Kaikoura.
Before checking into the campground we decided to stop for dinner. There wasn't much open, but we found a little takeout seafood shop called Wholly Fish. The woman who owned the shop and was cooking up the meals there was extremely nice, friendly, and helpful and very patient with us. She told us her husband is American so she understood our American tourist ways. Dave got a hamburger with nothing on it which disturbed the owner. She asked him if he wanted a pickle and Dave said no and then she realized that as an American he didn't realize pickle meant something else in New Zealand. In New Zealand pickles mean spicy fruit relishes so Dave likes pickles here. Amy and I both had fish and chips. Amy had a cod-type fish and I had the special of the day. The special was a Maori named fish (that we can't remember the name). The owner described this type of fish as a bold and manly fish that was usually only eaten by men. Between bungy jumping and eating this fish, today was probably my manliest day of the trip. For dessert, Dave and I both had Magnum ice cream popsicles. Mine was hokey pokey flavored so I was able to cross that off my list.
We finished dinner and drove to the Cheviot Motel Campground. The facilities at this place were not quite as luxurious as the previous campgrounds. There is a brand of campgrounds throughout New Zealand called Top 10 Holiday Parks. We stayed at one of these the first night we slept in Britzy. The Top 10 Holiday Parks are like the Ritz Carlton of holiday parks. The one we stayed at in Cheviot was more like a Motel 6. Since we were only sleeping there and had gone to summer camp it didn't really bother me or Dave and Amy was a trooper and made it through the night. However, Amy and Dave did decide that they would only be staying at Top 10 Holiday Parks for the remainder of the trip.


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Hi from Middle Tennesse. I have just recently purchased my first handgun (first of any gun) and hope to get some great information. Glad I found this forum!
This is a great forum! I live in the Nashville area and just purchased a Glock 27 Gen 4 today! Nice little sub-compact firearm! Love it! What did you purchase?
Welcome from Johnson City.
I got a .38 Ruger LCR. I haven't shot it yet, but I think I will like it. I had bought a semi auto, Taurus PT709 Slim series but took it back yesterday. I had alot of trouble racking it when I bought it but the salesman and my husband thought it would loosen up for me. I shot 50 rounds through it and hated it! I have not shot alot but I knew I didn't like the gun. The semi autos seem complicated to me at this point. I already like the Ruger better just because it pretty simple. I'm sure there are many ladies out there that can handle the semi autos but I'm not ready for them just yet! This step into gun ownership has caused my husband much excitement. I have finally came to the sad realization that I need to be armed for safety. Hope to get to the range next week!
My wife came to the same conclusion several years ago......Hi and welcome....JJ
Always good to hear from a fellow Tennesseean.
I bought my first handgun over fifty years ago, a revolver. Since that time I've gone through over sixty handguns trying to gain experience and knowledge about the one-hand gun.
I've tried DA revolvers, single shot pistols, steel auto loaders, plastic auto loaders, and SA revolvers. After all this I'm back to the single action revolver.
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BRUSH VALLEY, Pa. - A 63-year-old hunter will be OK despite hanging upside-down after his tree stand broke in the western Pennsylvania woods.
Brush Valley assistant fire chief Al Pluchinsky says James Yoder, of Johnstown, was hunting with a partner in Brushvalley Township late Saturday afternoon when the stand broke. Yoder's feet got tangled and he was dangling about 15 feet off the ground, though his partner helped Yoder by trying to hold his head somewhat upright while they yelled for help.
One of Pluchinsky's firefighters, who lives nearby, heard the distress calls and called 911. Others arrived to search and they found Yoder and his partner a little after 6 p.m.
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*snickers* Bet that was an... interesting visit! I probably wouldn't be able to walk through without giggling my head off.
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We were VERY busy on the 16th. I'm really not sure how I thought I was going to be able to blog all of it while I was doing it, but we went to Kattenkabinet, the cat museum, a walking tour of the Red Light District, and the Sex Museum. I'm doing things a little differently this time- I'll be talking about the museums only very briefly, but I put a lot of work into the captions for the photos and videos to make up for it. I'm not sure I even saved any time this way, but it's something different, anyway. I'll still be talking about the Red Light tour, since I only got one picture during that.
Kattenkabinet. It was a cat art museum as opposed to a cat natural history museum, so it's all statues and old advertisements and paintings instead of... what would the alternative be..
