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Arab Academy has an Arabic online course for everyone!
We boast the most extensive library of online Arabic language courses available anywhere in the world. Since 1999, when Arab Academy was launched as the first online Arabic language service, our expert Arabic teachers have developed over 150 Arabic and Quranic Arabic courses to cater to students of all age groups, language levels, and areas of interest. Each course comprises lessons with activities and games that cover the following language skills: listening, speaking, reading, structure, and writing. Our program has been proven to be an effective and engaging way to learn Arabic online.
Even beginners in Arabic can work their way up to fluency
When you get started with Arab Academy, you choose an Arabic language course-track: Modern Standard Arabic, Colloquial Arabic, Quranic Arabic or Islamic Arabic. Once you select a course-track, you can progress through as many Arabic lessons as you like, from novice all the way to the most advanced levels.
Students become conversational quickly
Arab Academy's online Arabic courses provide students with a truly comprehensive experience, similar to an actual Arabic language immersion program. These courses follow a communicative approach methodology, are highly interactive, and allow you to work on your functional language abilities at your own pace and access all our Arabic lessons online in the comfort of your own home. This way, you will become fluent in Arabic quickly and conveniently.
Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), as its name indicates, is the modern counterpart of Classical Arabic. It is the official language of 22 Arab countries where it is used in the oral and written form on all formal occasions. The main difference between MSA and Classical Arabic lies in the vocabulary. MSA reflects the needs of contemporary expression whereas Classical Arabic reflects the needs of older styles.
Below is a list of our MSA courses:
Egyptian Colloquial
Colloquial Arabic is the spoken Arabic used by Arabs in their everyday lives. Unlike MSA that is uniform in all Arab countries, colloquial Arabic is subject to regional variation, not only between different countries, but also across regions in the same country. Arabic speakers from various parts of the world do communicate in their respective dialects. However, the degree and ease of comprehensibility depends on two factors:
- The geographical location pertaining to the dialects
- The level of exposure to each dialect
Arab Academy provides courses in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. The average Arab throughout the Arab world has no problem whatsoever understanding the Egyptian dialect as they are all exposed to it via popular TV programs, films and documentaries produced in Egypt.
If you're looking to learn Egyptian Arabic, check out this
Islamic Arabic
This course track is divided into two sub-tracks:
- Quranic Arabic
- Stories of the Prophet
1. Quranic Arabic:
Quranic Arabic courses are great for those who are interested in learning and understanding the language of the Quran. First, we provide you with some essential background information on each surah so you get the historical perspective which will enable you to understand the surah fully. Then we provide you with interactive learning pages on the verse. You get to learn the verses and what each word within them means. You can click on any word to hear it play and to get its translation. Special colors provide you with a key on tajweed rules that are then explained to you.
The truly wonderful thing about those courses are the large number of interactive activities that ensure that you have learned, understood and retained the meanings of the surah. These courses do not contain grammar lessons.
Learn Quranic Arabic online through one of our Quranic courses:
- Quranic Arabic 101: Through careful reading of verses of the Quran, students learn to understand the classical Arabic language, the phonetic rules of tajweed, and are able to understand the concepts covered in the verses studied. The verses covered in this course include the one always recited in the daily prayers and a number of others that are often recited.
- Quranic Arabic 102: Through careful reading of verses of the Quran, students learn to understand the classical Arabic language, the phonetic rules of tajweed, and are able to understand the concepts covered in the verses studied. This course continues the study of the verses commonly recited in prayers.
- Quranic Arabic 103: Through careful reading of verses of the Quran, students learn to understand the classical Arabic language, the phonetic rules of tajweed, and are able to understand the concepts covered in the verses studied. This course continues the study of the verses commonly recited in prayers.
- Quranic Arabic 201: Through careful reading of verses of the Quran, students learn to understand the classical Arabic language, the phonetic rules of tajweed, and are able to understand the concepts covered in the verses studied. This course covers some verses from sura 29 of the Quran.
- Quranic Arabic 202: Through careful reading of verses of the Quran, students learn to understand the classical Arabic language, the phonetic rules of tajweed, and are able to understand the concepts covered in the verses studied. This course begins the study of the whole of sura 4 of the Quran.
2. Stories of the prophet:
These online Arabic courses are based on the verses from the Quran that relate to 15 prophets. We start with the first prophet then progress in chronological order.
Below is a list of our Stories of the prophet courses:
- Biography of the Prophet 101: This course covers the stories about the life of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. The topics covered in this course include the birth of Muhammad, his childhood, his return to his people, and his involvement in trade activities.
- Biography of the Prophet 102: This course covers the stories about the life of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. The topics covered in this course include Muhammad's marriage to Khadija, the descent of Gabriel, Muhammad and Mecca's reception of the word of God, and Muhammad's emigration to Medina.
AB Initio / GCSE
These online Arabic lessons for kids are geared for younger students (middle and high schools students). It is composed of 3 levels. They start with introducing the alphabet, then focus on daily life situations that young people face at school. They will learn how to communicate in Arabic with their peers in basic daily life conversations and express themselves on topics related to social issues and the world around them.
The program meets the requirements and guidelines of the following:
- Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia, USA.
- Ab Initio Arabic exam
- General Certificate of Education (GCSE) Arabic exam.
Below is a list of our AB Initio / GCSE courses:
Graded Stories
This is a great way to learn Arabic online for kids between kindergarten and fifth grade. It is based on short stories. Young learners begin by learning the alphabet, and then learn to speak Arabic through situations that relate to their age. This is done by giving them stories and interesting puzzles that revolve around important topics such as: jobs, colors, numbers, food, outings, members, etc.
Below is a list of our Graded Stories courses:
- Toutou: This course is designed for young children who do not know the Arabic script or sound system. Letters are introduced in sequential order. Each lesson presents 3 or 4 new letters (or is a review of previous letters). Words are introduced that are composed ONLY of the letters that students have learned. Children are able to learn the letters, words, and basic sentence structures simultaneously.
- Sameh: This course is designed for young children who have already learned the Arabic alphabet. It helps students review the Arabic alphabet while enriching their vocabulary with additional vocabulary that is relevant to their age. Students get to see Loulou (the main character) at home, school, at the farm, in the garden, etc. Children learn to read and write words related to the world around them.
- Let's Play: This course is designed for young children who can read and write but need more reinforcement. It presents scenes with children playing, drawing, writing, reading, walking, visiting the zoo, at a restaurant, and at home. The course further develops students' vocabulary, adding words related to situations they may encounter.
- Guess-Fruits and Vegetables: This is the first in a series of courses that are based on guesswork. This active involvement of students in the lesson greatly increases their retention. The texts in the main lessons describe different fruits or vegetables, and students have to guess what they are. Students learn the names and characteristics of the different types of fruits and vegetables, as well as how to ask questions about and describe them.
- Stories-Fruits and Vegetables: This course can be completed in connection with, or after Guess-Fruits and Vegetables. Because students have learned how to describe a fruit or vegetable, they are ready to hear a story about them. The stories re-enforce vocabulary as well as introduce new words.
