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The method of least squares is a familiar and trusted implement in the toolkit of statistics, learned by generations of students in all the sciences. It is the usual procedure for fitting a line or a curve to a set of data points that may be subject to errors of measurement. The invention of the method is usually ascribed to Carl Friedrich Gauss, the superstar of German mathematics in the first half of the 19th century, but the French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre had a rival claim to priority. Several others also contributed to the development of the technique, most notably Pierre Simon de Laplace, who was Legendre's senior colleague in the French Academy. All of these names are still immediately recognized today; they are to be found inscribed on marble busts in the main rotunda of the mathematics hall of fame.
But the method of least squares was also invented by another mathematician of the same era, whose fame is more narrowly circumscribed. This lesser-known inventor was Robert Adrain, who published an account of the method—and also of the closely related bell-shaped curve we now know as the normal or Gaussian distribution—at roughly the same time as Gauss's own publication. Yet Gauss and Legendre and Laplace knew nothing of Adrain or his writings. The reason is that Adrain lived and worked and published in an out-of-the-way corner of the world, cut off from communication with the main centers of learning. He spent his career teaching at small institutions with names such as Columbia and Rutgers. He was a citizen of a developing country: the United States of America.
Adrain's story is already well known to historians of mathematics, and I have nothing new to add to the factual record. But the story is worth telling again, if only for what it has to say about the practice of science on the margins. One obvious fact is that it can be very hard to get noticed when you are standing on the farther shore of the ocean, no matter how vigorously you wave your arms. Another truth, even more bitter, is that it's also very hard in those circumstances to do anything worth noticing. And yet there is a more cheerful outlook, at least for those who can afford to be patient: The world turns, and eventually the farther shore may become the center.
Adrain was born in Ireland in 1775, in the coastal town of Carrickfergus, near Belfast. What is known of his early years has more to do with politics than mathematics. In 1798 he joined the insurgency of the United Irishmen, a coalition of Catholic and Protestant forces opposed to British rule. He survived a gunshot wound, but after the failure of the rebellion he had to flee the country, escaping to New York with his wife, Anna Pollock, and an infant daughter. He found refuge in Princeton with the widow of Theobald Wolfe Tone, the founder of the United Irishmen.
Adrain seems to have become a teacher of mathematics without ever pausing along the way to be a student. Back in Ireland he had already worked as a schoolmaster and tutor, perhaps as early as age 15, and in America he was soon employed as a teacher at the Princeton Academy (not the university, but a school for younger students). A few years later he took a similar position in York, Pennsylvania, then became principal of yet another academy 50 miles away in Reading. In 1809 Adrain moved his family back across the Delaware River into New Jersey, but this time the calling was a grander one: He was named professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Queens College in New Brunswick. As a matter of fact, Adrain was the first person to be accorded the title of professor at Queens, and the college had to organize a public lottery to pay his salary. They also awarded him an honorary master's degree (perhaps to help justify the title and the salary).
Despite the largesse of Queens, Adrain was soon on the move again. He accepted a professorship at Columbia College in New York, which conferred another honorary degree, this time with doctoral rank. He stayed at Columbia for more than a dozen years, then in 1826 returned to New Brunswick, where in the meantime Queens College, after an interlude of financial distress, had reopened as Rutgers College (it is now officially styled Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey). But this second tenure in New Brunswick was even shorter than the first; a year later Adrain was wooed away to Philadelphia by the University of Pennsylvania.
Adrain's last years took a curious and humiliating turn. In 1834 he was forced to resign from the Penn faculty, apparently because he couldn't maintain classroom discipline. He wound up teaching at a grammar school in New York—quite a step down for a university professor, although the new job may in fact have been better paid. In 1840 Adrain retired to a farm in New Brunswick, where he died three years later.
Even allowing for the late disappointments, Adrain had a distinguished academic career by American standards of the time. But conditions were certainly different in France or Germany; one can scarcely imagine Gauss being dismissed from Göttingen University because of some unruly students. Moreover, Adrain's teaching duties cannot have left him much time for research; at Penn he was expected to teach the entire mathematics curriculum, from remedial arithmetic through calculus, to all four classes of undergraduates. Nevertheless, he not only wrote original articles but also became editor and publisher of the journals they appeared in.
Adrain was among the contributors to the very first mathematical periodical published in the United States, the Mathematical Correspondent, begun in 1804 by George Baron, who had been the first mathematics instructor at West Point. When Baron abandoned the journal, Adrain took over, and then transformed the Correspondent into a magazine of his own, renamed The Analyst, or Mathematical Museum. This enterprise also foundered, after just four issues appeared, but not before Adrain published in its pages his one claim to lasting recognition.
Adrain's moment of inspiration came in 1808, in an article summarizing work on a problem posed by a reader, with the offer of a $6 prize. The prize was awarded to Nathaniel Bowditch (who is better remembered than Adrain, primarily for his American Practical Navigator). As editor, Adrain was disqualified from the prize competition, but his discussion of the problem goes deeper than Bowditch's.
The problem concerns a land surveyor who traces the boundary of a polygonal field, measuring each of its five sides by traversing a prescribed distance on a prescribed angular bearing. At the end, the survey should return to the starting point, forming a closed pentagon, but instead there is a small gap. The $6 problem is to adjust the end points of the five segments so that the path closes. Of course there are innumerable ways to achieve this goal; the idea is to choose from among all possible adjustments those that put the vertices in their most probable positions.
Adrain begins his analysis by simplifying and generalizing the problem, dispensing with the surveyor's vocabulary of perches and chains and bearings. He writes: "The question which I propose to resolve is this: Supposing AB to be the true value of any quantity, of which the measure by observation or experiment is Ab, the error being Bb; what is the expression of the probability that the error Bb happens in measuring AB?" A tiny diagram like the one in the margin here makes it clear that Adrain is thinking of AB as the length of a line segment, which the error Bb can either increase or decrease. He argues that such errors should have a particular distribution, based on the "evident principle" that the uncertainty in measuring the length of a segment is proportional to the length itself. Since the actual length AB is the unknown quantity in this problem, it is not much use as an error estimator; Adrain brushes aside this subtlety, taking the measured length Ab as the basis.
Now suppose there are two measured segments, with unknown individual errors a and b but a known total error c. If the errors are independent, then the probability of both occurring together is the product of the separate probabilities, Pr(a)Pr(b). (This is another trouble spot in the argument: The hypotheses of proportionality and independence appear to be inconsistent. But Adrain presses on.) The likeliest values of a and b are those that maximize the product Pr(a)Pr(b), subject to the constraints that a+b=c and that the errors are proportional to the measured lengths. Adrain proceeds by taking the derivative of the probability equation and setting it to zero, in the usual process for identifying a maximum or minimum. After several further manipulations—some of them a little murky—he emerges with a famous equation. In modernized notation it states:
This is the equation of the normal distribution, or density, which gives the probability of observing the result x as a function of the true result µ and the standard deviation s. For any given µ and s, Pr(x) takes on its maximum value when the expression (x??)2 is made as small as possible. This fact is the origin of the least-squares principle: The best predictor of a normally distributed variable is the one that minimizes the square of the difference between the observed and the predicted values.
Adrain went on to give a second derivation of the same distribution, based on a geometric argument. He also applied the least-squares method to four practical problems, including a version of the original prize question.
