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Friendly, clean and modern hotel with excellent facilities... all at a good price. Lack of English speaking staff in Restaurant. There was however an English version of the menu available.
All ok (nothing special), but they should have a wireless network covering also the rooms, not only the restaurant
Quality of the rooms
The food at the restaurant is presented nicely in a pleasant environment. Very nice establishment. The beds are hard which may suit some but personally I prefer a softer matress. I wish that there were more english tv channels. And tv access to services f. ex. wake-up service, billling info, pay pr. view. Lastly, I've stayed at the hotel atleast 3 times annd have never been able to log onto the Internet from my room. I usually give up and access my mail from the central lobby area.
Location and the fact that it's new and not run down Air conditioner not cold enough, and this is the second time this has happened. However, Internet in my room worked this time although it was unreliable. The shower is so small it really is too bad. It is such a nice hotel. Food did not taste as good as before. I think that they have a new chef. Next time I'll definately drive to the coast for seafood and tapas
The hotel was extremely comfortable and the staff was very friendly and accomodating. I liked everything
Nice rooms. Clean, large and modern with good room service. Adjustable king size beds. Friendly staff and a buffet breakfast with a large choice. Very nice resturant close by. Plenty of room around the hotel and swimming pool and under cover free parking. We would go there again. Gps location using the hotel address took us into an old part of town about a km from the hotel. The hotel is actually on the main road to Tarragona. Only the desk attendant could speak english. No english menus or instructions.
Small but pleasant and clean hotel, nice pool and garden area. Restaurant for evening dinner is located away from hotel and offers a special menu for hotel guests which we found to be very limited choice.
every thing nothing
Quietness, size of the bed..and bathtub in the bathroom No
The general level of cleanliness and the kind and helpful staff. Nothing to complain about
spacious and well kept room and bath, nice surroundings, good restaurant attached, easy to get to
Hotel rating below quality of accommodation. 2nd time we have stayed. Improvement on good hotel.
it is a calm area, the rrom was big enough and the bed we just love them they can be adjusted automatically for head or legs comfort it was nice
Location was excellent. Good access to the beach, castle and restaurants. Staff was friendly. The DVD check out program was a nice feature. The bed was just a little firm.
The room was fantastic and breakfast was included in the price
basic city centre hotel difficult to find initially as it was situated on a very large roundabout and the hotel's signs were not easy to see while driving. Evening meals were not served until 8.30.
facility, cleaness nothing
This was our first time in Tarragona, and we weanted to have a comfortable hotel near or in the city centre, not far from the old town. This hotel was an excellent choice: comfortable, efficient, fairly new, walking distance to everything important for us. The reception staff did not know the Michelin-rated restaurants in the city.
Very nice hotel, very clean, hotel staff extremely helpful, It was very short stay, and we liked everything
The location was very central and the staff were very helpful. The roof terrace provided a wonderful view. The room was a smokking room as smelled quite strongly of it. There was no gym/the sauna wasnt on and the hottub was empty despite assurance it would all be working.
everything was nice, quiet and clean. 15mins' walk to railway station.
location no
The comfort of the room, the friendliness of all the staff from the moment we arrived, very welcoming.
The hotel and staff were excellent in a very peaceful place, it was the ideal place for a romantic and relaxing weekend break for myself & my partner. The range on the menu could be wider and altered from week to week.
The staff is very friendly; there is a nice library with free internet access and the Spa treatments are great. Easy location, close to Reus airport The minibar was empty; the gym is just a bike and a mirror with some weights ... not really worth to called a gym.
The hotel was new, warm athmosphere, rooms were very clean, quiet and the breakfast was excellent! It was included in the price and it had a wide selection of continental and spanish foods. It is nice when you get up in the morning at a hotel abroad, you go for breakfast, and instead of two choices of cereals or a greasy english breakfast (adapted to narrow-minded english tourists that don't want to try new things) you find a huge selection of lovely foods!
the friendliness of staff and locals, cleanliness, and excellent service n/a
The room size is quite OK, the room was very clean, it gives you the oportunity to cook in your room, hence saving some money, but on the other hand the food from the restaurant is pretty good, and the menus quite affordable! It is 5 to 8 mins away (by car) from Port Aventura. Great free SPA!! The only tiny bit is that the cleaning ladies did not change the toilet paper. Hopefully a one-off oversight...
The hotel is modern and beautiful. The rooms are huge and well-appointed. The pool area is fantastic. n/a
nice clean rooms . Friendly Staff The food in the Restaurant was not very good
Comfort, location, mini kitchen facility. Fridge for keeping the wine cool. Street parking available but availability sometimes a little variable.
Excellent hotel close to Port Aventura No bar facility,Lack of public transport in the area
clean, large and very comfortable no wifi in room,only in front of reception
The hotel is new, clean and have big rooms. The food is good. It was hard to find the horel with the address from the web site. Every thing was great
Most staff was very friendly and nice. The swimming pool was very handy.Our room was very clean and well equipped. There is a car park available ouside the hotel so there's no need to pay and book the hotel car park. Everything was fine. Maybe the distance to centre of Tarragona - it was 10 minutes by bus or car, and not the best surrounding to walk there.