- Guess-Animals: This is the second in a series of three courses that are based upon guesswork. This course centers on birds and animals. Children will be asked to guess the animal that each lesson is describes. They learn to describe birds and animals in terms of: color, size, where they live, body parts, as well as whether it is tame or wild.
- Stories-Animals: This course can be completed in connection with, or after, Guess-Animals. Because students have learned how to describe different animals, they are ready to hear a story about them. The stories re-enforce vocabulary as well as introduce new words.
- Guess-Jobs: This is a third in a series of courses that are based on guesswork. In this course, children learn about the different professions. They learn what different people do, wear, the tools they use, and the place where they work.
- Characteristics of Young People: This course teaches children how to control and express their different feelings. This course accomplishes this through funny stories and interactive exercises. This course presents 8 engaging stories covering the following emotions: fear, boredom, aggression, pretending to know when you don't, anxiety, being too quiet, liking to do the opposite of what people tell you, and being active versus being lazy. The children learn many useful vocabulary words related to expressing feelings.
- Manners: This course is designed to teach children about the cause and effect of different actions. It presents 10 different stories, 5 of which show how negative actions lead to unwanted situations, and 5 of which show how positive action brings about happiness. It contains many entertaining characters, and the children get to see what happens to the characters based upon their actions. The positive characteristics addressed in this course are: being helpful, clever, intelligent, loyal, and truthful. The negative characteristics addressed in this course are: being foolish, obstinate, liking to showing off, being greedy and lazy.
- Adventures: This course is composed of 8 short stories. Children are not only learning Arabic, but are also learning important life lessons (appropriate to their age level). They learn to be cautious while talking to strangers, to treat animals with kindness, to care about friends when they are sick, to take medicine when it is prescribed for them, to avoid eating dirty food, to use their brains to get out of a problem rather than their muscles, and to respect all creatures, even weak ones, to name a few.
- Unpleasant Characteristics: This course is composed of 12 funny stories. The stories are about a duck and a rabbit. The duck always does the right things and the rabbit always does the wrong things. The contrast between the two is what makes the stories engaging and fun. Children learn through the stories to distinguish between "good" actions and behavior and "bad" ones. They learn that doing good things brings happiness and success to all.
- Animals in the Forest: This course is composed of ten stories. The stories promote values, for example: one should not be greedy; the work of everybody is important; one should not show off; honesty and fairness are important, etc. The stories take place in the forest, and each story has a different animal as a hero.
- Village of Peace: This is a short story that shows how people can live happily when they cooperate. It also indicates how difficult life can be when people live alone and don't get help from neighbors or offer to help them.
- Animals' World: This course is based on ten short stories. Children view the world through the eyes of the animals and learn important concepts. For example: if you help people, people will help you; it is important to respect people and what they do; honesty makes people respect you; we should all do what we are responsible for; nobody will do your work but you; and we should not be greedy.
- Juha: This is a group of simplified short stories based on famous Arab folk tales. It is based on Juha, a funny personality that commits a number of funny and stupid actions. Somehow, through his stupid actions messages of wisdom are conveyed. The stories of Juha are very popular among children and adults in the Arab world. They form part of Arab culture, and reference to them is frequent. Children learn the language and culture, and benefit from the wisdom in the stories.
International Baccalaureate Primary Year Program IB (PYP)
These courses are designed for young children who wish to study Arabic as a First language as of first grade.
The program meets the requirements and guidelines of the following:
- International Baccalaureate (IB) – Language B Arabic exam
- International General Certificate of Education (IGCSE) Arabic exam
Research Steps for the Arabic Language Program
Our program of study for the elementary school years is based on the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Year Program (PYP) guidelines. The IB program has gained the respect of schools throughout the world as it provides a flexible framework that allows for a great deal of personalization. Every culture can present its language in a form that suits it. IB guidelines ensure that the quality of a language program is maintained and guarantees that the children will acquire general knowledge along with analytical skills.
The following steps describe how the Arab Academy's lessons remain within the framework of the IB's PYP program.
Step 1: Research Topic
The whole concept of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Year Program (PYP) is based on teaching children how to do research. The program provides six research topics or projects per school year that cover different elements of the world around us: history, science, technology, geography, health, environment, etc. Every research topic falls under one broad title, which is broken down into secondary topics and their main ideas. The Arab Academy follows the topics that are recommended by the IB for students studying their first language at the elementary school.
Step 2: Resources
The first thing to do in researching a topic is to visit the library to look for books on the topic and search the Internet for resources. Hence, this step encourages teachers and students to post material relevant to the project. Those resources can be books, web sites or audiovisual material.
Step 3: Leading Questions
Leading questions guide the research. These questions bring together the different lessons within the project and unify them. They mainly highlight the important points that students are to learn. Those points are posed in the form of questions. Students reflect on these questions and form hypotheses that they will test through their research. Hence, the project begins. Students now have a clear goal and objective.
Steps 4 & 5: Activities and Evaluation
The teachers have posed questions to evoke students' thinking process in step 3. In trying to find answers, students do a lot of activities. Steps 4 and 5 are comprised of those activities along with their evaluation. Children are taught to reflect on what they know and do not know and to evaluate their knowledge before and after the different activities they do. The Arab Academy's program divides those steps into the following:
- Warming Up and Its Evaluation
Before starting on the activities, the students need to warm up. The teacher begins by introducing some form of stimulus to activate the students' thinking process. The stimulus could be in the form of questions, relevant pictures, graphs, maps, etc. The objective is to get the students ready for and interested in the coming activities. At the end of the warm-up, students should be able to recognize what they already know and what they need to discover about the topic under study.
- Ongoing Activities and Their Evaluations
Ongoing activities provide the main lessons. There are four lessons in each project. These aim at introducing the children to different types of writing: nonfiction prose, stories and poetry. The first two lessons are based on nonfiction texts; the third is based on a short story; the last is based on a small piece of poetry. The lessons aim at developing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The activities are conducted in a way that encourages children's analytical thinking process.
- Final Activity and Overall Evaluation
It is recommended that this activity be based on team work. Students are asked to give presentations, prepare wall charts, videos or papers bringing together all elements of the research topics they studied. At the end of the project, they are to evaluate their experience working on it.
Step 6: What Has Been Achieved (Teachers Only)
This step lets teachers write about their experience working with their class. Teachers will say how this project worked for them: how children received it, how much they learned from it, whether they enjoyed it or not, etc. Teachers will also note any problems they might have faced and their recommendations for other teachers who may be teaching this project in the future.
Egypt's Curriculum
These courses are based on the curriculum of the Egyptian Ministry of Education. These courses are designed for young children who wish to study Arabic as a First language as of first grade.
For a complete list of all our courses, including those for children, be sure to check out our catalog.


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#9547 Jan 18, 2013
Bella, I agree on the burgers and fries. I miss the good ol' days on Wendy's and McD's too. I haven't tried 5 guys. There is a chain called Smashburger that has built around here, also, that I haven't tried. I like Culver's a LOT! Do you have them where you are?
I am so looking forward to the pink hearts. I will have to get one for sure.