Pragmatic advice on how best to survey a farmer's field is not something you often find today in a journal of research mathematics, and the practical emphasis of Adrain's work might be taken as a sign of his provincialism. But in fact very similar problems in geodesy and astronomy motivated Gauss and Legendre as well. Indeed, both of them not only analyzed survey results; they also went out in the field and made measurements of their own.
Both Gauss and Legendre introduced the method of least squares in works on astronomy. Legendre was first to publish; he presented the technique (and also coined the name) in a book on comets published in 1805. The method is given as part of a recipe for determining an orbit from a set of observations, but Legendre offered no theoretical justification, and he did not mention probability at all.
Gauss's treatment of the subject appeared four years later, in his major work on celestial mechanics, Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium. Based on dates of publication, Legendre would seem to have clear priority, but Gauss remarked that he had been using the method since 1795 and insisted the invention was his. Legendre complained in a bitter letter to Gauss: "There is no discovery that one cannot claim for oneself by saying that one had found the same thing some years previously...." They never made peace.
Although Gauss wasn't first to publish, he was certainly more thorough. His treatment was no ad hoc recipe for curve-fitting; he started from the premise that the arithmetic mean of several independent measurements "gives the most probable value, if not rigorously, yet very nearly, so that it is always most safe to hold onto it." He then derived the normal distribution from this premise, and showed how the distribution implies the method of least squares. (The arithmetic mean can be seen as a special case of the method of least squares.)
What Gauss could not establish was that the errors in real-world data—from land surveys or comet observations, say—actually follow a normal distribution. Gauss's "law of error" was widely accepted anyway. As Henri Poincaré quipped a century later: "Everyone believes in it, because the experimenters imagine that it is a mathematical theorem, and the mathematicians that it is an experimental fact." The actual scope of the "law" was not rigorously settled until a century later with the proof of the Central Limit Theorem.
We have no Science Citation Index for the early 19th century, but it seems a safe bet that the works of Gauss and Legendre were more widely noted than those of Robert Adrain. Indeed, Adrain's papers seem to have gone almost entirely unnoticed for 60 years, until Cleveland Abbe and Mansfield Merriman reprinted some excerpts in the 1870s, both in American journals. The republication finally attracted some attention on the other side of the Atlantic: J. W. L. Glaisher wrote a stern critique. Thereafter, Adrain dropped out of sight again for another 50 years, until Julian L. Coolidge and M. J. Babb wrote appreciative biographical articles in the 1920s. There have been a few more re-appraisals since then, such as those of Dirk Struik, E. R. Hogan and Jacques Dutka. Most important, Stephen M. Stigler has included three of Adrain's papers in a compendium of early sources on mathematical statistics in the U.S., making readily available what might otherwise be a very rare item of incunabula.
Modern judgments of Adrain range from warmly sympathetic to glacially cool. Anders Hald, in a vast work on the history of statistics, praises Adrain's "intuition and common sense." But Stigler describes Adrain's arguments in support of the normal distribution as "more wishful thinking than proofs."
Adrain's priority and originality have also been questioned. The article on least squares appeared in an issue of The Analyst dated 1808, but Stigler has found evidence it was not actually printed until 1809, so that it may not have preceded Gauss's publication, which came out in the spring of that year. The doubt here is strictly about priority, not borrowing: Adrain could not possibly have seen Gauss's book before writing his own paper. On the other hand, Adrain could very well have seen Legendre's 1805 description of the least-squares method. Babb found a copy of Legendre's book in Adrain's library, although there is no way of telling when it was acquired. Adrain never mentions Legendre's work.
Given the recent spate of movies about mathematicians, we should brace ourselves for the big-screen version of the Robert Adrain story. The script is easy to guess: The puffed-up, powdered-wig figures of Gauss and Legendre squabble childishly over credit for a discovery that is actually made by a self-taught genius doing brilliant mathematics deep in the hinterland, scratching theorems onto birchbark with a bit of charcoal. If only it were true. Although Adrain's accomplishments are impressive for their time and place, they do not put him in the first rank of 19th-century mathematicians.
Mathematics and other kinds of science are so intensely social that only the most extraordinary talent could overcome the handicap of isolation. It takes more than a village to raise a scientist. It takes a village full of scientists. As it happens, I am writing these words from just such a village: the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, in Trieste, Italy. The center is named for a distinguished scientist who had to choose in youth between his vocation (physics) and his nation (Pakistan). He went to Cambridge. The center he founded has among its explicit aims to spare others that bitter choice, providing scientists from developing countries opportunities for collaboration without forcing them into emigration. Some 80,000 have visited since 1964.
Technology has also made a difference in the lives of scientists on the farther shores. If Adrain had been able to read e-prints on the arXiv server every morning—and, equally important, if he could have posted his own contributions there—perhaps today we would speak of the Adrainian distribution instead of the Gaussian.
© Brian Hayes
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/science-on-the-farther-shore/4
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey loves both soccer and strong men, so it's no surprise that Aziz Yildirim is a household name.
A civil engineer, Yildirim made a fortune in military contracts with the government and NATO before turning his attention to Istanbul's Fenerbahce soccer club, a perennial title contender with a vocal fan base nicknamed "the Republic of Fenerbahce."
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The 60-year-old tycoon was convicted in July by Istanbul's 16th Heavy Penal Court of "forming and leading a criminal gang" that rigged four games and offered payments to players or rival club officials to fix three others — all so Fenerbahce could stay in the Champions League, a benefit the club estimated to be worth $58.5 million a year. He is appealing his conviction, maintaining his innocence.
Yildirim's case is another sign that soccer — the world's most popular sport — is increasingly tainted by a multibillion-dollar scourge of match-fixing. Investigations in dozens of countries in 2012 have involved hundreds of players and officials, revealing the extent of the problem that threatens to undermine the integrity of the game.
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I have not yet seen a review for the SEL16F28 lens. I consider this lens one of my favorite lenses. I see you have the 20mm Pancake, but not the 16mm Pancake which was released much earlier.
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Added by mikestern | August 18 , 2013
major miss
1) In order for one to claim the best lenses for a camera system then order them based on their performances, he must test all native lenses first.
How come you guys miss 18-55mm zoom lens that almost all of us owned it before PZ lens was out?
We all know 18-55mm zoom gives a better performance than 18-200mm in many ways. Some of us say it is better than PZ 16-50 too. So it would place within the first 3 but yet its not even in the list.
2) I would put Rokinon 8mm f2.8 in this list in somewhere on high levels too. It is an e-mount lens.
Hope you will correct your list with the 1) addition. then enrich it with rokinon and dslr magic lenses.
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I'm surprised that the Sony 50mm outperform the Zeiss 24mm. I'm not convinced this is the case in real world shooting of these two lenses. Although mechanically its probably easier to make a good 50 than a good 24. I was shooting with someone who had the Sony while I was using the Zeiss and I had better light transmission...I don't believe he was using a filter and I was. Regardless, thank you for the above review.
Please add the SLR Magic Hyperprime 50mm f0.95 to the review list.
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I am not surprised at all. I use both. 50mm is a better lens. Both on sharpness, low CA and low vignetting. Also it is a OSS lens. 700$ less than Zeiss is the last reason that makes it again better than 24 zeiss.