The Red Light District tour started at the Prostitution Information Center, which had been founded by prostitutes to satisfy the public's curiosity about the profession. It's a place where anyone who has a question can just come in and ask it without feeling awkward or embarrassed, and get a straight answer. They also have a walking tour on Saturdays, with a former prostitute as your guide, and that's what we were there for. Our guide was actually NOT a former prostitute, but she was allowed to run tours because she had done extensive study of prostitution in Amsterdam specifically as part of earning her degree. She was very knowledgeable and answered all our questions very well, so I don't think the experience was lessened any by it. Our tour mostly consisted of walking around the streets in a big circle, stopping occasionally to listen to her talk about a particular place or a particular aspect of prostitution. I'll try to relate what I can remember- I actually learned quite a lot.
Our first stop was the Old Church... weirdly enough, the church is right in the middle of the Red Light District, with prostitutes in windows literally across the street from it
Amsterdam is unique in the world for having not only legal prostitution, but prostitution that's safe for the prostitutes- according to our guide, all of the women there are their own bosses, working out of their own free will rather than under threats or coercion. There are no pimps, and no one to exploit them. If they want to quit, they just stop renting out their window. If they want to take a day off, no one can force them to work. They choose who they will or won't do business with based on their own preferences and limits
We were told not to take pictures of any of the prostitutes- even though prostitution is legal, they still want to remain as anonymous as possible, and I can think of a half dozen other reasons they wouldn't want people snapping photos. Our guide (and several others on later tours) said they'll even chase down people who take photo and smash their cameras or throw them in the canals. A later guide said they keep a bucket of liquid by the door specifically to throw at people who take pictures of them, and the liquid "is not water!", and I recall someone somewhere saying that the worst they'd seen was a prostitute smashing a bottle of ammonia over a guy's head. So if you're wondering why I only have one photo of the Red Light District... well, I wouldn't deliberately catch a prostitute's window in my field of view, but better safe than sorry! I did take some other pictures on later days, though, and will post them eventually
Our tour went down a very narrow alley with red light windows on either side, which was... interesting... and finally concluded at the statue I took a picture of, which was placed there in honor of hard-working (and often tragically exploited) prostitutes around the world. The tour also briefly discussed male prostitutes. There were some in the Red Light District, but only transgendered ones, no obvious men. They did try it out, though.. one year they held auditions for handsome, sexy men, then rented out windows to the winners for a day. The women in Amsterdam went wild, but at the end of the day, the male prostitutes hadn't gotten even one customer. Our guide explained it easily enough: women don't have to pay for sex. If they want it, they'll find no shortage of volunteers at any bar, and enjoy free drinks on top of that.
I don't really remember much of what we did after the tour... I think we wandered town a lot, and got dinner at a great Tibetan place, where I had some really good tea I'd never tried before, and then wandered some more, finally ending up at the Sex Museum. The Sex Museum is one of two... well... sex museums in Amsterdam. The other one is called the Erotic Museum, but our guidebook said it was boring and more expensive in comparison, plus Glennica had apparently already been there on a previous trip
After that we headed back to Abraxas to blog and set up the usual hostels and trains for later in the trip, and finally back to our hostel for bed.
Speaking of bed, I've been up ridiculously late tonight working on this, and I'm so tired I can barely keep my eyes open. We're in Copenhagen now, and this is probably the last blog entry I'll finish before I return home, since we're changing to different lodgings for our last day of the trip and they don't have wireless. I'm sorry I haven't been so good at keeping up to date, but I hope you've been enjoying it- I'll do my best to wrap everything up in a timely manner once I'm back home. :)
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*snickers* Bet that was an... interesting visit! I probably wouldn't be able to walk through without giggling my head off.
Always sounds as though you guys had a blast on this wonderful journey. I know that I surely did as I followed you guys along, day by day. Have a safe trip back.
You will always have this wonderflul blog and pics beside you as a lovely reminder of this very special trip for the both of you. When you get back......WELCOME HOME!!!


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Over all i like the K&D Holsters Cochise Defender i got. IWB or OWB, I ordered with sweat band. I don't like the closeness of the holster where it covers the trigger gaurd compared to the actuall end of the trigger gaurd. I have a hard time fitting my finger in to get a good drawing grip on the pistol.