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#9548 Jan 18, 2013
Wow! I watched the Moissanite show today and would LOVE to buy some of those pieces. So I checked my balances and can not afford it. So no go! I love my mini knuckle dragger though and the pendant, hoops and studs. I only have one piercing in each ear. So I won't wear them together
Am I the only one of us who has been through a divorce? I do not think Nikki or Misty go out cavorting. Sometimes you just have had it with being married and men. I felt that way after my divorce and I was so sad I dropped weight easily! You don't feel like eating. And for some women, home, job, friends and children are quite enough.
Second marriages are tough.
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#9549 Jan 18, 2013
Nora, I don't think Nikki and Misty are going out looking for guys all the time. They both have kids to take care of. My hubby was just joking because he thinks if a woman changes her looks that much she must be looking.
Divorce isn't for me. It's hard to be married even in your first marriage. We have had some big challenges that many people would have gotten divorced over, but we agreed from the get go that divorce is not an option. So, we're making the best of it. It's not all sunshine and rainbows. However, if there were ever physical abuse or cheating, I may change my position on it.
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#9550 Jan 18, 2013
We do not have either of those burger chains.
CopyThat and Nora,
People seem to ogle at my Moissanite more than any other jewelry that I wear.:)
I have had the same wonderful fella for 35 years. But have had family members go through a divorce. It was a tough situation for them to deal with.
I did not realize Nikki was divorced. Is that a recent event?
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#9551 Jan 18, 2013
Ugh..... Sorry for the double post...
#9552 Jan 18, 2013
I said they were covorting, and I am sorry for the offense. I meant no harm. I was just kind of tongue and cheek....I really think they have probably gone through hell if they chose to end their marriages. I married at almost 30 years old, and was engaged a few times before I married. I think having life experience has helped me stay married.....any way, I am sorry. I meant no harm.
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#9553 Jan 18, 2013
Mrs. Poe, I think you were wise to wait to get married. I got married very young. Not as young as my mother, but I was just out of college. I thought it would all work out the way I saw it in my head, but that's not what happened. I think people need to establish themselves in their own jobs, apts, etc to prove they can stand alone before combining with another person. I should have waited a couple years.
Bella, we just got Five Guys up here in the last few years.Smashburger came about the same time. Culver's is out of WI, and they just got here in the last 5 years, too. They have something called the Double Butterburger with Cheese that is heaven. They toast the buns and butter them, then they put the best tasting cheese on the burgers---yum! I am making myself drool right now.
Copythat, I bet a 10mm moissanite would stop traffic!!!
I hope Mrs. Dolittle and Shopping Gal are doing OK.
#9554 Jan 18, 2013
Hi, everyone. I'm okay. I have been without email or internet access. I called the phone company a couple days ago to up internet speed and add a phone company virus program. Well, it knocked my email and internet out of commission until late yesterday. What an ordeal. They had to come here and put in a new modem and then I had to have one of their tech people walk me thru taking off my avast virus shield and adding theirs. It took over 2 hours and I was worn out after that ordeal....lol
Got the MSJ026 ring in white gold today and is it ever a beauty! I love it. All of the stones in it are gorgeous and are pretty white. I sent MSJ071 back today. There was no comparison to MSJ026.
BELLA, did you get yours yet?
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#9555 Jan 18, 2013
Mrspeacock, that burger sounds delicious, and I am drooling just reading about it. The stone is large but I don't wear it often as it has smaller stones down the sides and is thick so it hurts, I am carrying it and one of my old 14K wedding bands and a platinum casting to have me a ring made to my liking, one that will be comfortable to wear all the time, as I can't wear it for long before my two fingers on each side are almost raw. I will put another stone in the mount.
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#9556 Jan 18, 2013
I got mine on Wednesday. The three stone radiant cut Moissanite Elite ring is SPECTACULAR!!!!!! Just gorgeous. The three stones just explode with flashes and sparkle. I see, however, with the exception of the YG and WG versions of this ring JTV is still not restocking the Elite heavier gold pieces.
The next time I am in your neck of the woods I gotta try Culver's. You are making me drool!
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#9557 Jan 18, 2013
Bella, that Culver's is a frozen custard place that has yummy desserts like the "concrete mixer." Basically, you mix in candy or other goodies in the custard like a DQ "Blizzard." They are sooo good. Just don't make the mistake I made once and try to eat the cheese burger AND a concrete mixer afterward. We got so stuffed like we had just eaten a heavy Thanksgiving meal. One or the other, but not both. Very tasty.
Shopping Gal, I am so glad you finally got your ring. Since you and Bella are both thrilled, I may have to try one of those square brilliant stones. I was always unsure if they really had the sparkle of a round or princess. I guess they must if you all agree on that ring. Too bad you couldn't keep the MSJ071 too. Glad your internet is fixed again so you can chat.
Copythat, by all means you should get that big moissanite remounted so you will be comfortable wearing it. It's a shame the mounting it's in now hurts to wear. I am sure the stone is stunning, though.
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#9558 Jan 18, 2013
Mrs. Poe, Don't worry about it. They do have families. I think Nikki has been divorced for a long time.
My own divorce was an ordeal and it took a ton of courage to get married again. I also hated dating at age 39. One guy asked me over for dinner. That was nice but then he started crying over photos of his ex-wife. I went home right away!
I love MSJ026! So pretty! Is that the ring that is rubbing your fingers raw, Copythat?
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#9559 Jan 19, 2013
They did not even show the round mint Moissanite ring last night. They seemed to feature the earrings to the exclusion of a lot if CW's other designs.:-(
I hope CW can get some of the newer colors in his jewelry.
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#9560 Jan 19, 2013
Bella, I hate it when they get hung up on showing the earrings and the solitares (when they do an elite show) it seems as they are almost all they show, especially when there is a new item I am waiting to see, it really makes me mad.
Has anyone heard from Mrsdolittle?
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#9561 Jan 19, 2013
I am worried about Mrs.Dolittle. I hope she has power and it is just computer problems of some sort.
Yea... The seemed to switch off to heavily pushing earrings on that last CW show. They even added stretch pays. The expensive stuff just was not moving like before Christmas and I guess the thing they were selling the most was the earrings.
I think the lack of a good coupon made a difference in selling the more expensive pieces.
I think the Powers to be also did not want a good coupon out during the True Brilliance Anniversary on Sunday. I bet it affects the sale of high end pieces tomorrow.
BTW, one of the gorgeous bracelets in 14K that Nora and I got Christmas 2011 (over a year ago) popped in. The diamonds are incredibly nice and the price is the same we paid 14 months ago. DOC214. Just a gorgeous bracelet!
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#9562 Jan 19, 2013
I haven't heard anything from Mrs. Dolittle. Haven't heard from Diamonds since before she went on her trip!
I've been super cleaning the house today. Now I am pooped!
Did you hear Nikki on one of the Moissanite shows? She said she would vacuum in high heels for the rest of her life for MSF383!!
She is so funny! Charles better give her one at a big discount!
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#9563 Jan 19, 2013
Love that heart moissanite, too!
Chuck is on ShopNBC with diamonds! New pieces and some are 14KT. Love the green diamonds, but they sold out fast. He's on till 8PM EST, so check it out.
Mrs. Dolittle, I hope you are OK.
