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Create a ribbon wreath
I seem to accumulate ribbon scraps.
Like paper clips, rubber bands or buttons, they seem to magically appear in drawers, baskets and bags all over my house. Whether they are bits of recycled gift wrap or leftover pieces from sewing or craft projects, I can't throw them away. The result is bags full of ribbon.
Combine my stash of ribbon scraps with an urge to organize, and you're looking at a ribbon wreath that is so easy to make you might even buy more ribbon to make another one.
First, I organized the ribbon by color and trimmed the pink and red pieces to about 9 inches long. The support for the wreath is created by cutting a 2-inch ring from sturdy pink card stock that measures 11 inches in diameter.
If you have large round shapes around your house, they can be your guides.
I used a circular trash can for the outer circle and a large round plate for the inner circle of my ring. I picked pink for the ring so that any gaps in my ribbon would not be obvious.
I highlighted a favorite photo by hanging it (with, of course, ribbon) so that it dangles inside the wreath opening.
Once the photo is in place, the fun really begins. Simply wrap the scraps of ribbon around the ring and secure them with a double knot facing the front. Once the ring is completely covered, add an extra-long ribbon for hanging.
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When I was a law student, I bought a used car at an auction. It had been repossessed by a bank, but the paper work had been fouled up, and after I paid for it, the auction company couldn't deliver clear title and I couldn't register and use the car. So I did what any self respecting law student would do. I sued the auction company under California's new laws regulating auctions.
The case was heard by an old, traditional, Republican judge. He threw the case out after delivering a lecture to me about how the Legislature had no business interfering in the auction business by regulating it. Trying to force auctioneers to run honest businesses was contrary to history and probably nature and certainly interfered with their rights to maximize their profits, he said. He had empathy for the auction industry and its "need" to use fraud to make money.
I appealed and the appellate court reversed the judge. The appellate judges didn't think that Republican empathy for one industry's desire to conduct business fraudulently was sufficient to overturn the Legislature's decision to try to protect consumers.
In popular culture, we have a tradition of honoring judges who show empathy to the people drawn into their courts. Consider Harry Stone of "Night Court," Ray Walston's Henry Bone on "Picket Fences," and Fred Gwynne's Chamberlain Haller, making a real attorney out of Joe Pesci in "My Cousin Vinnie." We expect our judges to be wise and strict but also compassionate and flexible.
The tradition isn't merely a Hollywood fiction. Senator Jeff Sessions was once nominated to be a judge. He expressed his own brand of empathy tempered by toughness when he said that although he liked the Ku Klux Klan, he turned against any Klansman who smoked marijuana. For him, nightriding, lynching, and church bombings deserved "understanding," but marijuana use crossed an intolerable line.
When we hear people anguishing about whether judges should have empathy, we need to get beyond the labels and look at what constitutes good judging behavior in real world cases.
This spring, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a state court judge can't rule on a case if he's received bribes from one of the parties in the case. This might sound like pretty simple logic. Any decent Christian, for example, might remember Exodus 23:6-8:
You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his suit. Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
So it may come as a surprise to learn that Justices Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito all dissented from the majority opinion. All four of these Republican judges said that they thought bribery was not a reason to disqualify the judge from deciding on a case involving the person who paid the bribe.
The case involved a judge on the Supreme Court of the State of West Virginia. The judge was a new judge, elected to the Supreme Court. West Virginia has a system of electing judges instead of appointing them and making them go through confirmation hearings like Sonia Sotomayor had to go through. In West Virginia, no one gets to force a candidate for a judicial office to sit in a public hearing room and answer hard questions.
The new judge had been elected in a campaign in which one man poured $3 million into ads for the candidate. There were only about 300,000 votes cast in the election, so the man paid about $10 per vote.
Why did the man pay $3 million to support a judicial candidate? The man's company had lost a $50 million jury verdict in a civil lawsuit with another company, and the case was on appeal to the West Virginia Supreme Court. The man spent $3 million to save $50 million. As soon as his candidate got elected, he became the deciding vote to reverse the $50 million jury verdict. The man spent $3 million not just to buy a vote on the West Virginia Supreme Court, but also to buy a judge who would overturn the decision of a jury.
And four Republican judges on the U.S. Supreme Court said that this should be OK. Bribing a judge. Reversing a jury's verdict. Don't these things sound like judicial activism? Why would four Republicans support such things (aside from the $$$$)?
If you read the Court's decision, and the dissenting opinions written by Roberts and Scalia, you get to see a fascinating contrast with the Republican view of the Sotomayor hearings. Remember that the Senate Republicans claim that they don't want any "feelings" or "experience" or "interpretation", but just a clean, objective application of the law.
The majority opinion in the bribery case said that we need objective standards against bribery. We need an objective application of a rule that you can't bribe judges. Chief Justice Roberts disagreed. He said you can't apply a clear objective rule to such cases.
Antonin Scalia agreed with Roberts. Scalia said that people should not look to the Courts to right every wrong. He wrote "Divinely inspired text may contain the answers to all earthly questions, but the Due Process Clause most assuredly does not…some wrongs and imperfections have been called nonjusticiable." Scalia, who pretends to be a devout Christian, rejected the Commandment of Exodus 23:6-8. And he rejected the idea that the Due Process clause in the Constitution gives anyone a right to legal process free from bribery. The Case was Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. decided June 8, 2009. You can read it from the Supreme Court's website.
Most of us will never have a case at the Supreme Court. But many of us will experience "justice" in the state Courts. During the week of July 20, I was in court in Los Angeles and watched a judge conduct an argument between two attorneys. One attorney kept citing pages of the court reporter's transcript of what a witness had said during testimony. The other attorney kept saying "I don't remember it that way. I thought the witness said…" That attorney didn't cite any pages from the official court reporter's transcript.
The attorney citing the transcript of what the witness actually said represented a consumer. The other attorney represented a corporation. The testimony in the transcript made it impossible for the judge to rule for the corporation. But finally, the judge said he agreed with the corporate attorney. He didn't disagree that the transcript said what it said. He just said "that's not how I remember the witness's testimony." He simply rejected the official transcript because it didn't permit the result that he wanted to achieve.
That judge — a wealthy, white, Republican, political appointee — has empathy for the rich and the powerful. He understands that they need protection from disgusting, poor consumers. Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito have similar empathy. They reject objective tests for bribery just as the California judge rejected the court reporter's official transcript. They span the range from local trial judge to the highest "justices" in the nation. And they are not unique.
Around the nation, governors like Haley Barbour (Mississippi), Tim Pawlenty (Minnesota), and Sarah Palin (Alaska) are appointing party loyalists to Courts, just as our own Ahhhnoooold is, here in California. The mind just boggles, trying to imagine the sort of judges being appointed by South Carolina's Mark Sanford. How will he, like Scalia, get around all those Commandments to which he publicly pledges loyalty?