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A anime, metal loving geek who is good at cooking. funny and nice people named jarreth are also really great friends you can rely on them for anything but be aware they have mysterious pasts and can be violent but if you look past that they are genuine and caring. They are usually british and named after David bowie as the goblin king, there spirit animal is also a wolf. be aware though they are also the cutest guys you will ever meet you may just fall in love. go to jarreth for all your needs hes always to lend a hand even though they are rather crazy.
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Citi Questions Shanda Games Platform Strategy, Maintains Buy
Chinese game developer Shanda Games (GAME) reported its second-quarter earnings yesterday, with revenue and earnings both beating street estimates. Its revenue was $175.6 million, above the consensus $175.5 million. Earning per share was $0.22 versus consensus $0.21.
Citi analysts Muzhi Li, Ravi Sarathy, and Gregory Zhao liked Shanda's mobile game portfolio and maintained their Buy rating and target price at $4.75. Shanda gained 3.9% yesterday and last traded at $4.55.
This buy rating barely has any upside left and the recommendation reads lukewarm, however.
The analysts question Shanda's mobile game platform strategy. Shanda tries to sell its games through its own app store, which Citi thinks is doomed, because the company is too small:
Instead of using existing 3rd party Android app store for game distribution, GAME promotes Million Arthur [Barron's: Shanda's popular flagship game] in China by itself. The company launched "G-Home" mobile platform to provide game distribution, payment, and customer supports, based on the recent acquisition of the service platform, www.sdo.com, from its parent company.
The company hopes to leverage the success of Million Arthur in China to attract more gamers to the G-Home platform, and then distribute more games via G-Home to expand user base to both mobile games and MMO gamers. We are cautious on how this strategy would work out, mainly due to limited user base of Shanda Games.
In addition, Baidu (BIDU), Tencent (HK:700) and Qihoo (QIHU) are seeking to differentiate from generic app stores to further satisfy user demands. Leveraging large user base, traffic volume, and specialties, these key traffic aggregators are likely to consolidate more mobile app traffic and leave smaller app stores behind. Therefore, we do not view G-Home as an advantage for Shanda Games to monetize its mobile games.
Recall Baidu just spent $1.9 billion last month to buy China's largest app store 91 Wireless? Shanda's entire market cap is $1.2 billion. Go figure.


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The Giants need to do whatever they can to get the first pick in the 2014 draft.
Here's my plan:
-trade justin tuck and our entire 2014 draft to the browns for their 1st round pick in 2014 (should be the first overall lol)
-draft Jadeveon Clowney
- win the next 5 superbowls
check out his high school highlights. they're almost comical. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTkmiBdoBDc
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to me the only comment i have to say is everyone makes mistakes and i truly hope Chris Brown steps up as a man and take consideration to Rihanna's feelings. i know its true hitting a girl; can make you look bad baically IT IS bad, but damn it was the best im sure he has better himself.
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Big Bang 8 Results: Kido, Nashiro Score Wins, HIROYA Upset by Naoki
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Taniyama Gym held the 8th event in its Big Bang series yesterday at Differ Ariake in Tokyo. On the card were top Japanese Middleweights Yasuhiro Kido and Yuji Nashiro taking on Baek Man-sun and Yukihiko Komiya, respectively. Also featured on the card were K-1 Koshien participants HIROYA and Hiroki Akimoto taking on Naoki and Ikuya Sasaki, respectively.
In the main event, Yasuhiro Kido scored another KO win, this time of Korean fighter Baek Man-Sun at 2:02 in the 2nd round. Kido (26-13-1, 12 KO) landed repeatedly with high kicks and strong combinations, knocking Baek down 4 times before the fight was stopped. As most know, Kido has had his struggles in the past, but he is now 6-1 (3 KO) in his last 7 and his sole loss was a close decision to Kenta, the man he is set to face next month at Krush.17 for the Krush 70kg title. The relatively easy win bodes well for Kido, who is coming in extremely hot while Kenta suffered a loss in his first fight since last September's K-1 MAX Japan Tournament.