It's really windy here, and the temp is supposed to drop dramatically tomorrow and next week. Below zero possibly at night on Mon thru Wed!
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#9564 Jan 19, 2013
Hey Girls, I am fine! Just did not have anything interesting to post about other than buying clothes which I already mentioned. It is suppose to turn cold here also.
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#9565 Jan 19, 2013
Nora, no that isn't the ring, it was the ring in 14K WG, the 4.50 carat ring that they had right after they started selling moissanite, it was MSJ 057, it's been a long time so it may not pull it up now.
Mrsd is fine said she didn't have a lot to post about right now.
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#9566 Jan 19, 2013
Mrs. Dolittle, are you watching Chuck? I bought some stackers for $29. How could I resist that? I am sure they will be tiny, but when you put 3 together, maybe it will look good.
Copythat, that is one beautiful moissanite you have! I couldn't pull it up, but I can imagine :).
Who is waiting on goodies besides me? I have that black diamond heart in rose gold that I am still waiting on from ShopNBC.
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- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
TRYP Sao Paulo Berrini Hotel offers 171 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and laptop-compatible safes. A pillow menu is available. 26-inch LCD televisions come with cable channels.
Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations with jetted bathtubs and rainfall showerheads, bidets, and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Soundproofed rooms
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Jetted bathtub
- Bidet
- Rainfall showerhead
- Cable TV service
- Desk
- Television
- Free WiFi
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Pillow menu
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6 AM and 10:30 AM.
24-hour room service is available.
Lucca - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a spa tub, a sauna, and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 6 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Optional extras
Hotel Name
- Berrini Hotel
- Hotel Berrini
- Hotel Berrini Sao Paulo
- Hotel TRYP Berrini
- Sao Paulo Berrini
- Sao Paulo Berrini Hotel
- TRYP Berrini
- TRYP Berrini Hotel
- TRYP Sao Paulo Berrini
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- Tryp Berrini Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Parents or a legal guardian traveling with children under 18 years must present the child's birth certificate and an identity card with photo (passport, for example) at the check-in. For international travels from Brazil, if just one of the parents is traveling with the child, she/he must present – in addition to the child's certificate of birth and identity card with photo – a letter authorizing the trip signed by the other parent with a notarial certification of signature. In case the parents or the legal guardian, as applicable, cannot or are unwilling to give this authorization, a judicial authorization is required. People who intend to travel to Brazil with children must consult with the Brazilian consulate before traveling for more information. One child 6 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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770 Colorado Court NW, Hutchinson, MN 55350
About the Listing
Near the Crow River Golf Course & located on a cul-de-sac this 2 story home features a center island kitchen with granite counters, vaulted ceilings, open staircase, m.f. laundry, hardwood floors & master bedroom with full bath. Walkout lower level. Deck & patio overlooking nice back yard.
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Property Details for 770 Colorado Court NW, Hutchinson, MN 55350
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2 Full | 2 Three-Qtr
Lot Size: 0.00 Acres
Lot Dimensions: 110x140
Year Built: 1992
Garage Dimensions: 2 car
Garage: Attached Garage, Driveway - Concrete, Garage Door Opener
Style: (SF) Two Stories
Water: City Water/Connected
Sewer: City Sewer/Connected
Square Feet: 4028
Above Ground Sq Ft: 2765
Below Ground Sq Ft: 1263 (approx)
Room Information for 770 Colorado Court NW, Hutchinson, MN 55350
Dining Room Description: Separate/Formal Dining Room, Kitchen/Dining Room
Family Room Characteristics: Main Level, Lower Level, 2 or More
School Information for 770 Colorado Court NW, Hutchinson, MN 55350
School District: Hutchinson
School District Phone: 320-587-2860
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Appliances: Cooktop, Wall Oven, Microwave, Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer, Water Softener - Owned, Disposal, Central Vacuum
Air Cond: Central
Heating: Forced Air
Fireplaces: Yes
Basement: (1263 sq Finished) Walkout, Full, Finished (Livable), Drain Tiled, Sump Pump, Day/Lookout Windows, Egress Windows
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Lot Description: Irregular Lot
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Roof: Asphalt Shingles, Age Over 8 Years
Zoning: Residential-Single
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Tax Year: 2016
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David Cameron today headed off on his summer holidays as the leaders of the three main political parties joined the post-Olympics exodus from the UK.
The Prime Minister was understood to be heading to Spain - as was Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who was setting off for his traditional two-week sojourn with his wife's family.
Labour leader Ed Miliband was keeping the Olympic theme with a fortnight in Greece.
In Mr Cameron's absence, Foreign Secretary William Hague will take charge of the day-to-day business of government as the senior duty minister in London this week.
Mr Cameron's official spokesman said: "The Prime Minister is now on holiday. As we do every year, we have a ministerial rota. The system is no different to previous years."
The spokesman said that Mr Cameron would be returning to the UK next week and would be "back in the office for a couple of days".
He will then head off for a "short break" in the UK before returning to London in time for the start of the Paralympics.
Mr Cameron, who attended a series of events at the Games, said yesterday that he needed a holiday as much as anyone, as he defended the timing of his departure at a press conference celebrating the success of London 2012.
"I am a great believer that politicians are human beings and they need to have holidays," he said.
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott's visit to North Asia is being hailed a success with the signing of Japanese and South Korean free trade agreements.
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The visit is set against the backdrop of regional tensions between Beijing and Tokyo and China believes Australia is taking sides by elevating its relationship with Japan.
Asia expert Professor Hugh White says it could turn out to be the most difficult overseas visit an Australian Prime Minister has undertaken in many years, and he joins RN Breakfast.
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Comfort Suites Chicago Schaumburg
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Property Location
Located in Schaumburg, Comfort Suites Chicago Schaumburg is in the business district and convenient to Woodfield Mall and Spring Valley. This hotel is within close proximity of Legoland Discovery Center and FireZone.
Make yourself at home in one of the 95 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Your bed comes with Egyptian cotton sheets, and all rooms are furnished with sofa beds. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers.
Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, a fireplace in the lobby, and a picnic area.
Grab a bite from a grocery/convenience store serving guests of Comfort Suites Chicago Schaumburg. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a business center, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Planning an event in Schaumburg? This hotel has facilities measuring 925 square feet (86 square meters), including conference space. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Accessible bathroom
- Free self parking
- Spa tub
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Picnic area
- Grocery/convenience store
- Year Built 2003
- Smoke-free property
- Number of floors - 3
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 86
- Conference space
- Fitness facilities
- Free breakfast
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- In-room accessibility
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Fireplace in lobby
- Free WiFi
- Television in common areas
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Business center
- Roll-in shower
- Indoor pool
- Total number of rooms - 95
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Conference space size (feet) - 925
Room Facilities
- Phone
- Pillow menu
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Desk
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- Sofa bed
- Iron/ironing board
- Free WiFi
- Minibar
- Cable TV service
- In-room safe
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Heating
- Hair dryer
- Partially open bathroom
- Coffee/tea maker
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Refrigerator
- Free local calls
- Shower/tub combination
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- Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
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8119 East Oak Ridge Cir., Anaheim, CA 92808
- $2,200
- 343 Days on site
- Beds: n/a
- Baths: n/a
- Condominium Unit
Beautiful 2 bedroom/ 2. 5 bath Townhome style Condo with attached 2 car garage located at Laurelwood. Excellent floor plan with Dual Master Suites each with their own private bathroom. Rear Master bedrrom has double door entry with View of City Lights. Spacious kitchen has an abundance of white cabinets, small breakfast bar adjacent to the dining area with mirrored wall. The dining area & living room have sliding glass doors to a fenced yard with patio. The complex lies in good proximity to needed services, shopping centers & several community parks.