And around the nation, consumers, like the victim of the California judge who rejected the court reporter's transcript in order to rule for a corporate litigant, now have to worry that almost half of the judges on our Supreme Court think that bribing judges is O.K.
Seen in this context, confirming the Sotomayor nomination gains a new urgency.
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The massive $11 billion Gorgon gas project off Western Australia has moved a step closer to fruition, Mexican authorities having granted key permits for the construction of a $US650 million ($858 million) liquefied natural gas terminal off the coast near Tijuana.
The proposed receiving terminal, 8 kilometres off Tijuana in Baja California, is central to the Gorgon partners' plans to sell WA gas to consumers on the west coast of North America, where LNG demand is forecast to surge over the next decade.
ChevronTexaco, owner of the LNG project and leader of the Gorgon gas development, said on Friday that Mexico's Regulatory Energy Commission had approved a construction permit while the Communication and Transport Secretariat awarded the company an offshore concession allowing it to build and operate the terminal.
The two permits represent the last federal approvals needed for the project to go ahead.
John Gass, head of ChevronTexaco's global gas division, said the permits were a major milestone in a "comprehensive and rigorous permitting process".
More than 40 LNG terminals are planned for the west coast of the United States and Mexico, including one by BHP Billiton at Cabrillo Port. Many are opposed by community groups, which argue that placing such terminals close to large population centres puts residents at risk of a major disaster in the case of fire or terrorist attack.
However, proponents counter that any such risk is greatly reduced by building floating terminals several kilometres offshore.
Gorgon's marketing vice-president, Peter Glass, said the latest batch of Mexican approvals indicated that authorities were confident there were no major concerns about the project.
"The significance for us is that these permits are clearly welcome and significant steps forward on the way to making the LNG chain happen," he said. "Clearly this is an enabler."
The permits were also welcomed by the WA Premier, Geoff Gallop, who travelled to Mexico in 2003 to promote the state as a supplier to several terminals planned off Baja.
"I welcome this as a significant step towards the $11 million Gorgon Project coming to fruition," he said.
Gorgon is Australia's biggest undeveloped gas project with total resources of more than 40 trillion cubic feet of gas. ChevronTexaco holds 57 per cent, followed by Shell with 29 per cent and ExxonMobil with 14 per cent. Shell is also planning its own LNG terminal off Tijuana, also likely to be supplied from Gorgon.
Envisaged as a staged development, an initial $6 billion project on Barrow Island is slated to produce 5 million tonnes of LNG a year from late 2008, with a second processing train expected to double output as new customers are signed up.
Though a final investment decision is not expected until early next year, the initial development was largely underwritten in 2003, when the partners signed a landmark $30 billion heads of agreement to supply China with 100 million tonnes over 25 years.
At the same time, ChevronTexaco itself signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gorgon venture to supply up to 2 million tonnes to the Baja terminal.
Neither the China or Baja contracts have been finalised but Gorgon spokesman Peter Coghlan said on Friday that the Chinese contract, originally due to be signed last month, would be completed soon.
"It is close to finalisation and is progressing well," he said.
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Direct determination of iron in acidified (pH 1.7) seawater samples by flow injection analysis with catalytic spectrophotometric detection: Application and intercomparison
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ABSTRACT: A sensitive flow injection method for determining iron in seawater developed by Measures et al. (1995) has been substantially modified to allow the direct preconcentration of dissolved iron in acidified seawater samples (pH 1.7) onto a nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) chelating resin. This removes the need to adjust the pH and buffer samples before the preconcentration step, and the low pH eliminates potential interference from the presence of strong iron-binding organic ligands. As part of an international intercalibration exercise for the Sampling and Analysis of Fe (SAFe), we investigated at sea the precision and accuracy of this flow injection method with its preconcentration step plus catalytic spectrophotometric detection with N,N-dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride (FI-NTA-DPD). Acidified seawater samples analyzed using FI-NTA-DPD were shown to be in excellent agreement with other shipand lab-based methods. The acidification of seawater samples to pH 1.7 is an important protocol if total dissolved iron in seawater is to be determined within hours of collection. A ship- and lab-based analytical intercomparison of two flow injection methods (FI-NTA-DPD and FI-NTA-ICP-SFMS) for the determination of total dissolved iron in seawater was carried out on SAFe samples collected from surface waters and at 1000 m depth from the North Pacific Ocean. For the two methods, total dissolved iron concentrations in surface samples were 0.101 ± 0.009 and 0.098 ± 0.009 nM, respectively, and in samples from 1000 m, 0.93 ± 0.04 and 0.92 ± 0.08 nM. No statistical difference between the FI-NTA-DPD and FI-NTA-ICP-SFMS methods was observed (P = 0.05).


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Local business experts discuss managing growth during BLAEDC-sponsored panel discussion Nov. 27
Local business experts discuss managing growth during BLAEDC-sponsored panel discussion Nov. 27
Running a business is always full of challenges but managing one that's experiencing significant growth presents a different set of issues that can be overwhelming and, worse yet, detrimental to the business.
That's the topic for a panel discussion titled "Growing, Growing, Gone! Managing growth without losing your mind…and your business," which is scheduled for 5-7 p.m., Nov. 27, at Ascensus in the East Brainerd Mall (the old J.C. Penney store). The event will include presentations from each panelist, a 30-minute question-answer session and then networking and light refreshments at 6:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Brainerd Lakes Area Economic Development Corporation (BLAEDC), the free event is open to all business people but is targeted at those who are facing, or expecting to face, growth. The panel is a group of local business experts who will share their perspectives and offer invaluable advice during the discussion, which promises to be lively and informative. The panel has countless stories and insights about what it takes to successfully manage growth without running yourself and your business into the ground.
Dave Johnson, retired president of Anderson Brothers Construction Company in Brainerd, will moderate the discussion. Panelists are:
Ed Egan — retired vice president of business operations for QualComm. He successfully coordinated a number of acquisitions worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Bud Pierce — retired president of McLaughlin Body company. The company is a leading independent cab producer with 400 employees. The company primarily designs and manufactures cabs for highway and off road equipment including combines, tractors and military trucks.
Howard Miller — retired vice president of marketing, sales and facilities for Schwan Food Company, one of the world's largest branded frozen food companies with 22,000 employees and more than $4 billion in revenue.
Karen Kirt — owner of Suite Spaces, a local office design company, who works with small to large executive, educational, healthcare, financial and personal spaces.
Steve Christenson — executive vice president of Ascensus, a leading provider of retirement services, including recordkeeping and administrative services to more than 27,000 defined contribution plans and 1.5 million IRAs.
"We're really excited to give small business owners and entrepreneurs a chance to hear from our panel of experts who have a wealth of business experience and will be sharing some excellent information with the audience," said BLAEDC Executive Director Sheila Haverkamp. "Entrepreneurial businesses are a major key to the growth of our local economy and creating jobs. Of the 27 million U.S. business, all but 17,000 are small businesses with less than 500 employees, so it's critical to our economic future to promote and assist the entrepreneurial spirit locally."