Large comfortable rooms with aircon and very good prices. Restaurant not open for visitors but open for a large group of people who had pre-booked part of it. Food only available in your room and a limited menu.It was OK but we would have preferred to have eaten in the restaurant. Also no other restaurants within a sensible distance other than chinese.
Very helpful staff. Buffet breakfast was great value. Signage wasn´t great.
Pleasant staff at reception, friendly room service, breakfast was nice, facilities were good Maybe the location isn't the best, not such a big deal though because everything else was great. Also we were questioned by one staff member about weather we were allowed to have the breakfast (didn't seem like she questioned anyone else...) possibly because of our age/appearance (I have a mohawk...) It wasn't a major incident though as I just showed her the card and it was fine.
the sink´s drain didn´t work well
Excellent rooms. Excellent food (both the 3 course dinner menu and the buffet breakfast were top class for the money). Good swimming pool and courtyard. Nice bar. Location was poor. Out of town and difficult to find.
6Km from port aventura excellent value for overnight stay No beach!
big room & bed.quite & clean
New modern and very clean, staff friendly and with the exception of one front desk person were very helpful and courteous
The spa facilities are excellent and well looked after. The life guard cover exemplary. Well laid out gardens and plenty of sun beds. Just across the road is the beach with good sand. The hotel played the same set of music again and again at a volume that made it unescapable. It is too near to huge packed holiday camp type hotels but that is the area. These detract from it's aura of elegance.
Large room. I was overcharged by 175 euros for the room. The hotel did not acknowledge the rate given by booking.com. I will not be using booking.com again in the future.
Spa is really good, food as well, well recommended for a weekend trip.
Confort, food, design, all infrastructure in general, location... Everything was ok!
spa & cava at breakfast room was very small for a 5 star hotel
Comfort, service, restaurant food for breakfast and dinner. No drawers to accomodate small items eg.UNDERWARE,SOCKS Etc.,we had to leave these in our suitcases. no trouser press,no full length mirror
I'd like everything. Very pleasant and comfortable place.
Proximity to historical area and beach Lack of catering facilities
Cleanliness of hotel, expensive marble tiling, view from room balcony. Having to pay for parking.
Personal and Public rooms a very good standard for a three star hotel. Beakfast provided a good range of food for various nationalities, although traditional English breakfast questionable. Beakfast. Bacon and Scrambled Egg poor standard, and hot drinks dispenser tended to provide luke warm drinks. More flexibility from staff regarding food provision would have been nice,for example, my wife only eats a bowl of cereal with a banana for breakfast,fruit supplied but no bananas.Staff could not provide even though situation was explained, and we purchased our ownand brought into Hotel. A shame really,for a little more thought could greatly improve what is already a good three star Hotel
The staff and the location.
excellent pool and very close to beach
The pool More local style food would have been nice
The staff were quite helpful and unobtrusive. They made a number of helpful recommendations on where to eat and what to see that proved to be spot on.
No air conditioning system, seemms that noone in the stuff speaks english, no reserved place in the parking, they do not know what privacy is.
Nice pool, view of the sunrise in the morning, lovely breakfast. Helpful and friendly staff. Clean, too. Rasy access to the beach and the Gothic quarter. Restaurant menu was affordable but never ate there. Location was somewhat misleading...it was never 800 metres from the train station. Taxi would have been a better move had I known that. It's still only about a 15 minute walk, but only if you know right where you're going. Also, aircon unit was spotty at best, and location was not exactly in the heart of town (but closer to the beach). Chambermaid inexplicably took the soap when she was cleaning and didn't replace it...I'm sure it was just an oversight. Tv was significantly smaller than my computer monitor, but wasn't much on anyway.
receptionist helpful with car parking and visiting old city and amphitheatre
Second time we've been as we love it- smart,convenient,stylish,comfortable and very good value!
Excellent breakfast & free minibar. Very helpful & polite staff Underground carpark very difficult to get in and out of!
The hotel was ultra modern, luxurious and clean. The minibar was free! (soft drinks)It was in the centre of town within easy walking distance of the old quarter. Garage facilities.
Nice room. Easy to find. Close to airport, although we were charged €30 for the Taxi, which seems crazy for a 10 minute trip. Poor selection of TV channels
The rooms we're spacious and well kept. It was 1.5km from the cathedral. Itbwas close to the main shopping drag but pretty far from everything else.
The price and the quality provided for it - £70 (paid in advance) including excellent buffet breakfast. Good 40 minutes walk to the Miracle beach - however I believe there were buses to take you there.
The free minibar and fitness room w/sauna were great! Hotel is 20 min walking distance to downtown
The hotel is nicely decorated and the rooms are very confortable, specially the bed. The staff is helpfull and they speak fluent English. The room was pretty small.
AC was not working well....