- Year Built: 1990
- 343 Days on site
- Condominium Unit
- Beds: n/a
- Baths: n/a
Listing Details
- Assessed Taxable Amount
- $395,024
- Tax Amount
- $4,423
- Last Transaction Date
- 09/30/2010
- Last Transaction Purchase Price
- $365,000
- Property Type
- Condo
- Bedrooms
- 2
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Rooms
- 5
- Home Size (Sqft)
- 1,374
- Year Built
- 1990
- Units
- 1
- Parking
- Garage
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Nearby Elementary Schools
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- 781 S Weir Canyon Rd
- Hillsborough School
- 191 S Old Springs Rd
- Running Springs Elementary School
- 8670 E Running Springs Dr
Nearby Primary Schools
- Orange Unified Pre-K Sdc
- 5125 E Gerda Dr
Nearby Middle Schools
- Hillsborough School
- 191 S Old Springs Rd
- St Francis Of Assisi School
- 5330 Eastside Cir
- El Rancho Charter
- 181 S Del Giorgio Rd
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- Canyon High School
- 220 S Imperial Hwy
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- 260 S Imperial Hwy
- Vineyard Christian School
- 5340 E La Palma Ave
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Any development lately with the Automated SW Backup routine? I've read through this thread:
... and it seems that the scheduled backup uses Task Scheduler which is reliant on "run as" credentials to successfully backup to remote directories.
Any thought on letting the app itself do the backup with the credentials it's been given... rather than using Windows Scheduler?
Also, as mentioned before in other threads... auto removal of old backups would be nice as well since our DBs are doing nothing but getting bigger!
May 14, 2010 at 9:56 UTC
akp982 is an IT service provider.
At the moment no, its the same as it used to be, sorry, you could make a new share and give it everyone permissions.
Or map network drive with the correct permissions.
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May 14, 2010 at 9:56 UTC
akp982 is an IT service provider.
At the moment no, its the same as it used to be, sorry, you could make a new share and give it everyone permissions.
Or map network drive with the correct permissions.
May 14, 2010 at 10:12 UTC
there is a script that rormeister posted i setup a scheduled task for it to run and it works nicely to delete all the old backup files.
' Name: DeleteSpiceworksBackups.vbs
' Author: rormeister - Spiceworks Member
' Created: April 20 2010
' Description: Process to maintain Spiceworks Backups Folder
' Spiceworks creates backup files by date allowing folder to grow
' Inputs: Use intDays to set number of days to keep backup files
' Assumptions: Called from scheduled task as "cscript \\path.to.vbs\DeleteSpiceWorks.vbs"
' Generally run prior to the daily backup but could run anytime
' Outputs: wscript.echo can be used for testing - comment out with single quote to hush
' precede fso.DeleteFile(f1) statement with single quote to prevent file deletion during testing
' History: 04.20.10 - rormeister - created original vbs
Option Explicit
On Error GoTo 0
Call MAIN
Sub Main()
Dim fso, f, f1, fc, strDir, intDays
strDir = "C:\Program Files\Spiceworks\backup"
intDays = 7
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fso.GetFolder(strDir)
Set fc = f.Files
For Each f1 in fc
If DateDiff("d", f1.DateCreated, Date) > intDays Then
wscript.echo f1.name & " " & f1.DateCreated & " has been deleted"
End If
End Sub


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The Magic Continuees!
The 2013 season of Summerfest Concerts once again brings inspired musical performances to the radiant surroundings of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Dates: August 2 - 18, 2013
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Amy Winehouse's Readies New Album; Batman Sequel Sets Start Date
Amy Winehouse readies new album, Batman sequel sets start date, Aaron Sorkin to direct John Edwards biopic…
Amy Winehouse's New Album: Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse told Metro UK that she plans to release a new album by January. Winehouse hasn't issued a studio album of new material since her best-selling breakthrough album "Back to Black" in 2006. Since then, her career has been derailed by her struggles with addiction and her personal life. "It's going to be very much the same as my second album, where there's a lot of jukebox stuff and songs that are… just jukebox, really," Winehouse said of her in-the-works album. She made her statements about her possible coming album at the London premiere of the film "Psychosis." [Metro UK]
Batman Sequel Has a Start Date: The follow-up to "The Dark Knight" is expected to begin filming in April 2011. The Christopher Nolan-helmed project will bring Christian Bale back as Batman and will also star Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Gary Oldman. Nolan says that he won't recast the role of the Joker, who had been played by Heath Ledger, who died in 2008. The new "Batman" is expected on the big screen in summer 2012. [EW]


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London, Nov.9 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is planning urgent tax cuts in a 15-billion-pound package of measures to combat the economic slump in the country.
According to The Mirror, Brown is considering extending tax credits to help more low-paid families as Britain teeters on the brink of recession. He is also looking at extending the stamp-duty "holiday" on more modestly-priced homes to help first-time buyers and revive the crisis-hit property market.
Other possible measures include a "significant" increase in winter fuel allowances and a further delay to rises in petrol duty.
According to The Mirror, Chancellor Alistair Darling is working on the rescue package which he will unveil in his Pre-Budget Report this month.
Brown will spell out his determination to build on Thursday's 1.5 per cent cut in interest rates in a major speech tomorrow.
And at the weekend he will meet President Bush in Washington to discuss the global crisis at the G20 world leaders' summit. rown has already phoned Barack Obama to discuss the slump and the President-elect's plans for a "stimulus package" to boost the US economy.
Brown and Darling are keen to work with Obama and are looking at drawing up proposals which they hope will be copied across the globe.


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Populism: Europe's coat of many colours
The politcal challenges thrown up to the status quo in Europe in the aftermath of global recession and the Eurozone crisis has prompted a surge of media and think-tank interest in the concept of populism.
Although a notoriously slippery term – and one often used in a loose, disparaging sense to describe demagogic promise-making by unsavoury extremist outsiders – most academic researchers concur with the definition of the Dutch political scientist Cas Mudde: an ideological construction that sees politics as dominated by immoral and collusive elites who do down a homogeneous and unsullied People – sometimes by promoting the interests of undeserving minorities. Populists thus offer themselves to electorates as truth tellers, tribunes of the People and righters of wrongs.
However, as populism is famously a 'thin ideology' whose basic construct needs to filled in and filled out with political ballast from elsewhere. For this reasons populism seems chameleon-like. It can assume many political colourations: from the (much studied) extreme right through regionalism, free marketry and radical left populism.