The event is the second in a series of panel discussions, meetings and group discussions that BLAEDC is promoting through its new Executive Initiative, which features more than 30 retired or relocated business executives who are volunteering their time to help BLAEDC grow business and create jobs.
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Steamboat Springs There is something to be said about wide-open spaces in the wintertime, but very few words can actually do it justice.
However, skiing or snowshoeing on Elk Run Trail at Stagecoach State Park can convince anyone that open space really is a cherished commodity in Routt County.
"There is a beauty to the openness," said Fred Bohlmann, Stagecoach State Park manager. "It's the whole big sky feeling."
One of the most unique aspects of Stagecoach is its open spaces surrounded by sheer peaks and conifer-covered mountains.
Though many people in the county may not know it, Bohlmann and his staff groom 3.5 miles of the Elk Run Trail at least three times a week and always on Friday for cross country skiing or snowshoeing. The practice happened for three years, but this is the second winter the grooming has been going on so consistently.
The most common route for the skier who doesn't know about the grooming is to start in the state park parking lot right off County Road 16, then do the 3.5 miles along the southern shores of Stagecoach Reservoir to Morrison Cove.
The route is perfect for beginners and those who want to take a leisurely ski or snowshoe with the dogs (on leashes, according to state law). The trail stays flat nearly the entire way, with a few small hills to go up and down.
Bohlmann said from Morrison Cove sometimes a trail is groomed onto the ice of the reservoir to create loop back to the parking lot. However, people that always practice probably won't continue past February because of the danger of melting ice.
But people also can remain on the ungroomed portion of the trail, continuing to trace around the reservoir's shores, through a stand of conifer trees to the dam and then out C.R. 18. From the C.R. 16 parking lot to the dam is a five-mile ski or hike.
Use of the trail has increased this year, Bohlmann said, to at most a dozen people a day on the weekdays and a little more on the weekend.
"It's demonstrating that it's getting used, but it doesn't detract from the trail," Bohlmann said.
The fact is, many times people have the trail to themselves, but occasionally there may be one or two people there.
But as use increases, Bohlmann said the chances of more groomed area and more trails increases, too. Right now, the 3.5 miles of trail is groomed with a "custom" groomer dragged by a snowmobile.
But if more people use the trail, it will justify buying a manufactured groomer, which would make it possible to groom more trail, including a larger loop back to the C.R. 16 parking lot.
Also, the state park's long-term plan shows an extension of trail throughout the park, which in the wintertime means more places to ski and snowshoe.


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What a great fabric for stack and whack. The quilt is awesome. The colors are so beautiful. That background reminds me of water.
That is a beauty, and HUGE! At first the stars looked so small, but when I saw the size of the quilt.... I realized why! Your brother is going to love it!
Fabulous quilt. Given me inspiration for a quilt too! Thank you
Very cute! Such a clever name (fitting)!!! Love the stack-n-wack too....
~ I'm a Blessed Nanna to 2 Grandsons & 5 Granddaughters ~
~ I'm a Blessed Mom to DS & DDIL, DD & DSIL ~
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Stack and Wacks are so much fun. I wouldn't of thought of doing one with fish but this is great. Your brother sould love it.
I love it, am also going to be making something fishy soon.
He's going to spend lots of time searching each of the blocks for fish -- not unlike the time spent on the bank or in the boat looking for fish! What a wonderful quilt - and adaptation for a man to enjoy! Great job!
You did a wonderful job. I know your brother will love it. This is on my to-do list.


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I went with Shelly (my Chinese teacher) and her university friends, Candy and Candy's boyfriend named (appropriately enough) Honey. We boarded the train at 8pm Friday night. I think the most accurate phrase to describe the ensuing hours is "slow, excruciating torture." And we were some of the lucky ones who actually had seats! It took me awhile to realize that the people milling about the aisles had boarded the train with the intention of standing for eleven hours straight. Shelly, Candy and Honey looked totally unaffected by the crush of people
By the time 3:30am rolled around, I was completely delirious. I watched a cockroach climb the wall next to my knee and didn't even react. Between the garish florescent lights, the constant haze of smoke blanketing the car, the shrill rising and falling of the voices around me, the ever-present whiffs of Ramen noodles and stinky tofu, the whole experience seemed surreal.
At last we arrived in Jishou at 6am. We emerged from the disastrous, litter-strewn train into the cool darkness of the city. After a quick breakfast of searing hot noodles, we hopped in a cab to Feng Huang, arriving at the edge of the old city around 8am. Every person I talked to before I left described Feng Huang as a beautiful and famous city, which, if you have traveled at all in China, is not surprising because these are two words Chinese people use to describe virtually every city
We spent the rest of the day exploring the winding streets and alleys, visiting temples and buying souvenirs. At night we took a river cruise in a boat steered by a barefoot man wielding a long bamboo pole. I bought three paper flowers with candles in them to light and then place in the water. Each flower represents a wish, and as we drifted down the river the water was dotted with flickering pinpoints of people's wishes floating by.
The next day we visited the southern part of the Great Wall before returning to Jishou for lunch. Honey's father happens to be the second in command at the Bank of China Changsha branch, and has connections all over the place. So, his pal, the mayor of Jishou, personally picked us up in his van and escorted us all over the city. He treated us to a special lunch of sheep meat and other delicacies, then took us to a remote village called De Hang to watch a traditional dance performance and hike to a waterfall. Dinner that night was also very "special," at a dimly lit outdoor restaurant by the riverside
Thankfully, on the return trip Honey's father again worked his connections and was able to get all of us tickets in a hard sleeper. Inexplicably, the train ride back to Changsha was well over three hours shorter than our original trip. I don't question things like this anymore; just chalk it up to some sort of strange Chinese logic.
After a brief rest at Honey's house, Shelly and I departed by bus for Xiangtan, a neighboring city where she went to college. In a burst of stamina, I had decided to spend the rest of my vacation days seeing as much as possible, including Shaoshan, Chairman Mao's childhood home. We went to lunch with some of her university friends, and I unwittingly sampled some camel meat. Just when you think you've tried it all...
Shaoshan, although nothing to write home about, was interesting only because of the Mao memorabilia and museums. The iconic stature of the Chairman is bewildering to me. He was a primary instigator in the Cultural Revolution, which brought about the deaths of millions of innocent Chinese people, and yet every single taxi driver has a Mao pendant hanging from his rear-view window, and every peasant home has a giant Mao poster hanging in some prominent place. Shelly even told me that her own grandfather was beaten to death in the street during the Cultural Revolution, yet she still bought a book of Mao's poems and a good luck charm for her wallet.
I arrived home Tuesday night, broke, exhausted and content that I had made the most of my four days off. Only a couple of days teaching, and then off to Shanghai.