In fact I would vote for sel35 f/1.8 to be again better than 24 zeiss too. I also own this lens. It is significantly smaller than zeiss and costs less than half. Performance of this lens is minimally worse than zeiss that everybody can live with that.
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Sony 50mm f1.8 is not as good as Zeiss 24mm f1.8
I've tried two samples of the Sony 50mm f1.8 against the Zeiss / Sony 24mm f1.8 and neither of the Sony's performed as well. My observation is that the Sony at f8 about equals the Zeiss at f4, with the Zeiss having at least a 1.5-stop advantage at wider apertures. From f1.8 to f4, the Zeiss is sharper, with better contrast and lower chromatic aberration. What I see looks a lot closer to what slrgear.com found in their testing of both lenses.
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Zeiss touit 12 mm
I must continue to misunderstand !
The 20 mm is poor in sharpness as it is a pancake !!
I have the sel24f1.8 and i find the 12 mm to be as sharp as the 24.
All review i read, and especially the ones coming from "le monde de la photo" and "chasseur d'image" which are famous specialized photography magazines in France, explains the Touit 12 mm to be sharper than the Touit 32 mm Touit. But you give huge different scores between the 32 and the 12 !!
So, may be you had a bad sample or it must be a mistake...
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Dxo mark score is a joke
Zeiss touit 12mm and Sel 20mm same score of 17 ... but completly differents conclusions :
Sel 20mm : "Optically it's far from perfect" ... "A sharpness score of 10 P-Mpix is disappointingly low for lens tested on 24-megapixel sensor like the Sony NEX-7 and slight barrel distortion is noticeable"
Zeiss Touit 12mm : "The two new Touits from ZEISS live up to our expectations. While we're unable to test these lenses on Fujifilm X-Series cameras currently, the results are likely to be very similar. On the Sony NEX-7, both lenses are very good indeed, excellent even, ..."
And from my point of view has i have both, there is nothing to compare in quality terms between this 2 lenses.
My conclusion : DXO MARK SCORE IS A JOKE !!
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | July 23 , 2013
Re: Dxo mark score is a joke
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
Both focal are different. Performing a similar score for a 12mm compared to a 20mm is a pretty good result for the Zeiss Touit.
About the 12mm Zeiss Touit, you can check the 12mm comparison http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Publications/DxOMark-Reviews/ZEISS-Touit-2.8-12-and-Touit-1.8-32-Sony-mount-lens-reviews-performance-at-a-price/ZEISS-Touit-2.8-12mm-vs-competition
There we pointed some weaknesses too such as chromatic aberration for instance.
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Added by Albundy | July 09 , 2013
Zeiss touit 12 mm score
Is is possible that the Zeiss Touit 12 mm is as poor as the 20mm from sony ??
It has a such bad score and i read so much good reviews concerning this lens ? haow could it be possible ???
Added by MaxBerlin | July 08 , 2013
Why not test legacy lenses on the NEX7
Most people are using adapters and old C/Y, Minolta, Canon and Nikon lenses on their NEXs.
I have been using the new Zeiss 135mm APO and it is the first lens that really pulls everything out of the NEX sensor.
Your resolution results for the cheap Sigma twins must be off - they score way better than what your score indicates. Do you manually focus them?
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Re: Why not test legacy lenses on the NEX7
Thanks for your comment and your recommendation.
Unfortunately we do not measure lenses that need a specific adaptator for now (it would mean to much "exotic" possible combination).
About resolution results, the Sigma twins score pretty good.
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Added by ysto | July 05 , 2013
Sony E 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens
Great article, but I hope that you will test the kit lens that practically every NEX-7 owner has.
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Thanks for your comment.
This is planned but is not a top priority so it should not be tested before fall.
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Cosy penthouse in Plaka with balcony!
Size60 m²
Floor No.4(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
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- Air conditioning
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- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
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PL3 is a cosy two bedroom apartment. The master bedroom has a Queen Size bed and the second bedroom has a double bed. The kitchen and the bathroom are both fully renovated, but remain compact, in keeping with the architecture of the period. There is an air con in the main bedroom and in the living room. The second bedroom has a fan.
The bathroom has a bath with rain shower over it, a WC and vanity. Both bedrooms have independent access to the bathroom. It also has a living room with high definition TV and a large terrace where you may also enjoy your meals. It has skyline and city views as well as glimpses of the Acropolis.
It is three minutes away from Syntagma Metro Station, direct line to the airport.
PL3 is in the very middle of the Athens historical centre. There are numerous restaurants, tavernas and bars to cater all tastes. You will also find organic food markets, super markets and fruit and vegetable stalls.
House rulesOther things to note
• We are happy to provide flexible check in and checkout times....so just let us know when you would like to arrive and depart and we will do our best to satisfy your requests. Please note that depending on availability check in will be by 3pm and check out is by 11am.
• Check in between the hours of 9pm and 7am.
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Great location ... balcony with views of the Acropolis and out over the rooftops of Nice Athens. The apartment lived fully up to our expectations.
Fantastisk beliggenhed... Altan med udsigt mod Akropolis og ud over hustagene i Dejlige Athen. Lejligheden levede fuldstændig op til vores forventninger.
Very well situated apartment, close to Sintagma, from where you have all the options (Metro, Tram, Buses).
Everything worked well, kitchen good equiped, very comfortable beds, nice balcony.
Easy and friendly communication with host.
Apartment looks biger and newer on fotos than it is though.
Die Wohnung Yperidou liegt mittendrin und dennoch sind die Schlafräume richtig ruhig.
Die Wohnung war sauber ordentlich und das Bett hatte eine gute Matratze und SEHR (!!) gute Bettwäsche. ( leider nur eine Matratze und auch nur eine Decke.. wir sind alt genug alles zu teilen aber bitte nicht die Decke!)
Der Schrank im Schlafzimmer war richtig gut, da haben wir schon anderes erlebt.
Der Balkon bot eine Übersicht über das pralle Leben drunten, wir haben das sehr genossen.
Lustig fanden wir die Waschmaschine auf dem Balkon, aber sicher ist das im Hochsommer vernünftig, in der Wohnung wirds nicht so heiss. Die Maschine entwässert offenbarübers Regenfallrohr in die drunten liegende Strasse: Schaumberge wenn wir wuschen.. sehr lustig!
In der Wohnung funktionierte alles ordentlich, selbst das wirklich winzige ( charme der 60ziger) Bad war gut benutzbar.
Die Küche ist zwar auch winzig, bietet aber komplettes Besteck und Geschirr, sowie vernünftige Töpfe. wir sind gut zurechtgekommen. Spülmaschine und mikro wären nett aber dafür ist kein Platz.
der Glastisch auf dem Balkon gefiel uns nicht.. wir haben schönen Stoff gefunden und drüber gelegt, und nun prunkt er zu Haus..
Wir benötigten ein Auto: der Verkehr ist unglaublich, alle ( !! ) Verkehrsregeln werden offenbar als Empfehlung verstanden !
Parken in Athen ist nen Abenteuer.. man kann handeln!
Dankschön für eine schöne Woche.
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It is basically the best place to be in Athens. Its location is perfect, allowing you to visit the Acropolis and its surroundings and to have drinks in very nice bars just down the street. The apartment itself is huge and very usable. We were 8 people in it and felt all very happy of it. With 220 m2, everyone could have its privacy. Also the terrace is the place we used the most with a beautiful view on the Acropolis.