The academic study of comparative populism and the sense that populist movements have been the main beneficiaries of the politics of austerity triggered by the global recession of 2008-9 are brought together in a new collection edited by Takis S. Pappas and Hanspeter Kriesi European Populism in the Shadow of the Great Recession (ECPR Press, 2015).
The book assesses the political impact of the Recession by examining pre- and post-crisis fortunes of 25 populist parties in 17 European countries, which are grouped in five regional clusters: Nordic (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland); North European (France, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland); Southern Europe (Italy and Greece); and Central and Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia); and the 'Anglo-Celtic' pairing of the UK and Ireland.
In Nordic and Northern Europe countries and – with the rise of UKIP – the UK the main populist challengers are radical right or anti-immigrant parties, in Southern and Eastern Europe populism is a more mixed bag comprising conservative-nationalism, radical leftists, technocratic market reformers and hard-to-categorize anti-corruption movements. Read More…
East European democracy: Sliding back or hollowed out?
For some time analysts and commentators have understood that all is not well with democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. In the immediate aftermath, the region defied a raft of predictions that the dislocating effect of economic reform and resurgence of nationalist traditions would lead to a Latin American style breakdown of democracy. Democratic change and marketization were – certainly compared to other parts of the post-communist world – peaceful, quick and far-reaching, with the EU membership achieved within a relatively short time.
Indeed, much conventional wisdom has it, that the incentive of EU membership 'leveraged' politicians and electorates in some CEE states away from illiberal and nationalist politics. In short, while CEE democracy might have been short on civil society and public engagement and high on corruption and inefficiency, it seemed consolidated and safe.
All this seems to have changed since EU accession. Commentators looked for and quickly found 'backsliding' in Poland in 2005-7 as short-lived minority government headed by the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, which included two small populist-nationalist parties as coalition partners, took office. And post-transition fears of breakdown seemed belatedly to come true with onset of the Great Recession in 2008-9 and the landslide victory in Hungary in the 2010 parliamentary elections of Viktor Orbán's Fidesz.
Orbán's subsequent use of his huge majority to rewrite the Hungarian constitution, strip back checks and balances and entrench his party in deep in the state, media civil society are well documented, as are his questioning of liberal democracy and formulation of a deeply illiberal nationalist project for the future of Hungary.
But discussion of the wider malaise seemingly gripping democracy in CEE has often been stronger on sounding the alarm and itemizing symptoms than on analysis. Indeed, the term 'backsliding' was so loosely applied that it covered phenomena ranging from the rise of right-extremism to difficulties negotiating coalitions.
Much writing has simply boiled down to the idea that development across the region simply can be understood as Hungary writ small. Hungary's illiberal political turn was a 'cancer' spreading to the rest of the region and Orbán, to quote the Guardian's Ian Traynor simply the most prominent example of a new breed of 'democratically elected populist strongmen … deploying the power of the state and a battery of instruments of intimidation to crush dissent'. Some journalists painting a bigger picture (or airing common geo-political concerns) preferred the term 'Putinization'.
But such broad-brush treatment would never do. Anyone who knows the Czech Republic, for example, would see a democracy disfigured by corruption, disengagement and distrust. But neither its assertive head of state, president Miloš Zeman, nor ambitious billionaire populist newcomer Andrej Babiš quite fit the bill of a Czech Viktor Orbán. A nationalist turn, a new constitution, a dominant ruling party or a spectacular breakthrough by the extreme right. None of this is on the Czech agenda – or indeed quite on the agenda elsewhere in CEE.
Clearly a much better comparative take on how to understand the travails of CEE democracy is called for, capable of embracing the political realities of both Prague and Budapest and all points in between.
And in an article in latest issue of Global Policy the Hungarian political scientist and political economist Béla Greskovits has now offered precisely this. Read More…
Havel: For young radicals or middle aged and middle of the road?
Václav Havel has lent his name and inspiration to many events and movements. His dissident writings have been translated into Arabic, serving as point of reference for activists and thinkers contemplating entrenched but brittle authoritarian regimes.
More expectedly, perhaps Havel's is a liberal oppositionists in Putin's Russia which – as Havel himself suggested in later life – has seen communist structures morph into a new repressive structures. So it's no surprise to see a Guardian commentary by Natalie Nougayrède that flags Havel and the Central European dissident movement as inspiration for young, radical left movements that have emerged in Western and South Europe.
It's a balanced piece, which notes the obvious differences between normalisation era Czechoslovakia regime and the far more open and competitive political and social systems of Western Europe. The typewriter and carbon paper technology of 1970 and 80s samizdat is also clearly a world away from networked and internet-based communications of the early 21st century – even for those fighting authoritarian regimes thumb drives and encryption software have replaced clandestine printing and duplicating.
And Nougayrède is surely right when she suggests Václav Havel is in some ways an unlikely source of inspiration for Podemos, Syriza and similar movements (themselves often the products of mash-up of various heterodox Marxist traditions, Trotskyist, Maoist, Euro-communist etc)
The sharp critique of Western societies Havel expressed in his writing of 1970s and 1980s as somewhat less extreme version of a single impersonal technocratic mass civilization mellowed after the fall of communism into a pragmatic, if critical, acceptance of conventional parliamentary democracy, capitalism and the European Union. Havel's disdain for party politics and big scale economics also saw him quickly outmanoeuvred after 1989 by opponents, on both left and right, who realised more quickly than he did both that parties were necessary workhorses of democracy and that voters' concerns about economic security and prosperity needed addressing head on. Read More…
Why Czechs need Jim Hacker as well as Sir Humphrey
The rise of Slovak-born tycoon Andrej Babiš and his anti-corruption movement ANO in the Czech Republic has been greeted more with dismay than delight, as a harbinger of the oligarchisation of politics and the flagging of Czech democracy. But the arrival of a billionaire populist on the scene need not deal a fatal blow to Czech democracy and may be seen, in hindsight to, have provide impetus for change. But does underlines that any reconstruction of the state needs to run in parallel with the reconstruction of politics and the emergence of a new, more settled form of democratic party politics.
Democratic politics is a moving target. The long term success of any programme to rein in the corrupt abuse of power arguably depends not only its ability to diagnose and treat current ills, but to anticipate the way democratic politics is moving. The danger is that changing nature of political and party landscape will run ahead of the reforms intended to regulate them, which are, in part, a response to a political era dominated by ODS and ČSSD that is now receding.
In 1990s the Czech Republic opted for specific form of democracy foregrounding the role of political parties. The Czech Constitution makes competition between parties the cornerstone of the country's democracy. Legislation and Constitutional Court rulings specify in detail some they should organise and operate to play this role. Parties are supposed to be voluntary associations of members open to society, which mobilise, include and educate citizens and transform partial interests into different, competing visions of the public good
The reality of Czech party politics, although oriented towards 'standard' Western European parties, has, of course, very differently. Parties have typically been closed rather than open; attractive to limited numbers of citizens; organisations with largely passive paper membership rather hotbeds of political activism; collusive rather than competitive; and deeply vulnerable to capture by corrupt vested interests. With the possible exception of the Communists (KSČM) and Christian Democrats (KDU-ČSL) the country's political parties seem shell-like bodies, which de facto are loose alliances of elite groups and political professionals, overlapping more with the worlds of business and public administration than with the life of grassroots communities. Although constitutionally and legally privileged, Czech parties are, in many ways, weak organisations. Read More…
Czech populist goes from Dawn to dusk: but do members matter?