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Chronic Appendicitis
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Posted 18 January 2009 - 09:00 AM
- It's a rarity. The first thing you should consider when getting yourself into a panic is that IBS is a condition which many, many people suffer from. As many as 1 in 3 people will experience some form of IBS at some point in their life, however mild or severe it may be, while chronic appendicitis is a freak condition which rarely occurs. Consider the fact that for a while it was believed to not even exist as an indicator of just how rare it is and just how unlikely it is that your pains are related to it.
- The symptoms are different. A text book example of chronic appendicitis is simply a general feeling of illness, and even in severe cases, it is usually described as "a very upset stomach". Typically, in chronic form, appendicitis doesn't present as a localised pain. When looking up the condition, you'll find many varied descriptions of it since it's been so misunderstood, but the most reliable sources claim that it is difficult to diagnose due to the low number of symptoms. Since there isn't any actual feeling in the appendix itself, appendicitis pain tends to begin as an overall stomach pain, around your navel or over the whole stomach, which slowly becomes more and more agonising, and it isn't until the point where the infection is critical that the pain localises to McBurney's Point, which is in the lowest, rightmost part of your colon. As such, your localised pain and how long it's lasted is more of an indicator that you don't have chronic appendicitis.I also believe (not entirely confirmed, but 99%) that an infected appendix can't cause pain all the way over on the left hand side, so the moving nature of IBS cramps are a pretty strong indicator that you're okay, even if the pain is predominantly right-sided.
- It's not bowel movement focused. Hear me out here, because I do have a point. It's true, an infected appendix can cause constipation or diarrhoea just like any stomach problem, but it's a side-effect of the infection, not the centre of it. An IBS sufferer can see a clear link between irregular bowel movements and their pains. In fact, irregular bowel movements aren't even a common symptom of an infected appendix - most sufferers experience just pain and possibly nausea and vomiting.
- Not affected by foods. Your appendix is either infected or it isn't. Eating a pork chop wouldn't cause it to become more infected, only to calm down again later. We all have the certain foods which set us off, whether you're in control of your IBS yet or not, we know that eating a rasher of bacon (or whatever happens to be your trigger) makes the pain worse. In theory, this makes no sense whatsoever in the context of an appendiceal infection.
- No surgery required. While surgery is the best way to cure appendicitis, the reason it is the only method used to treat acute appendicitis is entirely due to the fact that it's a medical emergency. There are actually antibiotics available which can obliterate an appendiceal infection (though a few repeated treatments are required as it tends to come back), and if diagnosed with chronic appendicitis, this is the way you would be treated.
- Won't usually become acute. While everybody has a friend of a friend who has heard stories of a "grumbling appendix" which later became acute, it's usually not the case. In fact, due to the body's defenses, a seal is formed around the organ making a rupture leading to life-threatening peritonitis a very unlikely thing to happen if chronic appendicitis has been experienced.
- If you are in trouble, it'll be less jarring. Strange sentence? Yeah, I guess so, but the reason I say this is that while chronic appendicitis can still be life-threatening if untreated for a long period of time, usually the moment you realise you need to be treated won't involve waking up in intense agony and being carried to hospital. Chronic appendicitis, if reaching critical levels, tends to spread the infection to other areas, just making you very, very ill. Not comforting, no, but wouldn't you rather end up getting checked out for feeling really unwell than be rushed to the ER screaming?
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In 2009, Governor Jan Brewer signed budget legislation that included a measure—referred to as Section O—to prohibit gay state employees from signing up their domestic partners for health coverage, as they had been allowed to do under former Governor Janet Napolitano. That new law was due to go into effect on January 1 of this year, but a federal district court judge last July ordered the state not to begin enforcing it. The court then later ruled that Section O violated the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection by discriminating against the gay state employees based on their sexual orientation and the sex of their life partner.
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UN.GIFT Joint Programme in Serbia Working to End Human Trafficking
The Steering Committee of the UN.GIFT Joint Programme in Serbia gathered in Belgrade to present the results achieved during the first year of the programme's implementation. The list of achievements of the last year of the UN.GIFT Joint Programme include research, trainings, legal clinics and a project fund to assist victims on trafficking.
The event was held in the Ministry of Interior of Serbia where the Chief of IOM Mission, Mr. Gregoire Goodsteing, welcomed participants and talked about the accomplishments of the UN.GIFT Joint Programme. The Joint Programme of IOM, UNHCR and UNODC under UN.GIFT to combat human trafficking in Serbia, together with the Serbian government aims to implement the National Action Plan. The programme builds on the achievements of existing initiatives and institutional arrangements, as well as on the acquired expertise of UN agencies in this field.
"UN.GIFT has identified Joint Programmes as a powerful means to assist countries in tackling human trafficking, drawing on the specific expertise of each of its partners," said Claudia Gioffre, programme development specialist with UN.GIFT.
The steering committee of the Joint Programme includes the national ministries involved in anti-trafficking work and representatives of main donors: Switzerland, Belgium, as well as the representatives of the implementing agencies. The committee presented the mid-term evaluation report of the Joint Programme together with the report on the counter trafficking national action plan of Serbia (2009-2011) with recommendations for the next National Action Plan.
To date the Serbia Joint Programme has achieved important results:
1. An assessment with recommendations for the reform of the agency coordinating victim protection
2. Research on different fields protection, prevention and prosecution
3. The Serbian version of the UNODC/Inter-Parliament Union Handbook for Parliamentarians on Combating Human Trafficking was provided to members of parliament
4. Curricula on human trafficking targeting social workers and law enforcement officials
5. A special protocol on proceedings for the judiciary in protection of victims of trafficking was elaborated
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7. Three legal clinics were organized at Law Schools in Novi Sad, Belgrade and Nis with the participation of 86 students
8. Three trainings for journalists were conducted in Belgrade, Nis and Novi Pazar for 35 journalists
9. One-on-one counseling sessions with 150 asylum seekers
10. Three projects were selected to received funds for direct assistance and social inclusion of victims of trafficking
11. Three projects were selected to received funds for anti-trafficking awareness raising campaigns
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More Fun With Visitors!
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- Forever Foster said...
Vivi looks like a great friend. She sure looks like she has a lot of energy! It sounds like Sir is a good learner. And he is oh so cute!:)
- 2 March 2009 at 12:03
- Goldie, Shade and Banshee said...
What great visitors!!!!! We love seeing all the shots of everyone socializing and Vivi romping through the wilds.
Sir is pretty cute! His mom should be having a snugglefest with him!
Purrs Goldie
- 2 March 2009 at 12:15
- quiltcat said...
Very nice pictures of you and your visitors, Tom and Tama-Chan! It's great that they are all settling in so well. Too bad Viña isn't an attentive mom, because the little Sir is adorable and looks like he should be snuggled!