If you are a group of 7 or 8 people, don't hesitate, this apartment will fit all your needs and expectations.
Thank you very much for professional service! Appreciated!
very nice and friendly team, very nice flat and nice location.
the only minor disadvantage is the view from the windows(((
hope to stay there again
We had an amazing time in Athens. The 3 nights we spent at 3 of the apartments were great. There were 11 of us altogether, with 2 being infants, the accomontions worked out perfectly. The apartments are very secure & quite at night & the air conditioning was great.Everything you need is close by, food, entertainment, shopping & site seeing. I would recommend these apartments to anyone wanting to visit Athens.
What a gorgeous apartment in a central location. Perfect for exploring Athens. I could see it eoukd nit be to everyones taste, however it was to mine.
The apartment is located on a street surrounded by wonderfully decaying other buildings, covered with vibrant street art. The apartment itself is cool and bright. The bedroom is small and could get a little stuffy, however there was aircon.
The apartment is very well presented and is filled with greenery and street art which gives it a an edgy modernist feeling.
2 minutes walk and you have a good selection of bars and restaurants. 5 minutes walk and you are in the middle of Athens. What more could you ask for. I only needed to use the metro twice and one of those was to get to the airport.
The apartment is centrally located.
It is well equipped, clean and quiet.
Modern furniture. The living room is really spacious.
It is better than an hotel.
Very nice apartment, clean and fully equiped with all the necessary things. The location is a privilege.
I strongly recommend it.
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Price: $125 per person including riding, accommodation and 3 meals per day. It also has a pool, activities, hot tub, trails, etc and the people are extra friendly.
It was too late for us today to do a horse ride but we did join dinner and the activities. The food here by the way is extremely delicious and nothing we had tried before in US (good farm food).
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As people left to go to sleep (at 8am) we stayed behind next to the campfire and had a long chat with one of the cowboys (Justin) and a state trooper from Louisiana staying for his wedding anniversary at the ranch. Veronika and myself were cracking up, not only due to the local accents but because Justin was like a stand up comedian without actually trying to be funny...he was just funny to listen to.
He explained to us the difference between a "Yanki" and a "Darned Yanki" (the first comes to visit and leaves, while the second one comes to visit and stays), his experiences hunting a "chupacabra" which is a fictional animal which he says he shot (I aint eating no unidentified object, he said when he picked it up), his rodeo riding experiences and his family reunion experiences (he said that the family met for the first time in years as the police had forbidden them to have family reuions as it all ended up in drunkeness and fights in Banderas).
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Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
I feel Eli had a bad year this year, and he is making 4X more then Tuck.... Eli 20M vs Tuck 5M
Spin that Webb young Davis
Maybe mentally he wants to be there, but physically it won't happen. It's obvious that his body can't keep up anymore.
He became more of a detriment and instead of saying..Coach, I can't get it together, try one of these young guys out...or something. He tried to stay in. He wasn't the only problem but sometimes you shake things up by taking out the leader.
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Geschikt voor2
Grootte8 m²
Verdieping2(met lift)
- Internet/WiFi
- Keuken
- Wasmachine / droger
- Roken toegestaan
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- Lift in gebouw
- Afsluitbare kamer
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|calle capulino jauregui, 29002 Malaga, Spanje
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I have a full equiped modern kitchen which you can use as you want, we just ask to clean everything. ;)
The room are provide with individual lock door, double bed 135x190, a bedside table, lamp, wardrobe, a small mirror, and anti-mosquitos system(frequent in summer season in Malaga). We can provide a extra single bed.
The apartment offers great facilities such as FREE WiFi and information about interesting places to visit in Malaga.
Ours home is allocated in a Malaga neighborhood by the beach, it is call Huelin. You will find supermarket, tipical Spanish fresh market, coffe shop, restaurante-tapas bar, bank, bakery, butcher, a huge sport centre and a awesome park.
It is in a really nice location
15 minutes by walk to the city center (also you can go by bus, it will take you 10 minutes).
5 minutes on foot to the main train-bus station "Maria Zambrano".
10 minutes by bus from the airport. The bus stop from and to airport is one minute on foot from home. Just around the corner!!!
Bike rental shop downstair.
The BEACH is just 100 metres far away.
If you really want to enjoy, learn Spanish culture, have a lovely time and fall in love with Málaga. We can do it!!!!
I Offer transfer from airport 20 euros
ReglementenWe just ask to clean your dish if you cook, and keep tidy the commun áreas.
When you leave the room must be tidy (no garbage, plastic bottle, boxes....)
Smoking is allow everywhere EXCEPT ROOMS.
It´s not allowed to take people into the apartment which have not booked accommodation.
We provided line bed and all the information you will need!!!!
We provide in the kitchen SALT, SUGAR, INFUSION, COFFEE and decaffeinated coffee.
If you have a shower, please bring your own shampoo & gel. We just provide hand soap and roll toilet paper. Bring your own beaty staff.
You can use kitchenware, make sure you clean everything after use it.
Washing machine use: 3 euros
We offer shower towel, extra cost: 1 euros
Beach Towel, extra cost: 2 euros
Just feel free at a home!!!!
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Ik betwijfel of minder positieve beoordelingen ook worden geplaatst. Ik had voor dit bedrag per nacht beter verwacht. Rafael behandelt zijn gasten alsof het pubers in een hostel zijn. Hij maakte op mij een ongeïnteresseerde indruk. De kamer was nog vuil, met beddengoed op de grond. Ik kon een andere kamer krijgen, maar daar bleek het bed geen schone lakens te hebben. De douche was kapot en het sanitair niet schoon en nog wat van die dingen. Ik zou er niet naar terug gaan.
this room was clean,beautiful and fresh in the middle of the old. center. There are 2 bathrooms with hot water.. you could use. the big kitchen which is filled with all kinds of tea. salt/pepper/oil/coffee are there. The shared living room is big and there is even a liitle balcony where you can smoke.... the only negative part was, no hot water to do the dishes
Very nice accomodation! Good location, a lot of space in the room, nice roofterrace and the owner is really nice! Invited us to join him and his friends to eat tapas and go to a flamenco bar:)
Ideal location for discovering Malaga and the interesting sites around (e.g. Granada or Ronda). 5 min walk to downtown Malaga, 30 min to the overland busstation. Friendly landlord who gives usefull hints about restaurants and bars.
We booked the whole apartment: Four sleeping rooms with 2 bathrooms, kitchen, livingroom, nice "inside" patio and a terrace the top.
Parking around is possible, but it is hard to find space and streets are very narrow, so scratches should be taken into account
In total: Eveything you need, we would book it again!
The flat is super cool.
Many people from all over the world have been there.
Its like home.
They have 2 terraces a whole kitchen where you can use everything and share with all the others.
Rafael is very nice and so are his dogs,that do not live there.
Its a lively neighbourhood and everybody is helpful if you are looking for something.
I would definetely come back next time Iam in Malaga.