This was a modern hotel, excellent restaurant, excellent staff who went out of their way to be helpful. Would recommend them highly.
room was comfortable and v clean, free soft drinks minibar was useful for my 13 yr old son. no
Free wifi, calm area, big rooms, sound and light insulation was good, free parking places nearby Not exactly on the city center, breakfast paid was restricted
An excellent modern hotel set on the outskirts of Tarragona .Very friendly staff and a handy cafe by the foyer for food and drink. The room was a pleasant surprise with an excellent bed and bathroom. If you like jogging there's an excellent path beside the river you can enjoy behind the hotel. A little far out of town for some maybe, personally i prefer this option myself. I got a bus from the train station and after 10 mins. in the Hospital direction there is a stop by the roundabout outside the hotel.
Helpful staff A bit too far out, though there are buses.
Few requests about internet have been promptly addressed and fixed. I was travelling by car and the hotel was very handy close to the motorway. I was looking for something simple and I've found a very comfortable accomodation.
Friendly people, easy to find WI-FI connection was only partially working: still to be fully implemented. No Hotel parking available.
The staff was very helpful. They understood that we were all trying to pay separately so they allowed us to use different forms of payment for one room. I also liked the large size of the towels It was a little loud. Everything from voices to doors closing echoed into our room
Excellent value, easy to find Parking not in same building
rather spacious double room, with nice bathroom and AC. it's rather far from city centre to reach on foot. and time spent in public transport is comparable to that when you walk. we enjoyed breakfast at hotel cafe, but the "breakfast room" in basement was a bit unplesant and unfortunately we had there dirty plates and unwashed tomatoes...:-(
location, big rooms breakfast
Splendid hotel, large room an good coffee shop next to reception. Parking by the hotel was at first difficult as its a far outside city centre people moved as they finished work so we were abloe to find a space behind the hotel. No restuarant by there is a Wok close by.
The staff were very helpful and the hotel is in an excellent location to reus airport.
Easy to drive to the hotel. Own parking garage under the hotel. Great design of the rooms.
Friendly, helpful staff, clean rooms, restaurant in hotel
Difficult to classify your hotel as we only stayed one night, so didn't avail of any facilities, Your restaurant was closed so we had a bar meal which was very poor. We liked the hotel and the staff were very friendly. We also liked Reus, lots of buzz, shops and sunshine. Food disappointing,but maybe this was because the restaurant was closed.
Staff were extremely helpful and informative. They gave us information about the fiesta which was taking place in the town. It was great fun.
Spacious and very nice room, 10mins distant from the Reus airport, bus direct to the airport even in the early morning, the bust stop is right in front the hotel.
Great staff, great location, great value
value for money
The location to the the towncenter was okay. Terrible hotel. They did not provide us the correct reserved room. Airco didn't work. Airport shuttle is an ordinary public transport bus, which you have to pay for additionally. Lousy hotel, not worth the money.
Helpfulness and friendliness of staff. The glass doors for the bathrooms were a bit of a strange thing.
Good hotel,very central,excellant staff
The hotel is perfectly situated on the town's lovely Rambla by the Mediterranean. We had a view of the sea from our balcony which was much appreciated.
stylish decor and very well-positioned to visit the town
The city of Tarragona is lovely so the hotel offers a well placed accommodation with excellent staff and well sized rooms
They allowed my dog to stay and the hotel was close to the old town. They allow dogs at this hotel but the manager was snotty and appeared not to like animals.The room was very outdated and the bath I was unable to use as was worn,rough and rusty.The room was very hot even in October as the air conditioner did not work and a lot of noise from the street when trying to sleep
Location - pillows very hard and uncomfortable - breakfast expensive and not very nice (much nicer and cheaper in cafe further up the street) - coffee purchased in bar tasted poor quality and expensive - no coffee making facilities in room. Hotel generally lacked warmth, was outdated and not very welcoming.
It's central position.
The girls who worked on reception were very nice and accomodating and spoke excellent English. They were the nicest thing about this hotel. The front of the building is located on a good street. It is just over one minute from the most beautiful views of the beach and sea and is perhaps 3 minutes from the roman ruins. About 15 minute walk from the bus station and 7-10 min from the train station. Therefore location is prime. But the views from the back of the hotel were of another building and there was a pub across from our rooms that stayed open until 2.30am. Bins are collected at about mid-night. Rooms are not sound proofed. Rooms are dated and the wardrobes were smelly. Breakfast very expensive given that you can get coffee and crossant in a very nice cafe down the street for €2. I requested a double room with a view of the sea for my parents but were given a twin room with a view of another building .Tarragona is a beautiful, clean town but don't expect too much from the hotels. Not three star in terms of Irish hotels that i have stayed in and over priced for what you get.
excellent location and lovely entrance to the hotel we were supposed to have a double bed but had two single beds; some pictures on the walls would be good to create a softer tmosphere.
Great location. large, comfortable bedrooms with a lovely view of the hotel's courtyard and swimming pool.