- 2 March 2009 at 12:20
- Cat with a garden said...
Little red indeed looks regal on that red blankie. Viña, come on, he'll be gone soon enough! It is great that you all are getting along. Always something happening at your house!
As for the introoder: Mom was interested in finding out wether he is an entire mancat but it was too dark to see anything. However, she is inclined to think that no one is so stxxxx to let a potent tomcat roam free... It is a mystery where he/she came from as the yard is enclosed by houses on all sides. Maybe new neighbours!? It was really creepy.
Purrs, Siena & Chilli
- 2 March 2009 at 12:21
- Mango said...
Your mom is brave to let the doggies off leash even though they sometimes temporarily run off. My momma is a BIG CHICKEN and won't ever let me run even though I know I would come back.
- 2 March 2009 at 13:09
- Matilda said...
Hi Tom kun and Tama chan!
It looks like you guys had a good weekend.
Vivi chan 大きくてかっこいいわ!
The little boy "Sir" かわいすぎる!
日本の友達 マチルダ
- 2 March 2009 at 13:14
- Isis said...
Awww... poor little fellow, you just bring him here Tama dear and I'll look after him! :) Just look at what a good job I've been doing with my own litter, they're growing up so fast and BG has learnt to look sweet and innocent already, where as LG seems to have learnt to wail the house down... Thank goodness Boy is quiet and likes posing for the camera! ;)
- 2 March 2009 at 14:20
- Misha said...
How can Viña not want to cuddle her kitten? You and Tom might need to take over snuggling duties there.
- 2 March 2009 at 14:47
- AB clan said...
Ah! I see : "Sir" has stolen a heart!
ViVi & AB
- 2 March 2009 at 15:52
- Tuck said...
Sir is sooo cute!! It sounds like you all had a fun weekend!
- 2 March 2009 at 17:09
- Daisy said...
I am very impressed with the bebbeh for already using the litter box on his own!
- 2 March 2009 at 19:06
- T'Abby Normal said...
Your field looks like fun, but doesn't the ground out there feel funny to your feet? Or is that something you just get used to if you go out a lot? We can only imagine.
Adorable little sir and his pretty mom!
Abby & Stygia
- 2 March 2009 at 20:04
- Thoughts said...
Oooh we LOVE all the pictures!
- 2 March 2009 at 20:08
- Cliff and Olivia said...
Lovely pictures, but sir... Oooh.
- 2 March 2009 at 22:38
- Niamh said...
That is great that you have a friend to run with in your field, Tommy. That little Sir is so cute and confident.
Your friend,
- 3 March 2009 at 00:28
- Khyra The Siberian Husky said...
Your field romp looks soooo fun!
And the little alien is khute!
- 3 March 2009 at 01:05
- Mr. Black said...
It must be fun for Tom to have a pal to run in the fields with.
That, sir, is one cute kitty.
- 3 March 2009 at 02:44
- Shadow / Molly said...
Yoo shud has heard the SQUEEEEEE dat came out of the mom's mouth! She finks dat Vina is bootiful (she looks jus like TT even down to da green eyes)! Sir is a handsome fella too. What fun it is to smell new fings at yer house we bet!
- 3 March 2009 at 02:57
- GOMA+SACHIE said...
oh i totally thought little kitteh is you Tama-chan!! so cute!!!i love all those picture especially with so many alients!!
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This is the gazpacho – before blending. I put all of the ingredients in a large bowl. My blender wasn't large enough to blend the whole thing, so I had to break into 2 portions and then put them back together and stir.
And…after blending.
Wow, that is a pretty boring picture. But trust me, this soup has some PUNCH to it. You'll want to be sure to make this first and then put it away to cool. I actually put mine in the freezer and then we got started on the most awesome salad in the world! Seriously!
I'll post both recipes at the end of this.
First we made the avocado dressing.
You may be thinking this looks gross. And if you don't like avocados, it probably is. :) It is so easy to make…
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And then finally, we put it all together! These pics are too pretty – I have to post them all! We are talking about a DELICIOUS salad! Yummm, I would almost like to do it all over again today! :) We got this recipe off of the VeganYumYum site.
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- 1.5 pounds tomatoes (I measured this perfectly on a scale – it was about 6 small and 1/2 large), roughly chopped & core removed
- 1 red pepper, roughly chopped & seeds removed
- 1 English (seedless) cucumber, peeled & roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped sweet onion
- 1 garlic clove (Minced)
- 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
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Greens of your choice for 4-6 people
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1 tsp Wasabi Powder
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2 tsp White Wine Vinegar
3 Tbs Hummus, plain or garlic
1 tsp Stoneground Mustard
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Wasabi Powder
1/4 to 1/3 Cup Vegetable oil
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"They didn't like me," Sylfronia says with a smile – and a strong sense of self-confidence. But she wasn't going to slink away like some American Idol reject – she had caught the eye of Darryl Jones, a cameraman at the audition, who has two decades of experience in the music business. He recognized her "raw talent," and invested his efforts into transforming Sylfronia into a star.
Their year-long collaboration has resulted in what most dreamers never achieve: a professionally recorded single "No More" released by the Platform Entertainment Group, and an eye-grabbing press-kit to help introduce her to an audience. "I've always dreamt of being a superstar. Now all I have to do is the reality parts of it," Sylfronia said.
Sylfronia, who writes her own songs, likes to sing about what's relevant to people her age and enjoys being someone her friends talk to for advice. Jones, now her manager, says his objective is on getting their single to people so they can hear it. At the upcoming rally, the audience, which will include some family and friends, can expect a standout performance. For more information on Sylfronia King E-Mail Platform email@example.com
The "Bridging the Gap" anti-violence rally will be held from noon until 5 p.m. at FRHS on Saturday, October 23. Speakers include Eric Adams of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement, Former New Jersey Nets player and Hall of Fame member Bernard King, and Jam Master J's brother, Marvin Mizell. The entertainment also includes Mr. Cheeks, of the rap group Lost Boyz and Mook Diamond's artist, Domination. Barry Mason from radio station Kiss FM will emcee the event.


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History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest HTML version
CONTENTS. (see last page for index to illustrations.)
The Cause of The War With Spain--The Virginius Affair--General
Fitzhugh Lee--Belligerent Rights to Insurgents--Much Money and
Time Spent by United States--Spain Tries to Appease Public
Sentiment--Weyler "The Butcher"--Resolutions by Congress Favoring
Insurgents--Insurgents Gain by--General Antonio Maceo--The Spirit
of Insurgents at Maceo's Death--Jose Maceo--Weyler's Policy--Miss
Cisneros' Rescue--Appeal for her--Spain and Havana Stirred by American
Sentiment--Battle Ship Maine--Official Investigation of Destruction
of--Responsibility for--Congress Appropriates $50,000,000 for National
Defence--President's Message--Congress Declares War--Resolution Signed
by President--Copy of Resolution Sent Minister Woodford--Fatal Step
for Spain--American Navy.