Regards Petra
We (5 girls, aged 24) really loved the apartment - it is beautiful, always clean and really close to the city center, and to the nightlife of the region. Rafael is really kind - he took us on a city tour, cooked paella for us and offered to take us to other places as well (restaurants, clubs)
HOWEVER: we were not aware that there would be other guests apart from us staying at the apartment as well, and quite a lot of them. You rent the room, not the entire apartment! If you want to use the terrace on top of the building (which is beautiful as well) you have to walk by a "room" which is basically a bed seperated from the stairs with a curtain - you can't help but feeling like you are bothering the other guests.
Rafael himself also lives in the apartment, and he has two dogs (important info if you are allergic). His room is in the living room, also just seperated from it with a curtain. One time, one of the dogs pooped and one time peed into the apartment. When Rafael was out at night they kept youling really really loudly, so we could not sleep.
So, all in all, the apartment has more of a "shared flat" feeling to it, with 2 dogs living there as well.
I was very happy that I made a choice to stay in Rafael & Eli house. The location is perfect for sightseeing and strolling the old town. The room was clean and pleasant.
Rafael and Eli are very lovely couple, they try their best to make the house feel like a home. On Friday we had a paella cooked by Rafael with wine and plenty of sun..:)
I enjoyed Malaga and lovely place I stayed in...
J'ai passé un agréable week-end là bas à Malaga sincèrement
J'ai été impressionné l'appartement était très propre, Rafael n'était pas
Présent mais la personne qui m'a remis les clés étaient super sympa.
Donc je suis sûr et certain que je reviendrai là bas la prochaine fois
Que je pars à Malaga.
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Would you do that right now? tonight? Jets say they might explore a trade. at 19, heck even at #1, there are no guarantees. That guy is a guarantee. a lock down corner in his prime. would mask basically our biggest problem. and with Prince make our pass rush more dangerous with "coverage sacks."
On the flip side, he's entering his 7th year and has had a knee surgery. so it's risky. and you won't get the same mileage as you would out of a 2013 pick. tough call, or easy decision for the Giants? (also, giants wouldn't offer the 1st right out the gate anyway, but if it came to that, would you do it?)


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Lauren Flax has long been a staple of our playlists...thanks not only in part to her stellar remixes, but her equally sublime original tunes. Coming off the fantastically-rad and house-lovin' tune, You've Changed, which features Sia on vocals (loved so much by the Aussie singer that she reworked the track for her own upcoming album), Flax comes back again on the DJ's Are Not Rockstars label with a gem daddy of a dandy banger.
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Gorham was founded in 1831 in Providence, Rhode Island, and by the late nineteenth century dominated American silver manufacturing.
"The dates correspond with the blossoming of a robust, post-Civil War American domesticity," says Director Peter Blume.
Americans purchased increasing amounts of silverware during the late nineteenth century, and while economic conditions making silver more affordable were partially behind this increase in consumption, social influences played as great a role in the purchase of silver serving pieces as did any increase in buying power.
"The arts came to occupy a more important place in American life at the turn of the century," says Blume. "There is a correspondence to the best American paintings at this time reflected in this silver, and Gorham was probably the best,
most innovative manufacturer of the era."
The positive artistic and moral associations given to silver encouraged Americans to buy it, furnish their dining rooms with it, and bring the arts into their homes. This was the era of the Cult of Domesticity, a time when the man's world of commerce and trade was left at the threshold, allowing the home to became a haven of culture and education. Amid this,
the dining room became a social arena, the site of social interaction for the family and a place to display one's refinement and good manners.
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This guide was developed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement. Sharon Horn was project director.
An external advisory panel provided feedback to refine the study scope and prioritize issues to investigate. Members included Robert Brooks, Executive Director, Magnet Schools of America; Brita Lindsey, Magnet Specialist, Houston Independent School District, Magnet Department; Billie Moore, Director, Magnet and Gifted Education Programs, Indianapolis Public Schools; Anthony Perrone, Principal, Rampello Downtown Partnership School, Tampa; Gina Rigsby, Principal, Reed Academy, Aldine Independent School District, Tampa; Claire Smrekar, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education, Vanderbilt University; and Kenneth Wong, Professor of Education, Brown University.
Staff in the U.S. Department of Education who provided input and reviewed drafts include Sue Betka, Steve Brockhouse, Tom Corwin, Kate Devine, Meredith Farace, Lorenzo Esters, Richard Foster, Virginia Gentles, Holly Kuzmich, Meghan Lerch, Greg March, Richard Smith, Tiffany Taber, Linda Wilson, and James Woodsome.
The six schools participating in the development of this guide and the case studies on which it is based were generous with both their time and attention to the project. We would like to thank those who were instrumental in coordinating and participating in the site visits that inform the case studies and this guide.
A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School
2001 Lorimer Road
Raleigh, NC 27606
Muriel Summers, Principal
FAIR (Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Resource School)
3915 Adair Ave. N.
Crystal, MN 55442
Kevin Bennett, Principal
Mabel Hoggard Math and Science Magnet School
950 North Tonopah Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89106
Celese Rayford, Principal
Normal Park Museum Magnet School
1009 Mississippi Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37405
Jill Levine, Principal
Raymond Academy for Engineering
1605 Connorvale Road
Houston, TX 77039
Linda L. Miller, Principal
River Glen Elementary & Middle School
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San Jose, CA 95125
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Backyard Tasarım ve sessiz Loft
Maksimum Konuk Sayısı4
Yatak odası1
Boyut39 metrekare
Floor No.0
- Aile / Çocuk dostu
- Mutfak
- Balkon/teras
- Evcil hayvan girebilir
- İnternet/Kablosuz ağ
- Havlu
- Bebek karyolası
Accommodation summary
|Grelckstraße, 22529 Hamburg, Almanya
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|A few hours
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Additionally the house is solar powered with low-cost solar energy, therefore the heating and hot water costs are very low. The beautifully restored facade, as well as the completely renovated courtyard creates a very pleasant, homelike atmosphere.
The apartment is situated in the courtyard of the house overlooking the garden and the adjacent green space and to the historical, traffic-free shopping street. The apartment has a private entrance and the whole roof is insulated! Therefore there's no accumulation of heat! The wooden floor and high warehouse ceiling make the house an extraordinary nostalgic eye-catcher.
The bathroom is equipped with a designer sink and shower, as well as under floor heating and a washing machine from Miele. There is also a separate guest toilet. There are two single beds and a pull out sofa for two. The existing built-in kitchen is new and the facilities include stove, refrigerator (frost free), microwave, coffeemaker, toaster and kettle. Dishes and other kitchen items are available. Linen towels etc. are also available. The terrace is located in the courtyard of the building.
The location of the house is simply beautiful. Lokstedt can be described as a village in the middle of the city. The center of Lokstedt is distinguished by many shops, parks and good transport links. Cake shop Horn, bakery Hintze, Rewe, Aldi, 3 pharmacies, your tanning salon, flower shop, McDonalds, Kamps, DRC, Schlecker, hairdresser, and doctors of all types can be found in the area.
The apartment is closely located to NDR and UKE. The A7 motorway Stellingen can be reached in about 5 minutes. The Metro bus routes 5, 20 and 22 and the U2 Hagendeel can be reached in 5 minutes. The journey time to central station is 20 minutes, 15 minutes to Sternschanze and 20 minutes to Altona.
The apartment can be rented for longer; of course the rental terms can be personally discussed. Please contact us via Wimdu!
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Welcome to our apartment!