The staff were very welcoming and helpful. The hotel is excellently placed for Savinosa beach. I strongly recommend this hotel
A good clean hotel with friendly staff. Been refurbished recently.
well run family type hotel
have used it many times and will continue to do so no not really they do their upmost to help you enjoy your visit
The staff was excellent, they gived us great suggestions for restaurants and were very friendly. It is in walking distance to the beach side. The air conditioner in our room was not good, a bad smell from it when running forced us to keep it off, resulting in windows open, resulting in mosquitos in room and noise from the train, running close to the hotel, but we did not claim for since staying just 2 nights.There is no elevator from parking to the reception, not easy to bring luggage to room by yourselves, but staff can help in this.
The staff were absolutely fantastic and very helpful. I have absolutely zero complaints about the hotel, it was great but one word of advice to guests staying at the hotel. Take the bus number 1 or 75 (Not sure about 75 double check) this takes you directly to town and back to the hotel for 1.20EUR where as a taxi cost 13EUR standard tariff!!!!
Nice, quiet and restful. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The breakfast was excellent as was the service. A pity the nearest restaurants were some way away, but we coped and you can't have everything. Would definatley use again. Busses into the city were plentiful and cheap.
Bedrooms and public areas were absolutely sparkling. I have rarely, if ever, stayed at a more highly polished hotel. Staff were extremely helpful. Signage to the hotel was very poor, not helped by local roadworks. This deficiency must be rectified, as I am sure that the hotel is losing trade by this error.
We only stayed for 1 night on our journey from France to Costa Blanca. Hotel was adequate for our purpose. Breakfast (continental) was 5 Euros per person extra but had a very good choice. Hotel is near to seafront on edge of town but has railway only a short distance away so can be noisy from trains. We would have appreciated having tea/coffee making facilities in room.
Staff extremely helpful and excellent for the beach
The room we had was fantastic (Room 8). Staff were helpful and pleasant. We tried the hotel restaurant which was amazing. It was hard to find and in the middle of nowhere which we did know before we made our booking but were surprised at the cost of a taxi into nearby Tarragona for the evening.
This Catalan traditonal farm house (masia) provides an oasis of calm and charm amidst the urban and industrial sprawl between Tarragona and Reus, the international airport, and the fast train (AVE) station. It's nestled in an estate of vinyards and olive groves and boasts a gourmet restaurant. It's close to the wine region of Priorat and the Costa Daurada beaches. We had a lovely stay.
Excellent central Location with very helpful staff.
Clean,towels changed on request,friendly greetings by reception and helpful when asked advice or taxi bookings.Good size room and bathroom. Shower had plenty of power but controls were poor,showers should be thermostaticlly controlled for safety.Kettle and maybe toaster would be helpful at breakfast time.
Hotel staff very friendly and hospitable. Ready to aid the guest as much as they can. An excellent location. The room was reasonably well-appointed and clean, but quite small. Nice bathroom of good size, however.
The location was good, room was clean, staff friendly. The bed was very short and too small for 2 people. The air conditioning for the building (outside the building) was very loud (and we asked for a quiet room).
Very central location, practical as comes with a kitchen. Also not far from the beach and train station
The staff are friendly and helpful, and the location on the Rambla is excellent. The walls are a bit thin, and you can hear people on the stairs outside, as well as running showers in other rooms. Not a major problem, though.
Great little hotel in an excellent location on the "new rambla" which is actually quite old. The hotel was within walking distance to the amphitheater, the old town and the Roman forum. Our room was at the front of the hotel with a small balcony overlooking the rambla. The room was in very good shape -- newly redecorated with a great kitchenette and big bathroom. Very pleasant, very clean, and nice to come back to at the end of the day. Absolutely no complaints -- we would highly recommend this hotel for value, location and pleasant staff.
The location was excellent, you walk out the front door and the market is right there. Also it is within walking distance of all the attractions. The room also was very comfortable and spacious.
The staff were really friendly and helpful. The air conditioning unit worked really well. The room description said "balcony" but my room did not have one. The soundproofing to the room next door was poor.
Central location, close to everything we wanted.


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(please include if this was the entire costume, just a jacket, prop, accessory, wig, etc.): Kiyotaka Ishimaru (Dangan Ronpa) and Edea Lee (Bravely Default), wigs
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(how long your order took to process): Paid for both wigs sometime around Feb./March and received around a week before my deadline in May (I'm horrible at remembering dates)
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: I'll combine the reviews then list the final grade for either wig at the bottom. So let's start with Edea! Edea's hair is tricky as she has some interesting spikes. I like the liberty taken with the wig as there are only 3 spikes so upkeep of them won't be too horrendous. And personally, I really like it. I don't mind that not every spike was there. I also got numerous comments on the saw fringe and about how clever and creative and how much work must have gone into it. It's comfy to wear although in heat not so much but I live in Southern GA so I can't help it. It also detangles very well.