Beginning of Hostilities--Colored Hero in the Navy.
Sergeant Major Pullen of Twenty-fifth Infantry Describes the Conduct
of Negro Soldiers Around El Caney--Its Station Before the Spanish
American War and Trip to Tampa, Florida--The Part it Took in the Fight
at El Caney--Buffalo Troopers, the Name by Which Negro Soldiers are
Known--The Charge of the "Nigger Ninth" on San Juan Hill.
Colonel Theodore B. Roosevelt on the Colored Soldiers--Colonel
Roosevelt's Error--Jacob A. Riis Compliments Negro Soldiers-General
Nelson A. Miles Compliments Negro Soldiers--Cleveland Moffitt
Compliments the Negro Soldiers--President McKinley Promotes Negro
Soldiers--General Thomas J. Morgan on Negro Officers.
Many Testimonials in Behalf of Negro Soldiers--A Southerner's
Statement--Reconciliation--Charleston News and Courier--Good
Marksmanship at El Caney--Their Splendid Courage; Fought Like Tigers--
Never Wavered--What Army Officers say--Acme of Bravery-Around
Santiago--Saved the Life of his Lieutenant, but Lost his own--"Black
Soldier Boys," New York Mail and Express--They Never Faltered--The
Negro Soldier; His Good-heartedness--Mrs. Porter's Ride--Investment of
Santiago and Surrender--Killed and Wounded.
No Color Line in Cuba--A Graphic Description--American Prejudice
Cannot Exist There--A Catholic Priest Vouches for it--Colored
Belles--War Began--Facts About Porto Rico.
List of Colored Regiments that did Active Service in the Spanish
American War--A List of the Volunteer Regiments--Full Account of the
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MP CM Chouhan meets tribals marching to Delhi
Organisers and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh have reached an agreement which Manmohan Singh has to endorse.
Agra: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met thousands of landless tribals, who are marching from Gwalior to Delhi under the banner of Ekta Parishad, in Agra on Wednesday. The tribals numbering over 50,000 have been marching for land and shelter rights. Organisers and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh have reportedly reached an agreement which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has to now endorse.
After days of parleys, Ekta Parishad, which is leading a march of tribals to Delhi to press for land reforms, is understood to have reached an accord with the Centre and Ramesh is expected to meet the protesters in Agra on Thursday. The Parishad Media Coordinator Jayant Singh Tomar said Ramesh has obtained clearance from the Prime Minister on the all the points on which a consensus was reached between the Centre and the protesters.
Ramesh, who reaches Agra on Thursday, would be apprised of the decisions taken by the Parishad after its meeting in Agra. The minister on Tuesday said that "the nation will get happy news" in Agra when the rally of landless poor, led by Ekta Parishad leader PV Rajagopal, reaches the city. "We are having a constructive view of the demands raised by Ekta Parishad and we have discussed a lot over it. I am happy that we are heading towards an agreement and the day after the nation will get a happy news from the city of Taj Mahal (Agra)," Ramesh said after his meeting with the representatives of Parishad in Delhi on Tuesday.
Under the banner of Ekta Parishad, headed by social activist PV Rajagopal, thousands of people are marching to Delhi from Gwalior demanding a comprehensive National Land Reforms Act and effective implementation and monitoring institutions to provide access to land and livelihood resources to the poor landless, homeless and marginalised communities. The 'Jan Satyagraha' began on October 2 and is scheduled to carry on for one month before culminating in New Delhi. the protesters would cover a distance of about 320 km by October 28.
Ramesh, who had gone to Gwalior along with Minister of State for Industry and Commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia to pacify the activists, said that "I am fully hopeful that when I return from Agra everyone will he happy. "I will address from their camp and we are heading in a direction from where we can sign the agreement. I have full hope that the day after there will be a historic agreement in Agra," Ramesh said.
SC Behar, a member of the Ekta Parishad, said that "a detailed account is being prepared and the day after you may get some very interesting things. "There is a hope that good things will happen the day after," he said.
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Nokia have had this one baking in the labs for some time but there still seems no sign that it's about to leave beta and be made publicly available to all. The app and accompanying service bills itself as "Messaging, now with location".
Nokia Pulse and its documentation do not seem to have been updated with any changes but essentially it looks as though the bump was to bring it to Windows Phone, as was previously reported.


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Double room Central located - BCN
Size5 m²
Floor No.2(with elevator)
- Internet/WiFi
- Lockable room
- Towels
- Elevator in building
- Family/child friendly
- Smoking allowed
- Pets allowed
Accommodation summary
|Gran Via, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
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You can't be more central in Barcelona than at this location - just next to "Plaça España", 'Plaça Catalunya', "Plaça Universidad", Góthic area, Cathedral, Picasso Museun, and much more! In a walking distance to the world famous 'Ramblas'. From here many top sights are in walking distance and next to the subway station at "Urgell", 'Plaça de Catalunya' (the city centre) or 'Plaça Universitat' if you need to travel more far.
It's the perfect spot if you want to enjoy Barcelona's night life, without need to taking a taxi home. Just next you'll find restaurants, bars, clubs, grocery (food) and much more just around the corner - that's very comfortable. From here in about 10 minutes you enter 'The Rambla', strolling by Sundays hippie markets, buy fresh fruits, having a coffee or leading down to the harbor and beach area walking. Once there you can take a ferry boat to Ibiza, Mallorca, Marocco or elsewhere and continue your travel... Barcelona has season all year round as there is so many things to discover and enjoy!
Our room is fully equipped with a comfortable double bed with shared bathroom just next, (but everything really clean, easy and convenient)! As the room is large it can accommodate up to three persons total - if you need a long stay, it's the perfect room. Staff is around all day to keep the house (and bathroom) clean and you have 24-hours access to the building with your own key.
Facilities:Fast way to prepare some meal; Shared Fridge ; Top location - at Plaça España", 'Plaça Catalunya', Plaça Univesidad, and 'The Ramblas' Pick-up service - We also pick you up at the airport for a small charge (easier to get here) Flexible check-in/check-out (please ask in advance) All rooms with table/chairs as well (dine-in)
Nicely and cozy decorated house (to make you feel comfortable); Spacious bathrooms (shared/housekeeper on site) ; Later luggage pick-up/use of bathroom (if your flight/travel leaves later on day of check-out without charges) ; Free high-speed Wi-Fi in all rooms (no TVs in the rooms/bring your PC/tablet/Smartphone) ; Travel assistance (car rental, tour bookings, tickets, information - just ask!)
We're next to Bus and metro station to make easy your access to different places in Barcelona!