You spend your vacation in a private apartment. We have put efforts into it and hope you have a wonderful holiday here in our apartment.
The arrival time is 15-20 clock. Of course, by prior arrangement can be checked in sooner or later. Please register in any case in time with us.
You can reach us from Central Station on the U2 line to Hagenbeck Tierpark, then change to bus number 22 or 281 direction Kellinghusenstraße / Lattenkamp and get off Behrmannplatz. From here, walk left across the intersection in the Grelckstraße. There you will find us on the left (No. 19, opposite the Lotto shop).
The following house rules should be a help, in which we describe how we expect the use of the apartment and the inventory in the ideal case. We've also listed some rules that make things simplier for us: we hope you understand. A proper treatment of the accommodation will help us continue renting out a beautiful holiday apartment.
If you miss anything or need help, please do not hesitate to contact us. All things that are in the apartment or balcony, or belong to it, can and should be used by guests. Please be careful with the whole setup and inventory. The leaser shall treat the property with care and make sure that his fellow travelers do respect the rental conditions.
Please note that only clean tableware is to be put into the cabinets: the same applies to cutlery, pots and all equipment you have used.
Since we are required to separate waste and recycle, we ask you to help us. We will gladly answer your questions at your arrival.
To the smokers:
Smoking is prohibited in our apartment. Damage such as burn marks or holes in or on furniture, flooring, bedding, tablecloths, etc. means that we must charge this to you at replacement value. This is not included in the rent.
Therefore, smoking is allowed on the covered balcony: there is also an ashtray there.
The keys to your apartment open the front door, too. Please do not loose your keys. In case the leaser loses the keys, he is liable to the amount of the replacement cost.
Please do not dispose any hygiene products or leftover food in the toilet. It is not permitted to wash clothes in the bathtub. We will wash and dry your laundry for a small payment.
Rest periods:
In the spirit of good neighborhood, we ask the renters to respect the "nighttime peace" between 10:30 p.m and 6:30 a.m..
No one intentionally damages property, but it can happen to anyone, that something gets broken. We would be happy if you tell us about the damage and not let us realize what happened after you left, during the cleaning. The tenant is liable for damages to the amount of the replacement costs.
Please park on the street in front of the house. You´ll find plenty of parking space around.
Due diligence:
Windows and doors must be closed when leaving the house in order to avoid damage caused by bad weather or thieves.
The landlord is not liable for the valuables of the tenant.
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|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
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Nice house with a backyard, lots of free parking space and a supermarket around the corner. It's really easy to communicate with the landlord. Also the subway is not far from the appartement, 5 - 10 minute walk. Great City and great place to stay in Hamburg!
The apartment was really great, clean and in a nice quiet street. Sebastian was easy reachable and allthough we didn't meet up for a long time, he was nice and helpfull. Would stay here again! Nice and complete apartment, great for a couple.
Very nice location in a quiet residential area. Coffee, bakeries, and grocery store all within a couple of blocks. Close to transit, metro 10 min. bus 5 min. on foot. Sebastian was a good host and very helpful. Accommodation was spacious for two people, though the bathroom is very small. When we stayed, it appeared that the housekeeper had been in a hurry as the corners and floors were dusty. As well, the linens are tired and the pillows are in need of replacement. These are easily addressed, overall we would recommend this apartment.
A comfortable and well equipped apartment in a pleasant area. One small point for improvement would be a small table for the rear sitting area. Local shops (Rewe and Lidi) are very close by, as is a good Italian restaurant. Transport links to the city are a short walk away. We would try to stay there the next time we are in Hamburg.
It was really nice stay in Hamburg, I liked location of apartment, it is easy reach to the centre, to central train station and shopping area by bus and U-bahn, and at the same time it is quite and cozy district, very good for summer stay. Apartment is clean, 2 rooms, separate entrance, and everything is available, it is clean and correspond to the pictures, good internet.
It was a very nice stay in a nice area and close to zoo. When we e.g. asked for another towel, it came right away - so no problem there and a good place to stay.
We stayed an extra night because it was such a great place, and allowed us all to stay together. Many of the hotels in Hamburg wanted to charge us for two rooms for the four of us, even though our boys are only 2 and 4!
This lovely flat in a pleasant, quiet neighborhood was perfect for our family of four. There is a small walled in courtyard where the boys could play. Sebastian was a very attentive host, and we would enjoy staying here the next time we come to Hamburg.
My daugther and I enjoyed our stay in the loft. It's great with the little terrace. The surroundings are nice and quite.
From the loft there is a short walk to the bus or U-bahn and then you are in the center of Hamburg in about 20 minutes. The bus takes you through differents suburbs af Hamburg and ends at the Central Station.
I will certainly choose to stay in this loft next time I come to Hamburg.
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Beautiful apartment for 5, Venice centre
Maksimum Konuk Sayısı5
Yatak odası1
Boyut60 metrekare
Floor No.
- Aile / Çocuk dostu
- İnternet/Kablosuz ağ
- Mutfak
- Klima
- Çamaşır makinesi / Kurutma makinesi
- Etkinlikler için uygun
- Havlu
Accommodation summary
|Calle Priuli dei Cavalletti, 30100 Venezia, İtalya
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It is located in an ideal and strategic position , which allows reach easily walk to all the main places of tourist and historic walking through the various "calli" in the fascinating streets of Venice.
The apartment spreads over two floors: at the ground floor there is a large well furnished living room with exposed beams, equipped with sofa bed , LCD TV, table and chairs. On the same floor there is a modern fully equipped kitchen, and a bathroom with bathtub and washing machine at your disposal.
Climbing the beautiful wooden staircase, leads to the second floor where you will find the spacious attic bedroom with a double bed and a single bed. There is also a second bathroom with shower.
The house is equipped with air-conditioning and wi -fi connection free.
In the same building there are other apartments in the same owner , in order to accommodate large families and groups of friends.
Ev kurallarıSince 2011 tourists staying in Venice must pay the tourist tax.The amount in the high season is € 1.50 per night per person, in low season € 1.05 per night per person, for a maximum of 5 nights.The child between 10 and 16 years have a 50% discount, while children under 10 are free.
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Giorgia was our angel in Venice. We booked another apartment on a different website and was Not satisfactory so we searched through waimdu and we found this apartment and the same day was made available. Central position, very clean and with lots of space available, exactly what we were looking for!
We strongly recommend if you want to enjoy your stay in Venice.
(We are going to book always with waimdu from now on!)
Die Wohnung schaut genauso aus, wie auf den Fotos dargestellt. Sie ist sauber, ruhig gelegen und innerhalb von 5 Minuten zu Fuß vom Bahnhof Santa Lucia erreichbar. Wir wurden pünktlichst zur Schlüsselübergabe erwartet und bei der Gelegenheit freundlichst mit guten Tipps versorgt. Ein Supermarkt befindet sich nicht weit von dort (in ungefähr 10 Minuten Fußweg). Die Wohnung ist ideal um Venedig zu erkunden. Einziges kleines Minus war vielleicht, dass der Zustand des Wasserkochers und der Töpfe nicht gerade zur Benutzung einluden. Insgesamt würden wir beim nächsten Venedigaufenthalt jederzeit wieder bei Giorgia wohnen wollen.