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As for Ishimaru, I also got complimented as it went well with the eyebrow makeup I did that day. The wig itself is extremely shaggy feeling and I'm assuming it's because of the faux spikes in the wig since again, this is another tricky haired character as his hair can appear differently depending on the angle (sometimes it's straight up and other times it appears more leaning back). I'm assuming since the wig is shaggy, that explains why it sheds. After putting it on for a few minutes I noticed tiny strands of the wig all over my hands and costume which wasn't great because Ishimaru's uniform is completely white all over but luckily I brought a lint roller with me just on the off chance someone in my room may need it. It's fairly comfy to wear although it does sit oddly on my head and that may be because I've never worn a wig in this type of style before so...it's hard to say. Touching my face wasn't an option that day as I might smear my makeup but I felt like I was constantly scratching and adjusting it; the saw fringe was also present on this wig which I really liked. Overall, I'm pleased with it and will definitely wear it again for my mastermind version.
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How quickly are Mac users adopting Snow Leopard? It's hard to tell, but everyone's got a guess. In general, Mac users are much faster to upgrade than their Windows counterparts. But Snow Leopard's got one aspect that should drive upgrades (its $29 price tag) and another that might cause upgrades to lag (its relatively scant list of major new features).
Spurred on by Daring Fireball's John Gruber, I sorted through Macworld.com's web statistics to gauge what the upgrade path of Macworld readers might be. As you might expect, Macworld users have been quite quick to upgrade--Snow Leopard users already make up the majority of Mac visits to Macworld.com.
The shape of Macworld's chart is almost identical to that of Gruber's, though users of Gruber's site are a little bit more likely to run Snow Leopard than Macworld readers. Not surprising, really, given that Macworld draws a bit more of a mainstream audience than Gruber's blog.
There are other sources to look at for upgrade data, of course. Clint Ecker of Ars Technica pointed out on Twitter that a majority of Ars users transitioned to Snow Leopard in 9 days. The developers of open-source chat client Adium offer some OS statistics that show about 24 percent of its users are on Snow Leopard. And software developers The Omni Group have a chart showing Snow Leopard usage at 23.5 percent.
I'm inclined to believe a number like Omni Group's is probably a more realistic assessment of where the Mac installed base is as a whole, because users of web sites such as Macworld.com and Daring Fireball are much more active Mac users, interested in what's going on with the Mac on the Web and therefore more likely to upgrade. There's no such guarantee for the people using Omni Group's software, since those apps report back data without any visits to the web being necessary.
Still, it's interesting to see how fast some corners of the Mac world have adapted to Snow Leopard. Compare that to the adoption rate of Windows Vista, which was used by only 14 percent of PC World's web visitors after an entire year in the market. It took Windows XP 11 months to surpass Windows 98 on PC World's site. It took Snow Leopard about 20 days to do the same at Macworld.
Is this ironclad, scientific evidence? Nah. But I do think it shows that Mac users tend to be active upgraders, that people who visit Mac-related Web sites are even more likely to upgrade, and that Snow Leopard is an upgrade that is being rapidly embraced.
This story, "Tracking Snow Leopard's upgrade rate" was originally published by Macworld.


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I carry a P30 daily in an MTAC using a Comp-Tac belt. I don't mind the double action first shot. Honestly I think I shoot more accurately DA than I do SA because I'm more aware of my trigger press.
That said, the Glock 19 is a little smaller. The Grip on the P30 is the same length as a Glock 17 grip. The overall length of the P30 is shorter than a G17. Which means the Glock will conceal more easily.
I'm a sucker for a gun with a hammer. That made the choice pretty easy for me. The fact the P30 is a great shooter certainly didn't hurt. It's typical HK reliability. I'm about 2k rounds in, with 3 fighting pistol classes on the gun and have yet to have a failure. (none of the Glocks in any of the classes have had failures either.) It's hard to go wrong with either of them. I chose the HK because of the Glock Grip Angle.


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Summer vacation - Water heater turned off
I will be away for 1 month this summer and I will switch the main breaker off.
I wanted to know if I need to drain my water heater in addition to close the cold water supply.
When I come back, do I just need to open the cold water supply and turn the heater on or is there anything else I need to look at?
My heater is this one and by default it is set to 140F, in order to avoid any risk of legionnaires disease, should I wait at least 1h and then open the hot water and let it run for some minutes?
Set it to vacation mode on the thermostat.
I chuckled when I saw you mention legionairre's disease. I did some pretty extensive research on that during my apprenticeship, and concluded that it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to catch it from a water heater.
If you're leaving during warm weather months, I wouldn't worry about draining it.
Shut off the cold water inlet to the water heater, and relieve the pressure off of the system.
For that matter, i'd recommend shutting off the water to the entire house.
It sounds from your description that you have an electric water heater?
There is more danger from a burst water line causing a major problem.
Always be sure to shut the water main off when going on vacation.
I will shut off the water in the entire house for sure.
Regarding the legionnaire's disease, I am originally European and we have a proverb which in English is: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure' :yes:
I suggest turning off the water heater heat before the water is shut off.
The water heater heat must be shut off before the heater's tank is drained.
Water should be gushing from an open hot faucet before the water heater heat is turned back on.