House rules
*At check-in you'll receive the password to the WIFI and your keys
*It's not allowed to bring guests without communicate before
*We're in a family building... You can enjoy your stay allot! Just be careful to don't incommode the neighbors - After 22:00 hrs the quite is required
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Plus points:
- Accommodation very central (closed to Plaça de Catalunya, La Rambla)
- Aerobus stop very close
- Carlos very friendly and accommodating
- Great way to make contacts as more accommodation in an apartment
- Camera in the lounge
- Poor ventilation in the room, because there is no window in the room
- No entertainment possible after 22:00 clock
- Inadequate Türveriegelung
- Unterkunft sehr Zentral (closed to Plaça de catalunya, La Rambla)
- Aerobus Haltestelle ganz in der Nähe
- Carlos sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend
- gute Möglichkeit um Kontakte zu knüpfen, da mehrere Unterkünfte in einer Wohnung
- Kamera in dem Aufenthaltsraum
- schlechte Durchlüftung im Zimmer, da kein Fenster im Zimmer
- keine Unterhaltung nach 22:00 Uhr möglich
- unzureichende Türveriegelung
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
I spent four wonderful days in Barcelona, the room and the apartment in general were clean, guests absolutely not intrusive, shifts to the bathroom and the kitchen perfectly manageable, the apartment is located very close to the Rambla and the metro so is an excellent starting point to visit the main attractions of Barcelona paid! Walk along the Rambla you reach the sea and on the way there are numerous shops, restaurants and above the Carrefour! The only flaw but that 'we did not however given disorder, the fact that having the room (with balcony) on the road, the evening was a bit' of noise due to nightlife, but after a full day in Barcelona you sleep as the stones! Who was more attentive to this "problem" may require rooms not facing the road or equip with plugs. I absolutely recommend this property, and when I return to Barcelona I will not hesitate to rebook by Carlos!
Ho trascorso quattro splendide giornate a Barcellona, la stanza e l'appartamento in generale erano puliti, gli ospiti assolutamente non invadenti, i turni per il bagno e per la cucina perfettamente gestibili, l'appartamento si trova molto vicino alla Rambla e alla metro quindi è un ottimo punto di partenza per visitare le principali attrazioni Barcellonesi! Percorrendo la Rambla a piedi si arriva al mare e nel tragitto ci sono numerosi negozi, ristoranti e soprattutto il Carrefour! Unica pecca che pero' a noi non ha comunque dato disturbo, il fatto che avendo la stanza (con balconcino) sulla strada, la sera c'era un po' di rumore dovuto alla movida, ma dopo un'intera giornata a Barcellona si dorme come i sassi! Chi fosse più attento a questo "problema" puó richiedere le stanze non fronte strada o attrezzarsi con i tappi. Consiglio assolutamente questo alloggio e quando torneró a Barcellona non esiteró a riprenotare da Carlos!
Receipt and contact was fine. Room small ventilation shaft in through the window gave bad smells, squeaky doors, bad bed (mattress), cleanliness fine, breakfast okay, location pledge fine, good price
Ontvangst en contact was prima. Kamer klein, ventilatie via raam in schacht gaf vieze geuren, piepende deuren, slecht bed(matras),hygiene prima, ontbijt oke, ligging pand prima, prijs prima
Overall Rating 2.
Small room poorly furnished and dirty with a window without blinds. Breakfast is not included and even the towels and we shared 8 people in a bathroom is not clean; Also, we had trouble sleeping at night because of continuous citofonavano: neighborhood very noisy at night.
The only positive is the location: close to the center
Voto complessivo 2.
Camera piccola mal arredata e sporca con una finestra senza persiane . La colazione non è inclusa e neanche la biancheria da bagno e abbiamo condiviso in 8 persone un bagno non pulitissimo; inoltre , abbiamo avuto difficoltà a dormire perchè di sera citofonavano di continuo: quartiere molto rumoroso di notte.
Unica nota positiva è la posizione : vicinissima al centro
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bof bof bof !
Carlos: Very nice, everything has declared given few tips.
Rooms: Very bad:
Mattress: I felt every spring, ONLY 1.80m long, his feet hanging out!
Our room was only separated by a wooden door from the other rooms. That means I have listened to every conversation as if who stood next to me, the glare from the neighbors seemed also, and all this in the middle of the night.
Since the room was on the main road I have of course the lautenb traffic noise heard through the night.
Internet connection: For a slow connection I had in the 90'igern over a 56K modem. Unfortunately also been repeatedly disconnected.
Breakfast: toast, 2 kinds of jam, a sort of sausage, tea, instant coffee, cocoa, cereal and cookies.
Bad: not hygienic, no good ventilation.
Location: Good, Metro right there.
Carlos: Sehr nett, hat alles erklärt, paar Tipps gegeben.
Zimmer: Sehr schlecht:
Matratze: Ich habe jede Feder gespürt, NUR 1,80m lang, die Füße hingen raus!
Unser Zimmer war nur durch eine Holztür vom anderen Zimmer getrennt. Das heißt ich habe jedes Gespräch mitgehört als wenn die neben mir gestanden haben, das grelle licht vom Nachbarn schien auch durch, und das alles mitten in der Nacht.
Da das Zimmer an der Hauptstraße war habe ich natürlich auch den lautenb Verkehrslärm die ganze Nacht durchgehört.
Internetverbindung: So eine langsame Verbindung hatte ich in den 90´igern mit einem 56K Modem. Leider auch mehrmals getrennt worden.
Frühstück: Toast, 2 Sorten Marmelade, eine Sorte Wurst, Tee, Löslicher Kaffee, Kakao, Kornflakes und Kekse.
Bad: nicht hygienisch, keine gute Belüftung.
Lage: Gut, Metro gleich da.
Very nice home! Carlos is listening. Breakfast is a plus, a small Italian coffee would be expected in his luggage. Very decent value for money.
Can be clear that this room faces a busy street in circulation and there is no double glazing. But my girls were not shy!
Cool games. Barcelona is redone. The Gran Via is a main street well served by public transport.
Hasta luego!
Accueil très agréable ! Carlos est à l'écoute. Le petit déjeuner est un plus, une petite cafetière italienne serait à prévoir dans ses bagages . Rapport qualité prix très convenable.
Peut être préciser que cette chambre donne sur une rue passagère en circulation et qu'il n'y a pas de double vitrage. Mais mes filles n'ont pas été gênées !
Des rencontres sympas . Barcelone est à refaire. La Gran via est une grande rue bien desservie par les transports.
Hasta luego !
Carlos is a friendly and pleasant guy and gave good instructions on how to get to the place. It was very easy to get there and the location is the best part. Room was clean and so were the bathrooms. The breakfast was good too. We got cornflakes, milk, bread, butter, marmalade, muffins, croissants, tea, coffee and juice.
The room was strictly ok and quite small. The bed was old, creaky and uncomfortable. There was no heater and the thin blanket wasnt enough and we were cold in the night. The pillows were very small and we folded them up to get some support.There was only one window which opened to the inner side of the building overlooking the adjacent bathroom. We kept it closed to keep the smell away.