Estancia muy agradable. Giorgia muy atenta, te recibe a la llegada y te deja preparada toda la información necesaria. El apartamento muy bonito, limpio y amplio. Muy cerca de la estación de Santa Lucía, un poco escondido, pero Giorgia nos mandó un plano para acceder y lo encontramos fácil. También con indicaciones de acceso a un supermercado.
La ubicación del apartamento es muy buena, muy cerca de la estación de tren y muy cómodo para desplazarse por la encantadora Venecia.
El apartamento está muy bien equipado, limpio y con buenas camas. Hemos estado con tres niños y es perfecto, aunque te dará poco tiempo a disfrutarlo ya que Venecia hay que disfrutarla.
La atención de las personas que nos entregaron las llaves fue excelente. Interés por resolver nuestras dudas y por explicarnos las particularidades de la estancia. Gracias por todo y lugar recomendable
El apartamento es genial. Justo como aparece en las fotos.
Es acogedor, nuevo, limpio y en muy buena zona.
Sin duda si volvemos a Venecia nos gustaría alojarnos aquí.
Giorgia es muy agradable. Llegamos antes de la hora prevista y pudimos entrar en el apartamento sin ningún problema.
Estamos muy satisfechos con nuestra elección.
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Lovely Venice apartment in a great location everything worked, the kitchen had everything we needed and we had many lovely walks through Venice from here. There is a supermarket close by at it is easy to get to from the train and bus station.
We spent three nights in this holiday flat and are can recommend it. Located near to the Grand Canal (approx. 200 m from the railway station) this flat is very silent. The flat is in good shape: Beds are comfortable and the kitchen equipment is basic but sufficient. We appreciated the communication before our arrival with Giogia. She provided documentation about the way from the car park to the flat. Furthermore, the handover of the keys by Manuela worked without problem; she also explained the equipment in the flat (e.g. air condition, oven, bathroom etc). The excellent English skills were helpful.
From the vaporette station you can easily reach all scenic locations in Venice. A COOP (pretty large supermarket near Piazzale Roma) can be reached by a 5 minutes walk or more convenient by vaporetto in 2 minutes.
We can recommend this flat. When we return to Venice we will try to book this one again.
Perfekt host. Very polite. Absolutely no problems with the communication or the checkin what so ever. We had an amazing time in Venice thanks to the host.
Everything was fine. The apartment is located in the city near the railway station (Ferrovia) and the central bus stop Piazzale Roma. Both are in neighbourhood to each other, there are a lot of vaporetto-stations, too. The next supermarket "COOP" nearby at the vaporetto station Piazzale Roma (beside the post office) - in walking distance. By bus Nr. 5 (direction airport Marco Polo from platform Nr. 1) you theoretically could also reach a Lidl grocery store in 15 minutes. But we didn´t.
The appartement was easy to find, clean and practical. In the bedroom were one double and one single bed, in the livingroom/ kitchen one large couch that could be used as double bed. The kitchen has everything you need. Very practical were the shopping trolley and laundry rack for drying the towles.
There is freee WiFi and TV. Two german TV-programms were a bit "hidden": ZDF = channel 57, ARD = channel 304.
The answer of Giorgia was quick, she and Manuela (who gave the keys) were very kind and helpful. We enjoyed our stay and made many excursions by boat and by foot. We can recommend this accommodation and would be happy to come back.
Giorgia and Manuela were very friendly to us. Check in and out uncomplicated. Manuela gave us good tips about restaurants. We enjoyed their hospitality, Tx you girls!
The apartment has 2 bathrooms, a good point for us (3 ladies). It is quiet and safe, a 5 min walk from the train and vaporeto station (also a plus).
We sure will book this apartment again.
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4 rooms apartment in Warsaw
Size92 m²
Floor No.
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Indoor fireplace
- Parking available
Accommodation summary
|Racławicka, 02-117 Warszawa, Poland
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|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|A week ago
Large living room with one Sofa Bed.
3 beedrooms (2 with double beds and 1 with 2 single beds).
Two bathrooms, with either bath or shower.
2 balconies.
All the apartment is available for guests
Wonderful Market with fresh vegetables and fruits. Baceries with fragrant pastries. Dr Irena Eris Spa and a famous dental center in the groud floor. 24h Pharmacy. Medical center. Restaurants. Business Office Park. Shopping Centers.
Bus stop just 200 m from the building. You can reach airport in 10 minutes and the City Center in 15 minutes.
Blackout roller blinds in every window.
Soft and fresh linen.
House rules
|Price for > 6 guests
|€ 10 per guest/night extra
|Maximum Nights
|3 months
|Check-in After
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out Before
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Reviews of this property
Very nice apartment in a silent area. The city center is not really close, but it's easy to access with the bus stopping nearby.
The apartment is big and clean and equipped with basics.
The hosts were reachable and always answered our questions.
The host was very nice. We got help to find a couple of restaurants and also how to get around Warsaw by taxi etc.
The apartment was in good condition and it only took 10 minutes by taxi to get to old town and the palace of culture.
Thank you Maria for all your help :-)
wonderful flat, wonderful host! in here you are close to carrefour (50 meters) and to the bus stop (100 meters, 175 and 128 to the city center). if you go to Varsavia for holidays you have to contact Maria to rent her flat! clean, nice to see and to live, with all comforts!
The apartment ist as nice and clean as it looks on the pictures. With closed Windwos the Bedrooms are quite silent. The organizing with Maria and her Husband was very clear and friendly. We forgot one passport in a room and they did everything to reach it to us as quick as possible.
Thanks very much!! Andreas from Switzerland
The house is as the pictures, moreover, the owner was so kind to adding an extra bed for an extra guest.
Brand new house, very warm too.
The owner was friendly and helpful even when we had an hour check-in delay.
All perfect, recommended!
Sehr netter Kontakt. Lage ist ganz gut. Wohnung ist schön groß. Für den hohen Preis jedoch zu sehr in die Jahre gekommen.
Een fijn en ruim appartement. Schoon en van alle gemakken voorzien. Winkels en bushalte in de buurt . De binnenstad goed te bereiken met de bus. Wij hebben veel plezier gehad in Warschau.
Apartamento fácil de llegar desde el aeropuerto aunque un poco alejado del centro, es necesario coche pues el metro también queda algo lejos. Fácil aparcamiento muy cerca. Muy bien explicado el acceso al mismo y no necesita llaves, entrada con claves electrónicas. Perfectamente equipado de todo y cómodo. Muy recomendable.
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Italian Appeal Along Naples Bay
Naples Bay Resort • Naples, FL
Escape Kit
- A One-Night Stay for Two in a One-Bedroom, Marina-View Villa, Sundays through Thursdays ($169) or Fridays and Saturdays ($189)
- $150 Credit to The Spa at Naples Bay Resort
- Late 3 p.m. Checkout
- Combine Vouchers to Stay for Up to Three Nights
The Destination
Naples, Florida, and its Italian cousin share striking similarities—both enjoy locations on the west coast of a peninsula and both are blessed with mild temps and fantastic fishing. Falling just within the tropical classification, the US city's moisture-rich climate supports its white-sand beaches, as well as its flourishing swamps—check out Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve for the best of the bunch. A wealth of open-air shopping districts and championship golf courses provide plenty of welcome distractions.