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Britain set to protect Dalit rights
UK's 400,000 'untouchables' cheer government U-turn
April 24, 2013
The UK government plans to outlaw discrimination against Dalits, or 'untouchables,' in Britain, it was announced on Tuesday.
The upper house, the House of Lords, has voted twice in a month for legal protection to be given to the estimated 400,000 Dalits in the country.
The lower house overturned the first vote but after a second poll on Monday the government has made a U-turn.
Vince Cable, the business secretary, said on Tuesday that caste would in future be treated as "an aspect of race."
Dalit groups in Britain such as the Dalit Solidarity Network and Voice of Dalit International (VODI) have long campaigned against discrimination, demonstrating outside parliament during previous debates on the issue.
"We are very happy," Eugene Culas, director of VODI, said on Tuesday. "We had about 1,000 people people outside parliament today and we were laughing, cheering, clapping, handing out sweets."
The Times of India reported on Wednesday that the gathering outside parliament had been planned as a protest but turned into a celebration.
"This is a major victory for us," Davinder Prasad, general secretary of Caste Watch UK, was quoted as saying.
Campaigners say that in Britain's many Indian-owned businesses Dalits are forced to do lowly, poorly paid work and are denied promotion. In India such discrimination is illegal in theory, but remains widespread in practice.
In the parliamentary debate on the issue earlier this month, Equalities Minister Jo Swinson told MPs that legislation might increase stigma rather than ease the problem.
But a Conservative member of parliament, Richard Fuller, replied: "This is a straightforward issue. Caste discrimination in the workplace is wrong and the people who suffer from it deserve legal protection.
"That's it. Beginning and end."
Related Reports
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Anti-narcotics chief says half of country's illicit drug trade controlled by inmates
Nearly half a million Myanmar refugees, church voices concern
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Controversy over India's presidential nominee
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Wootalyzer's Pricing Post! - The price of today's woot item is saved here for future reference------------------------------------------------------------Clocky Alarm Clock on Wheels$17.99 + $5 ShippingCondition: New*DISCLAIMER* Wootalyzer! is in no way affiliated with Woot!, and this post may not always be here!
Now I can literally watch time go by ;)
Is this what is meant by "time keeps rolling along"?
Oh boy! look at that something else on the woot-off no one will really be interested in.
WHERES THE Bountiful Overflowing Cornucopia??
My only hope is that one of these is NOT in my Bag O Crap!
Looks cool, but how well does it stand up to a sledge hammer after a few days?
I both love.... and hate my clocky. If you own one, you know what I mean. Wait until it rolls under the bed at 5:30am...
I hate my ex enough to buy him this clock LOL
Worst. Clock. Ever.
I mean, it works just fine...but this thing is sheer. evil.
Nooooo clocky.... fun for target practice! Bad for sleeping in
I believe I smell yet another 2 day woot off in the distance...which means no bindle of carrots until tomorrow.
i've always wanted a clocky
Is this so that my kids can easily roll it off my night stand??????
The only alarm clock that wakes up my boyfriend. His 2 year old daughter loves watching it roll around and terrorize our puppy.
Where can I get a Club for when I park it on the city street?
I gave one to my sister for her birthday. It works well even as a deterrent... the first time she used it she was up and going BEFORE the alarm went off due to FEAR OF CLOCKY.
It's great for college students who might be tempted to lounge a bit. No, it isn't a very happy way to wake up, but it does get you up, and that's kinda the point.
I know I NEED one, but I won't buy one.
Bought one for the office's White Elephant gift exchange....
If you work at my office please don't read this.
Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ_n6WT-1Gs
Clocky is awesome!
anthonystrader wrote:I believe I smell yet another 2 day woot off in the distance...which means no bindle of carrots until tomorrow.
This alarm clock is terrifying.
My great uncle picked on up as a birthday gift for me some months ago.
I don't remember if it has more than one alarm mode, but the alarm it gives after you have snoozed (as it rolls away) is horrendous. It's a conglomeration of various abrasive horns, whistles, and alarms. As if that weren't bad enough, it is extremely loud.
I don't recommend this for a dorm room, as everyone around you will hunt you down. (Assuming you don't die from fright the first time it wakes you up.)
Can it be used as a dog chew toy? 'Cause the first time this things takes off, I know my dog would be all over it like a gravy soaked tennis ball.
Amazon has it in Almond or Pink for $7.51 and $7.01 respectively... $4.99 shipping.
Not sure why those colors are so cheap.
Sorry all to potentially screech this to a halt. I need this to hang out a while - I need to drive home. :-)
I don't see the point of this when you could just place a normal alarm clock on the opposite side of your room.
Bought one for my daughter about a year ago. It is by far the most effective way to get her out of bed (and the most despised item in the house from her perspective). As a parent, giving something practical that has the great side effect of annoying a teenager = win.