In the co-main event, 2011 K-1 MAX Japan Tournament winner Yuji Nashiro took a close, but clear decision win over former RISE Middleweight champion Yukihiko Komiya on scores of 30-29, 29-28 and 29-29. Komiya (27-10-0, 6 KO) made it a fight, but Nashiro's (10-3-0, 5 KO) offense was too much for him. Until last year's K-1 MAX Tournament, Nashiro was a bit of an overlooked commodity because of his 1st round KO loss to Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima in the 2010 K-1 MAX Japan Tournament. He scored a pair of wins over Yutaro Yamauchi and Kenta right after that, but a loss to Yoshihiro Sato and a close extension round loss to Yutaro Yamauchi in the Krush 70kg Tournament really dropped him off the radar. That is, until he upset former K-1 MAX champion Albert Kraus in the opening round of last year's Japan MAX Tournament. Nashiro followed that up with a decision win over prospect Takafumi Morita in the semis and a 1st round KO of Yuya Yamamoto in the finals. Nashiro could be in line for a Krush title shot against the winner of Kido-Kenta, but in the meantime, I'd like to see a fight with either TOMOYUKI, who just upset Kenta, or Hinata. Komiya is now on a 2-fight losing streak as this was his first fight back since losing his RISE Middleweight title to Takafumi Morita last July.
In the big surprise of the night, 2008 K-1 Koshien champ HIROYA dropped a close split decision to former NKB Featherweight and Lightweight champ Naoki on scores of 29-28, 30-29 and 28-29. Naoki (19-5-2, 5 KO) was able to pressure HIROYA (10-5-0, 5 KO) offensively and land enough to pick up a win on the scorecards. For Naoki, this win puts him on a 4-fight win-streak, which is a great recovery from the 4-fight losing streak he had prior to that. He would make an interesting matchup for the winner of the RISE Lightweight title match between Yuki and Yuto Watanabe. HIROYA is now on a 2-fight losing streak after losing to Masaaki Noiri in the semis of the Krush Supernova Tournament. This was a close fight, but if HIROYA wants to be considered on the same level as the division's elite, this isn't a fight he should lose. It appears as though his defense has become his biggest liability, as he was outpointed by Noiri and even in his Supernova Tournament wins, he was getting hit a lot. For all of his offensive gifts, he will never break through if his defense isn't adjusted.
Finally, in a 60kg bout, 2010 K-1 Koshien runner-up Hiroki Akimoto kept his undefeated pro record with a 1st round TKO due to a cut over Ikuya Sasaki. Akimoto (13-0-0, 6 KO) landed with a high kick that opened up a cut on Sasaki (0-3-0, 0 KO) that caused the ringside doctor to end the fight. Akimoto made it to the semifinals of the 2009 Koshien Tournament where he ended up losing to Shota Shimada and made it to the finals of the 2010 Tournament, defeating the likes of Sho Ogawa and Keigo Ishida before he succumbed to low kicks against Shohei Hareyama. Akimoto followed that up with a huge 2011 in which he went 4-0 with knockouts in each of those wins, including a knockout of Turbo, his highest-profile opponent yet. Though he's only 19, it is time for Akimoto to start taking steps forward to higher-level opposition as he was likely only fighting someone like Sasaki to get his legs back under him after a 6-month layoff. The next step for Akimoto could be a shot at current MA Kick Featherweight champ Minoru Junibayashi. Sasaki is an MMA fighter as well, but has had just as little success in that as he has in kickboxing, as he is a paltry 1-6-0 fighting for Shooto and GCM Cage Force after starting 3-1 as an amateur.
Quick results after the break{jcomments on}
70kg Fight: Yasuhiro Kido def. Baek Man-Sun by 2nd round KO (right cross) at 2:02
70kg Fight: Yuji Nashiro def. Yukihiko Komiya by 3rd round Majority Decision (30-29, 30-28, 29-29)
63kg Fight: Naoki def. HIROYA by 3rd round Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-29)
60kg Fight: Hiroki Akimoto def. Ikuya Sasaki by 1st round TKO (cut) at 2:40
55kg Fight: Hiroaki Mizhuara and Youkou Okada fought to a 3rd round Majority Draw (30-28, 29-29, 29-29)
65kg Fight: Hiroki Nakamura def. NAOTO by 2nd round KO (leg kicks) at 1:03
68kg Fight: Mitsuhiro def. So Nakamura by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-24, 30-24, 30-24)
70kg Fight: Haruya def. Nobuhuki N720 by 3rd round Majority Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)
68kg Fight: Hideaki Hoshikawa def. Kazuki Yamagiwa by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (28-27, 28-27, 29-26)


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The Sestiere of Cannaregio in which the apartment is located, offers many attractions for tourists who want to stay in an area served by the Venetian markets, typical shops, and restaurants that offer excellent cuisine.