The Digs
With bright, multi-colored facades inspired by the architecture of the Italian seaside, Naples Bay Resort exudes European charm. Ease down the breezy walkway at this AAA Four Diamond-rated resort to your one-bedroom suite, where you'll find a luxurious gourmet kitchen, a living room with high-end Bose accessories, and a private balcony. Catch the complimentary resort shuttle to the beach, or take advantage of your hotel's central location—downtown Naples is just a five-minute walk away.
The Diversions
• The Spa at Naples Bay
• Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens
• Ten Thousand Islands
• Naples Pier
• Vanderbilt Beach
"This place, a boater's dream, has the class, polish, and services associated with a property its size and scope (20 prime canal-front acres) but has the feel of a boutique hotel."-- Read Fodor's Review of Naples Bay Resort
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Reality Check: Ad Targets Recall Challenger's Driving Record
Wisconsin Family Action Runs Ad Against Clark
MADISON, Wis. - Recall elections are less than a month away, and many have probably noticed political ads on TV.
Third-party groups are out swinging at the candidates in Wisconsin's 14th Senate district, and one ad goes after a candidate on his driving record, not his voting record.
Rep. Fred Clark, D-Baraboo, is challenging incumbent Republican state Sen. Luther Olsen in a recall election.
"On June 4th Rep. Fred Clark received his sixth speeding ticket," the ad says.
WISC-TV found this is true. Clark was stopped in Packwaukee on June 4 for going 60 mph in a 45 mph zone on his way to a campaign event.
According to police reports, Clark showed the Marquette County deputy his Wisconsin state Assembly ID card, and admitted to driving 60, while the deputy informed him he'd passed two signs showing the lower speed limit. When asked about prior tickets, Clark said he'd been stopped for driving 42 mph in a 25-mph zone a year ago, which actually happened in 2009.
"But his record doesn't stop there," the ad says. "Clark has been caught driving with a suspended license and was ticketed twice in one week for rear-ending other drivers."
WISC-TV found this claim needs clarification. Clark told WISC-TV that he was in fact in two crashes in one week, both where he was at fault. However, the suspended license charge was because of an unpaid registration of a vehicle, not because of moving violations.
"Then in 2009, Fred Clark ran this red light, seriously injuring this bicyclist," the ad says, while showing video from a Madison Metro bus of the crash happening.
Clark was cited in August 2009 for running a red light and paid an $88 fine. The bicyclist injured was not asked for his permission for the video to be used in the ad.
The group Wisconsin Family Action paid for the ad. It is a "sister organization" to the Wisconsin Family Council, the group that has advocated for the amendment defining marriage in the state. Family Action is the arm that does "election-related work."
Should a driving record rather than voting record be an issue in a political campaign? That's for voters to decide.
The recall election is Aug. 9.
Send ideas for a "Reality Check" to email@example.com.
Latest Political Headlines
- Gov. Walker administration renews self-insurance push
- State delays release of comments on Gov. Walker's Medicaid plans
- Gov. Walker defends plan to end state property tax
- Legislature to reject work requirements for parents, wants final say on drug tests
- Lawmakers reject UW tuition cut, freeze to continue
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Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr., who was the director of the Poor People's Campaign & friend of the King family, made a promise to Coretta Scott King: to protect the integrity of her husband's philosophy. The Positive Peace Warriors Network (PPWN) was created to continue to work to fulfill that promise.. PPWN will introduce us to Kingian philosophy & strategy on movement-building for long-term sustainable change. Join Kazu Haga, founding board member of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) for a special condensed intro. to the PPWN training (part two, but all welcome). The Occupy movement has been the most important movement towards revolutionary change in a generation. How can we use Kingian philosophy to sustain our movement in the long-term?
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Colonial Charisma in Historic Smithville
The Colonial Inn at Historic Smithville and The Barn at Smithville • Smithville, NJ
Escape Kit
- A Two-Night Stay for Two in Main Rooms: 103, 106, 107, 108, 203, and 204; or Barn Rooms: 303, 304, 305, 306, 309, 310, 311, and 312, Sundays through Thursdays from Now to September 16 ($175)
- Or, a Two-Night Stay for Up to Four Guests in The Barn, Sundays through Thursdays from Now to September 16 with a Wine Tasting for Up to Four at Tomasello Winery, Four Tickets for the Smithville Train, and Four Tickets for the Village Carousel ($199)
- Daily Continental Breakfast and Afternoon Snack
- Gift Soap from Little Egg Harbor Soap Company
- Combine Vouchers to Stay for Up to Four Nights
The Destination
Blooming black-eyed Susans and idyllic antique shops border the cobblestone pathways of Historic Smithville. Located just 12 miles from the high-stakes playground of Atlantic City, this quaint community isn't shy about celebrating its rich colonial past—the town was established along a stagecoach route during the late 19th century. Today, Smithville boasts plenty of fun activities like an old-fashioned steam train and paddle boats.
The Digs
You'll receive blue-ribbon treatment as soon as you walk through the doors of The Colonial Inn at Historic Smithville or The Barn at Smithville—all guests are welcomed with an afternoon snack and attentive service. Both of these charming properties are listed among the Preferred Inns of New Jersey and rest within walking distance of Smithville's more than 60 unique shops and restaurants. After checking in, marvel at the gorgeous gardens that thrive just outside the window of your spacious room, which is equipped with a private bathroom, cable TV, and more. Your appetite won't ever be wanting thanks to a hearty continental breakfast, served in a country basket each morning.
"Tracy and her staff are top notch! They make you feel welcome as soon as you walk through the door. Each room at the inn has its own charming personality and there are so many local shopkeepers to meet when you venture out into the village."-- LivingSocial Member Review
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LivingSocial gives you up to 30 days to return your unused voucher for a full refund. Once you've made a reservation, you are subject to the merchant's cancellation and refund policy. If you want to secure your preferred dates of travel, we strongly recommend that you complete reservation with the merchant within 30 days of your purchase—after that, LivingSocial will not issue any refunds.
the fine print
- Limit 2 per customer, additional as gifts; up to 2 vouchers may be combined to extend stay
- Only valid for stays between now and September 16, 2013
- Reservations required and subject to availability
- Not valid toward existing or room block reservations
- Merchant cancellation/rescheduling policy and fees apply once booking is made; voucher subject to forfeiture
- Two person package includes rooms: 203, 204, 103, 106, 107, 108, and Barn roms 303, 304, 305, 306, 309, 310, 31l and 312
- Four person package includes Barn rooms 303, 304, 305, 306, 309, 310, 311 and 312
- All rooms are subject to availability
- Voucher valid for 2 guests
- Taxes/resort fee not included; payable directly to the property
- Nights must be spent consecutively; all inclusions must be redeemed during one stay
- Blackout date(s): May 5, 19, 27, August 11 and September 1
- Other conditions apply • PAID AND PROMOTIONAL VALUES EXPIRES ON September 16, 2013 • PAID VALUE DOES NOT EXPIRE • PAID VALUE EXPIRES ON September 16, 2018 • PROMOTIONAL VALUE EXPIRES ON September 16, 2013 • Enjoy By September 16, 2013
Other conditions apply
Except where noted in the fine print:
• Cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion
• Tax and gratuity are not included
• Merchant is responsible for the quality of the products or services provided to you at redemption
• LivingSocial Terms and Conditions - https://www.livingsocial.com/terms
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