I was just imagining it (a) being vetoed by the wife for the color on her nice furniture and (b) rolling off and terrorizing the dog that likes to lay beside the bed.
i had to stop using my clocky. it was just too much of a horrible way to wake up everyday. i knew i could only snooze once, but couldn't bring myself to get out of bed before he took off and rolled around the floor screaming his crazy robotic tones. if you want to wake up angry everyday, this is the clock for you.
Hahaha...this would be an evil gift. LOL
Best/Worst alarm clock ever.
I'm not a morning person and having this little f$&ker running around my bedroom like R2D2 on robot crack at 6am is not exactly my idea of a good time.
It does wake me up.
Say hello to Christmas presents you lazy family members! Bwa hahaha.
(Seriously, buy it. If you sleep through alarms, buy this. It will make you get out of bed.)
Cheaper on Amazon if you don't care about the orange color :
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And on the 8th day, God pronounce Clocky the Clock. Love you G
If I needed an alarm clock, I would buy myself this one. I bought one in the last wootoff for my friend for Christmas. I have been using it to scare my dog til it's time to give it away. Great entertainment! My dad suggested we get one for my cousin who is always oversleeping for his new job. Long story short, I am in for 1.
Can anyone tell me how annoying the alarm sound is? The videos all have music so its hard to tell what's what.
I have a friend this would be perfect for but only if the sound can pierce his thick skull.
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I thought you'd be bigger.
Dam it is small.......
......That what she said......
Just what I want, to chase an alarm clock around in the dark at 4:15 in the morning.... stupid.
I love my clocky! Great when traveling so you don't oversleep and miss an appointment. Can't tell you how many times I set hotel clocks wrong. Really effective when you're in an unfamiliar room and have to "wake up" to figure out where it went.
I would get this for my kids if I have ANY faith that it would wake them up. More likely, they would continue to sleep and it would drive ME so crazy that I would end up crawling under furniture to make it stop!
I'll tell you what.
When I wake up in the morning, I wake up mad. Like angry gorilla mad. I've slung this alarm clock down stairs, against my wall, and this thing has taken every ounce of abuse in stride.
It's still running like the day I got it.
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I have a M&P 340 that comes standard with XS Dot Standard sized sights. I like them a great deal.
They can be retrofitted to X42s but I think XS on their website states that they must be installed by a "trained professional. I think you have to grind the blade sight down substantially to fit the dot.
You might like trying laser grips for point shooting. I don't find snubs target revolvers and although at 10-50 feet the sight can work to attain some ok groups.
For personal defense I would rather be profficient at point shots in a 10 inch COM a laser can provide that training "feel" for the time when you need to point and shoot w/o them.
Goal 5 rounds, five seconds at 5 yards.
Essentially it would look something like this upon completion.


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PrimePi and limit of argument
Hello all,
I was playing around with the function PrimePi[] and trying different
arguments. When I tried PrimePi[10^15] I got the error message saying that
the argument is too large for this implementation. I know that it is a large
number.! When I use 10^14 as the argument I get an answer, it takes a while
but I get an answer.
I tried this on a PC running Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Mathematica 6.
Then I tried the same thing under Windows XP 32-bit. There was no
difference, I got an answer for 10^14 and same error message with 10^15.
My question is: I thought that with a 64-bit computer I could use larger
numbers.! Maybe I am misunderstanding something here, so please help me
understand J
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Struggling in China, Daimler sees flat 2013 profit
By Christiaan Hetzner
STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - German automaker Daimler (DAIGn.DE: Quote) said it expected flat earnings this year as a persistently weak market and an ageing model line-up sap demand for its luxury cars and trucks until the second half.
Premium brands like Daimler's Mercedes or Volkswagen's (VOWG_p.DE: Quote) Audi have held up better than mass-market competitors in Europe's car market meltdown, such as loss-making Peugeot (PEUP.PA: Quote).
But some investors have begun to lose patience with a Daimler management team that has failed repeatedly to deliver the same profitability as peers BMW (BMWG.DE: Quote) and Audi.
Daimler executives admit profits would have been better were it not for the underperformance of Mercedes in China, a vital growth market where its two local rivals have been running circles around it.
Daimler forecast 2013 earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) from its ongoing business at around last year's 8.1 billion euros, down 10 percent from 2011 and in line with a consensus estimate from analysts.
"For market and model-cycle reasons, the first quarter is likely to be the weakest of the year," said its finance chief Bodo Uebber.
Uebber said Daimler based the forecast in part on expectations that the euro will trade between $1.30-$1.35. The European currency was bid at $1.357 on Thursday.
An upcoming revamp of its flagship Mercedes S-Class saloon, due mid-year, and roughly 600 million euros in Mercedes cost savings would boost second-half profit, the company said. Continued...


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Posted by Martin Gill on April 20, 2011
Intrigued by a lot of what I've been reading recently, I've started looking for evidence of QR codes transforming how shoppers are interacting with retailers. The thing is all the evidence I see with my own eyes doesn't back up this proclaimed uptake. I've never noticed a single one in a shop. Now, that could be because I've not been looking and if I'm honest, I've only had a phone capable of reading them for a few months.