Despite these things, given the price we paid, its location and general amenities, I would say its not too bad.
3 nights at the Grand Via 515, the apartment of Carlos. On arrival we had, because we were a little too early to wait for Carlos. Carlos gives a quick tour of the apartment and then leave you alone so you can immediately explore Barcelona. The room itself is on a busy road but we have had no problems at all. There are two bathrooms with toilets. These were cleaned often. In addition to our room was a quadruple. It stayed two sets but we have had no problems. The location is perfect. Close to the subway (less than 1 minute walk). The old town, the Rambla's plaza Catanlyna are easily reached on foot. IN the area are very many restaurants. At a restaurant on the advice of Carlos (near the apartment) we ate delicious empenada programs. The room itself was clean with a small balcony. In the morning you could bread (toast) with jam food, there were cornflakes and you could make tea and coffee. There was a microwave if you wanted a warm meal. Also you could store food in the refrigerator that's there. Check-out time is 11 am but luggage could just stand in the hall. We've still got a key to the apartment so we till afternoon three hours could still be in Barcelona. Overall we had a great time. Carlos thanks!
3 nachten verbleven aan de Grand Via 515, het appartement van Carlos. Bij aankomst moesten wij, omdat we wat te vroeg waren nog even wachten op Carlos. Carlos geeft een snelle rondleiding door het appartement en laat je daarna met rust zodat je meteen Barcelona kunt gaan verkennen. De kamer zelf ligt aan een drukke weg maar daar hebben wij helemaal geen last van gehad. Er zijn twee badkamers met wc's. Deze werden vaak schoongemaakt. Naast ons kamer was een vierpersoonskamer. Hierin verbleven twee stellen maar daar hebben we geen last van gehad. De ligging is perfect. Dichtbij de metro ( nog geen 1 minuut lopen). De oude stad, de Rambla's, plaza Catanlyna zijn zeer goed lopend te bereiken. IN de omgeving zijn zeer veel restaurantjes. Bij een restaurantje op aanraden van Carlos (in de buurt van het appartement )hebben we overheerlijke empenada's gegeten. De kamer zelf was schoon met een klein balkonnetje. 's Morgens kon je brood(toast) met jam eten, er waren cornflakes en je kon koffie en thee maken. Er was een magnetron als je zelf een maaltijd wilde opwarmen. Ook kon je etenswaren in de koelkast bewaren die er staat. Uitchecken is voor 11 uur 's ochtends maar de bagage kon gewoon in de hal blijven staan. We hebben nog een sleutel van het appartement gekregen zodat we tot 's middags drie uur nog in Barcelona konden zijn. Kortom we hebben een geweldig tijd gehad. Carlos bedankt daarvoor!
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Grand Hyatt Tokyo
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Grand Hyatt Tokyo
About the hotel
Property Location
With a stay at Grand Hyatt Tokyo, you'll be centrally located in Tokyo, steps from Tokyo City View and Sky Deck. This 5-star hotel is close to Tokyo Tower and Meiji Jingu Shrine.
Make yourself at home in one of the 387 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Your pillowtop bed comes with down comforters and Frette Italian sheets. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while DVD players and digital programming provide entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. You can take advantage of recreational amenities such as an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a sauna. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 7 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access 24-hour room service. Relax with a refreshing drink at one of the 3 bars/lounges. Full breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, limo/town car service, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Tokyo? This hotel has 0 square feet (0 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Free WiFi
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Fitness facilities
- Steam room
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Business center
- Hair salon
- Wedding services
- Designated smoking areas
- Number of restaurants - 7
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Total number of rooms - 387
- In-room accessibility
- Multilingual staff
- Number of bars/lounges - 3
- Meeting rooms
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of floors - 21
- Full-service spa
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Conference space
- Terrace
- Accessible bathroom
- Conference space size (feet) - 0
- Concierge services
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Computer station
- Elevator/lift
- Coffee shop or café
- Conference space size (meters) - 0
- Indoor pool
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Spa tub
- Sauna
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Year Built 2003
Room Facilities
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Bathrobes
- Room service (24 hours)
- Premium bedding
- Refrigerator
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Free bottled water
- Pay movies
- Coffee/tea maker
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Digital TV service
- Air conditioning
- Down comforter
- Slippers
- Private bathroom
- DVD player
- Bidet
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Shower/tub combination
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Flat-panel TV
- Frette Italian sheets
- Minibar
- Iron/ironing board
- Turndown service
- Pillowtop mattress
- Designer toiletries
- Rainfall showerhead
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Free newspaper
- Desk
- Pillow menu
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Free wired high-speed Internet
Hotel Policy
Know Before You Go
- Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare requires all international visitors to submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels, etc. ). Additionally, lodging proprietors are required to photocopy passports for all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for full breakfast: JPY 4,409 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: JPY 3000 per person (one way)
- Self parking fee: JPY 5000 per night
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NEW YORK City, Wednesday—A group of us drove out last evening to the New York World's Fair to see the lighting, and I must say that I would not have missed the 9:00 o'clock playing of the fountains, even for the very good dessert which we were obliged to forego.
I have seen the fireworks and fountains in action at Versailles and am familiar with other displays of this kind but, for the first time, they have found a way here to keep the color in the water right to the top of the spray and it adds much to the general effect. They control the rise and fall by the music and the whole thing is really breathtakingly lovely. Of course, it is still too cold, so the trees and flowers are not sufficiently out as yet to get the full effect of the beautiful landscaping.
Many exhibits are not yet finished and I think that the rest of this month will probably be needed before everything gets to the point of perfect operation.
There is much of interest to be seen now, however, and no one should go to this Fair with the idea that one or two visits will satisfy their curiosity. The exhibits which we glanced at last night are on a scale which makes one realize how much there is to see. I was fascinated by the great cone in the Ford Building which shows how the products of the soil tie up with the products of industry. It is so graphically done that any child could understand it.
Near the gas industries exhibit, is a charming little house which includes many gas appliances of interest to the housewife. Both the General Electric and Westinghouse Companies have arresting exhibits which catch the eye. The Railroad Building will continue, I think to draw crowds, for I wanted to get out myself to look at each of the different trains. Even the part of this Fair which is planned just for entertainment is going to be worthwhile, for the entertainments will be good. Last night we used the little electrically operated chairs, but there are other equally pleasant modes of transportation. The part of the Fair which is labelled "Children's World", made me want to stop and play! I noticed many grown people on the merry-go-round and I know that on some future occasion I shall succumb to the lure of youth and do the same. My brother was deeply disappointed because we did not go through Macy's Toyland.
We all came home about 11:30 and felt that we had had a very delightful evening.
I am busy all day today with appointments and meetings, but I hope to go to the outdoor sculptors' show and, after the speech tonight, Miss Thompson and I will return to Washington.