The most known way to reach Rialto and San Marco is called "Strada Nuova", which is a few minutes far from the apartment, along "Rio della Sensa"
The vaporetto stop more convenient is S. Marcuola, adjacent to the Casino of Venice.
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Unless otherwise stated in the individual descriptions of the properties, the arrival/departure times are as follows:
Arrival: between 3 PM and 8 PM.
Departure: between 9 AM and 10.30 AM.
Arrival from 8 PM to 10 PM: 20 euros.
Arrival from 10 PM to midnight: 40 euros.
Arrival from Midnight to 3 PM: during this time period, we do not allow guests to check in.
(Luggage deposit can be found at train station at a fee - so please check directly with the relevant locations what the arrangements are).
From the 24th of August 2011, all visitors who stay in an accommodation facility within the territory of the Municipality of Venice have to pay the "Tourist tax".
The overnight tax varies from € 0.75 in low season to € 2.00 in high season. It is due only for the first 5 days.
Kids under 10 years of age do not pay. Youngers from 10 to 16 years of age have a 50% reduction.
The collected funds will help the City improve the quality of the tourist services (services, museums, events...) and finance works aimed at maintaining, using and salvaging the city's cultural and architectural heritage.
Extras that can be ordered upon request and prior to or during arrival (but please give us as much notice as possible):
A baby cot: €10
During your stay, you can require an extra cleaning: from €50 to €70
Private parking upon request: €25 per day
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The apartment was beautifully decorated and with good facilities. Location was also as expected with a small courtyard at the back. Very good arrangements on arrival so we were accompanied to the apartment (addresses not much good in Venice unless you know where to go!) and told where the nearest supermarket was. Local restaurants and cafes have a really "local" ambience even though you are only 10 minutes walk from Rialto. Winter was fabulous-glorious blue skies every day-and plenty of bustle. New Year exciting in St Mark's Square- we wonder how we'll ever top this for 2014 !!! Heartily recommend !
Recommend without hesitation, a wonderful apartment in quiet residential location, away from tourist hussle yet only 10 mins walk from station and 5 mins from boats. Close to shops and restaurants. Spacious, modern, excellent value for money. Also has small courtyard. Very helpful host.
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren. Ich möchte Ihnen hiermit meine Bewertung über die Wohnung vier Mori schicken. Die Wohnung ist modern eingerichtete gut renoviert allerdings sehr dunkel. Zwei Punkte haben wir konkret zu bemängeln. Die Wohnung ist Sehr schimmelig . Beim Öffnen der Tür kommt einem ein Schimmelgeruch entgegen der sehr unangenehm ist. Die Schränke sind nicht zu benutzen wegen des Geruchs. Außerdem ist die Küche sehr schlecht ausgestattet .es fehlen Töpfe und sonstige Küchenutensilien. An der Wand im Schlafzimmer war ein großer Schimmelfleck circa 50 × 80 cm groß. Den Schimmel mussten wir mit dem Staubsauger weg saugen.
Die Wohnung war sehr sauber und geschmackvoll eingerichtet. Wir wurden an der Vaporetto-Station abgeholt und in die Wohnung gebracht. Super Service.
Die Wohnung ist gut gelegen und ideal für einen Kurzurlaub. Die Küche haben wir nicht gebraucht, es gibt jede Menge Restaurants in der Umgebung.
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Very nice apartment for a big family with good spaces and many beds. The apartment is located in the heart of Venice, near everything. Can definetly recommend this flat to big groups who would like to stay in Venice.
We really enjoyed Vinice and our stay in this appartment made our expereince even better. Modern Appartment with all amenities. Grocery store and all restraurants were within 2 minutes walk. Strongly recommend this appartment.
We loved Venice, but sadly the accommodation let the holiday down a little, wasn't terrible, but for the money and the lovely photos didn't live up to our expectations. Was far to small and ants everywhere, probably won't book with Wimbu again, sorry.
Very nice apartment. Couldn't log in into the wifi, but everything was fine.
The apartment was just as described and matched the pictures. It was close enough to all the tourist hot spots without having that crowded feeling. The famous fish market and Rialto bridge are all within a 5 minute walk. I would definitely book again with this host.
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