Observers of Czech politics have recently been tickled (if not exactly surprised) by the implosion of the small populist party Dawn of Direct Democracy founded by motor-mouthed Czecho-Japanese businessman Tomio Okamura. Most of Mr Okamura's 14 parliamentary grouping decided to jump ship because, they say, their leader has been neglecting grassroots recruitment.
And you can see what they mean: 15 months on from pulling in 342 339 votes (6.88%) in the October 2013 elections the party has grand total of nine members. Modest by even the low membership figures for Central and Eastern Europe – most of Dawn's own MPs are not even members of the party they sit, although admittedly some are actually members of another small protest party recycled for the purposes of getting Dawn's electoral challengeon the road.
It's not, of course, an oversight but was a deliberate ploy by Okamura to keep tabs on the party he founded and – thanks to the generosity of the Czech taxpayer – its now not immodest resources. Indeed, his hefty consultancy fees charged to the party were a bit much even for the loyalists on the party executive (which officially consists of five people, although only three – including Okamura himself – are identifiable from the party's website).
There is supposedly a political element to the split beyond just a fallout over power and money: the splitters have finally concluded that Mr Okamura's over the top anti-Islamic rhetoric (bizarre in a country where there are a grand total of 3352 Muslims according to the 2011 census) including appeal to supporters to boycott kebabs and walk pigs in the vicinity of mosques was too much. Okamura is also known for his virulent rhetoric stigmatising the country's rather larger Roma minority, but these seem to have passed the dissident MPs by. Perhaps unsurprisingly. The new, more respectable party they apparently planned work would, they hoped, be working with, none other Marine Le Pen (courtesy of the supposed contacts of one of the minor parties in the alliance). Mme Le Pen is no doubt scanning headlines Czech press in anticipation.
In truth both Okamura and his erstwhile supporters seem headed for the political scrapheap, already piled high with debris of umpteen new, would-be and never-were parties, as well as a few more sizeable. But as Dawn turns to dusk, it's hard not see the Mr Okamura as in some way an impressively modern, if loathsome, political operator: a marginal figure who seems effortlessly to have reinvented as lifestyle guru and purveyor and packager of Japanese culture for the Czech consumer; self-made business tycoon, pontificating on start-ups on the local franchise of Dragon's Den; a would-be Czech Berlusconi promising to run the state like a business; and finally – when that pitch was taken by a real tycoon in the person of Czecho-Slovak billionaire Andrej Babiš (interestingly another outsider in terms of ethnic identity), as mouthy and aggressive populist laying into minorities and elites with alacrityin a manner reminiscent of the Czech Republic's only truly successful far-right politician, Miroslav Sládek and his Republican Party of 1990s.
Mr Okamura is also in the vanguard of party organisation – or, rather non-organisation. The super-low membership 'personal party' something of an emerging trend in Europe. Holland's Geert Wilders is the one and only member of the anti-immigration, anti-Islamic Freedom Party, making Dawn a mass organisation in comparison. Both have worked out that cash, showmanship, a few hired hands and whole lot of publicity can go a long way to substituting for grassroots members and 'real' party organisation – at least as far as getting into parliament is concerned. The days of Mr Sládek when a hard-working populist demagogue actually had to go on the stump, endlessly touring small town Czechia to build up a grassroots following are long gone.
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Use your Ed? How I put Miliband into Number 10 (just)
I've long been a fan of 270Soft's election simulation games: President Forever allowing you to replay US presidential contests (including primaries) both historically and for 2016 and Prime Minister Forever which translates the format for British general elections.
There are also versions for Canadian, Australian and German parliamenary elections. So I was delighted to get an early release of Prime Minister Infinity, which allows you to simulate the forthcoming UK general 2015 election with party and strategy of your choice.
The game is essentially an exercise in positioning and managing and deploying resources – realistic enough many political scientists would say – which entails framing your platform and picking your campaign themes; targeting your leader's campaigning, debate preparation and issue knowledge; and planning your advertising. Needless to say Events-Dear-Boy can intervene and you also get to spend of your precious time and resources spinning good or bad news.
Anyone familiar with President Forever and its spinoffs will find the game quick enough to pick up, although options and gameplay have become more complex compared to the earlier Prime Minister Forever – especially with the provision for much more detailed constitutency-level campaigning. Few real political devotees would probably mind this, although it makes for a longer a game (2-3 hours) and anyone serious political geeks could probably spend a couple of days carefully scanning the marginals and the polls before plotting their next move (the game has daily turns from early January untill May 5 Polling Day.
Anyone not familiar with the 270.soft stable of games will probably have steeper learning curve or might want to have a crack at President Foreover where you have a mere 50 states, to range over rather than 650 constiuencies, although PM Infinity does provide helpful regional summary which simplify your task a bit.
Relishing a challenge and wanting to have a real chance of power, I stepped into the shoes of Ed Milliband with the computer playing the part of the other parties (including a small rather unrealistic bloc of Independents who I probably should have turned off at the start – they eventually won four seats). Read More…
Comrade Baggins? When Middle Earth met Middle Europe
It's not difficult to Christmas shop for my nephew. Any of an array of Hobbit-branded products drawing on the latest New Zealand -filmed Peter Jackson blockbuster franchise would do. I settled on a DVD, a map of Middle Earth and a poster-sized calendar.
But – to borrow Timothy Garton Ash's quip about Central Europe–tell me your Middle Earth and I'll tell you who you are.
An interesting meme has been doing the rounds of the Czech internet in the past year: a review (or so we are told) of The Lord of the Rings published in 1977 in the (then) central organ of the Czechoslovak Communist Party Rudé právo denounced Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece as a work of thinly disguised bourgeois and imperialist propaganda:
The Kingdom of Evil belching smoke and ash is transparently located in the East. The working class, uniting to build heavy industry by the sweat of its brow, is depicted as revolting and evil orcs. (…) Those living the West – overflowing lands of milk and honey – the elves (that is the aristocracy), men (bourgeoisie) and hobbits (farmers) on the other hand live a prosperous life (although it is not explained how they get it) and their only problem is the 'threat' from the East.
The 'forces of good' are represented by a set of representatives of these reactionary circles… Their leader is Gandalf, a spreader of reactionary ideologies, which keep the population in ignorance and fear of progress. (…)
Small wonder then that Saruman, the defender of the oppressed and friend of progress, is branded a traitor and his stronghold is destroyed by a band of fanatical reactionaries. When he spread socialism to the Shire he is caught and subject to punishment without trial by the hobbits supported and paid by the capitalist powers of Gondor… But socialism cannot be destroyed by throwing its relics, not even its most sacred relics, into the fire. Hold out against encirclement by your reactionary neighbours Mordor!
It was not entirely clear if the review is real. As it turned out it was a clever pastiche. No date, scant referencing and no trace of in the archives. And, of courses, rather too much of hint of tongue-in-cheek for the notoriously humourless Rudé právo.
But that's beside the point. It is exactly what Rudé právo could, or should have written about Lord of The Rings in mid-1970s. Moreover, the pastiche does seem to have drawn heavily on real Communist-era article published in Poland in 1971.
Because Communist regimes did have a problem with Tolkien and particularly with Lord of the Rings. Read More…
Eastern Europe 25 years on: catching up or catching cold?
25 years on from the fall of communism, the Wall Street Journal recently told its readers, Central and Eastern Europe is still playing catch-up. The reasons are mainly economic and infrastructural. Too little growth by the standards of the Asian tigers. Too few high speed rail links. Not enough motorways. Viktor Orbán bossing it over Hungary in an ever more worrying project of illiberal transformation. A bad subsidy habit fed by an indulgent EU. A Middle Income Development Trap waiting to be sprung. And –when did this ever happen before? – progress that " has fallen short of what many of its citizens had hoped".
But we shouldn't be too harsh. The WSJ is not particularly well known for the quality of its CEE reporting. And this occasion it's absolutely right: Central and Eastern Europe is playing catch-up. The politics of catch-up, rather than geography or culture or post-communism, are probably what define the region best. If it wasn't catching up, it wouldn't be Central and Eastern Europe. Historians of East Central Europe such as Andrew C. Janos or Ivan Berend have long been preoccupied by the region's long-term efforts to push its levels of socioeconomic– and political – development into line Europe's core West European states – although they have sometimes bluntly simply spoken of "backwardness".
The post-1989 project of European integration and enlargement, although more usually referred to in terms of 'convergence' or 'Return to Europe' is also all about one catch-up – and a very ambitious form of catch-up: overcoming deeply rooted east-west divide, which as Janos and others have noted, predates the Cold War division of Europe. Enlargement and integration – and liberal reform in CEE generally –been sold politically on the basis that the poor, historically peripheral societies of CEE will (and after a painful process of adjustment) reap the full benefits of prosperity, social welfare, democracy and freedom enjoyed by core West European societies that had the good luck to stay out of of the Soviet zone of influence after WWII.
If, in the long term, integration fails to deliver, there may be significant consequences both for the EU and for the fate of democracy and liberal institutions in Central and East European countries themselves. As recent developments in Hungary show, liberal and democratic reforms are not irreversible or consolidated as once thought or hoped. If the European project fails to deliver catch-up – or the Western model CEE was busy catching up on with proves exhausted and unattractive – it will exacerbate both centrifugal pressures in the EU and erosion of democracy in some or all of CEE. There is the uncomfortable possibility that in his nationalistic rejection of liberalism, Viktor Orbán may be a leader rather than a laggard as far as the future direction of the region is concerned – the Central European vanguard of the revolt against a broken Western model that Pankaj Mishra sees rippling out from Asia. Read More…
Czech democracy: the wheel turns full circle
In the immediate aftermath of the fall of communism many Western analysts feared that, far from 'returning to Europe', Central and Eastern Europe would slip into a spiral of Latin-American style instability and authoritarianism.
Stanford professor Ken Jowitt predicted that 'demagogues, priests and colonels more than democrats' would shape the region's future, while Polish-American political scientist Adam Przeworski famously wrote that the 'East has become the South'.
Even as astute an observer of the region as Timothy Garton Ash was moved to conclude in mid-1990 that 'Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia are the countries where the fate of democracy hangs in the balance today'.
But the region quickly confounded the doomsayers. Central Europe emerged as one the most successful newly democratizing regions in the post-Cold War world. Many states including the Czech Republic made smooth and rapid progress to OECD and EU membership and were soon marked down by Western political scientists as consolidated, if flawed democracies. In the Czech case, the flaws were readily apparent. The democracy that emerged was, for example, far from the optimistic vision of a prosperous, settled Central European state sketched out by Václav Havel when he looked into the country's future in his 1991 Summer Meditations.
As well as failing to sustain the common state with the Slovaks, Czechs saw overblown claims of a post-communist 'economic miracle' disintegrate amid corruption scandals that ended the Klaus government in 1997. And, while the Czech Republic did generate a stable system of 'standard' parties of left and right recognizable to West European eyes, Havel's warnings that party politics would become the preserve of a caste of career politicians seemed, in hindsight, prophetic.
The strong locally-rooted civil society and political decentralization Havel envisaged as the bedrock of Czech democracy were present only in fragments. Local democracy was too often expressed in the murky world of municipal politics and a system of belatedly implemented regional government that become a still greater byword for corruption. Non-ideological consensus politics that Havel and others hoped would be a defining feature of Czech democracy have existed only in bastardised form of Grand Coalitions and power-sharing deals that had more to do with dividing the spoils of office than agreeing inclusive, balanced policies.
To most outside observers, however, the Czech Republic remained one of a belt of successful, stable Central European democracies, scoring well on most indices of governance, reform, and democracy, albeit with a clear lag behind West European democracies. Most would have agreed with the assessment of the Hungarian economist and political scientist Béla Greskovits that CEE states, including the Czech Republic, had created poor quality, but essentially 'crisis-proof' democracies where market economics co-existed in 'low equilibrium' with democratic politics.
However, following the enlargement of European Union in 2004 and, particularly, the onset of the global economic downturn and the Eurozone crisis, many commentators have started to view the future of Central Europe in much darker terms seeing the onset of 'democratic backsliding' or a 'democratic recession'. Hungary has been at the centre of such concerns. The metamorphosis of Viktor Orbán from pro-Western Christian Democrat to authoritarian populist exploiting an electoral landslide to impose an illiberal constitution, rein in the media and emasculate the judiciary, was particularly shocking.
In 2012 Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta tried similarly to exploit a landslide election victory to overturn of established procedures and strip away constitutional checks and balances to unseat his country's president Trajan Basescu. Elsewhere voters across CEE have turned not to establishment strongmen but to a range of to protest parties ranging from Poland's ultra-liberal Palikot Movement to neo-fascists of Jobbik in Hungary. Where does the Czech Republic fit into this picture? Read More…


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Ex-LSU Heisman winner Billy Cannon hospitalized
ANGOLA, La. -- Billy Cannon's family said the former LSU Heisman Trophy winner was hospitalized Tuesday after suffering a stroke.
In an emailed statement, the family said Cannon, 75, "is alert and resting."
"He did have a stroke and the doctors will conduct tests to see the extent. They will keep him in ICU tonight and watch him overnight," the statement said. "The family thanks everyone for their prayers and concerns."
Cannon was transported by ambulance from the state penitentiary at Angola at about 12:30 p.m., said Cathy Fontenot, a spokeswoman for the prison.
Cannon has been director of the prison's dental program for about 15 years.
He won the 1959 Heisman Trophy after starring at LSU. He went on to a successful pro career in the American Football League with the Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders, and after football went to dental school.
In 1983, Cannon was arrested on federal counterfeiting charges. He ultimately pleaded guilty, served half of a five-year sentence and came out broke. Though tarnished for a time, Cannon's reputation has been rebuilt through his work at the penitentiary, where he tries to serve as a positive example for inmates, and through his routine participation in LSU events.
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