Time for a quick bit of ad-hoc analysis (Health Warning: NOT OFFICIAL FORRESTER RESEARCH !!!)
In order to give this mini research project some vague semblance of credibility, I have adopted the rigorous scientific approach that Mr. Featonby, my A-level physics teacher drilled into me many years ago . . .
My hypothesis is that retailers aren't using QR codes in the UK, and furthermore, the average shopper hasn't a clue what one is.
Posted by Martin Gill on April 6, 2011
ser·en·dip·i·ty /ˌsɛr ənˈdɪp ɪ ti/ –noun
1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
2. good fortune; luck: the serendipity of getting the first job she applied for.
Internet retailers have been struggling with a challenge since the first time a shopper clicked "Add to Cart," and so far I don't think anyone has really cracked it.
Recently we've had a number of discussions in our office (and more in the pub) about the difference between the online and offline shopping experiences, and the subject of online product discovery is one we can't seem to get to the bottom of. It appears that many retailers are in the same place, and despite their best efforts, online retailers just can't duplicate what we've termed serendipity.
That feeling of walking into your favorite bookshop and picking something up in a section you don't normally go into just because the cover leaps out at you.
The moment when you stumble across some unutterably stylish, drop dead gorgeous dress in the store you don't normally go into, but your friend dragged you protesting into.
That magic moment where you discover something.
Amazon has had a good go at it, and I confess I'm a huge fan of its "people like you buy stuff like this" functionality, but it does suffer from a major flaw. Like many of my Forrester colleagues, I use Amazon to buy a lot of gifts that I don't ask to have wrapped. So Amazon thinks I'm crazily into books on vintage fashion and Waybuloo toys. Well I'm not. But my wife and 2-year-old niece are. Go figure which one likes which. So I regularly receive invites to buy more books and toys I really don't want.
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The season's fifth snowboardcross of the 2010 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup just went down in Stoneham, Quebec, Canada. World Cup leaders Maelle Ricker (CAN) and Pierre Vaultier (FRA) brought home victory- The Frenchman also not only won his season's fourth race but also secured his career's second World Cup title with still two race to come.
The SBX podium at Stoneham
Ladies Men
1. Maelle Ricker (CAN) 1. Pierre Vaultier (FRA)
2. Helene Olafsen (NOR) 2. Graham Watanabe (USA)
3. Dominique Maltais (CAN) 3. Shaun Palmer (USA)
4. Sandra Frei (SUI) 4. Drew Neilson (CAN)
World Cup leaders Maelle Ricker and Pierre Vaultier take home victory in Snowboardcross race at Stoneham
Snowboard Cross World Cup leaders Maelle Ricker (CAN) and Pierre Vaultier (FRA) have impressively underlined in Stoneham why both are sitting on the top spot of the ranking. While Ricker (3,960 points) secured her season's third win in the fifth snowboard cross of the 2010 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup, Vaultier (4,800) celebrated his fourth win thus clinching his career's second World Cup title with still two competitions to come. In the ladies final, Ricker relegated reigning World Champion Helene Olafsen (NOR), her teammate Dominique Maltais and Switzerland's Sandra Frei to the second to fourth spot. On the men's side, US-American team riders Graham Watanabe and Shaun Palmer rounded out the podium as second and third while Drew Neilson (CAN) came in fourth.
Before the price ceremony took place, this season's dominating rider had successfully competed in the finals coming in first in a photo finish. Pierre Vaultier, who had – by his standards – "only" placed sixth in the time trials, got along with the course better and better as the race went on thus winning all of his knock-out heats. "It was a new experience for me not being one of the fastest. But I knew that I can ride this course and in the end, it's the race what counts and not the qualifiers" the 22-years-old said. It was Vaultier's third win in Stoneham which made him also joke around a bit: "Maybe they should name that course after me. But seriously, I really like this hill. It feels like home for me."
Due to his season's fourth win, his career's ninth, the Frenchman is a good bet for Gold at the up-coming Olympic Games. "Being one of the main aspirants for the title scares me a little bit as everybody will look at me. But I'm in a good shape and had a good season so far. I will focus on myself and trust in myself – even when this is pretty hard sometimes."
Watanabe secures Olympic spot
At the Winter Games in Vancouver, Vaultier will also meet Graham Watanabe who clinched his personal spot in the Olympic team of the US in the very last race. "I love this. Oh God, I'm so relieved. Now I finally can lean back, relax and have a good time. The stress is over" the 27-years-old expressed. But to secure his ticket, the Park City resident had to handle some ups and downs. In the probably most important race of his live, Watanabe goofed in his first time trial run yesterday being forced to make it to the top-32 in his second run – which he did by nailing the best qualification time. "I totally went for it except of the spot where I fell before. You can't race conservative in a team which is as strong as ours."
With the ticket to the Olympics to his belt, his photo finish defeat was OK for him: "Well, it's a bitter sweet pill. Of course it would have been great to take the win but I'm happy about my Olympic spot."
Maelle Ricker rides down on her own
While the men's final provided some enthralling head-to-head action until the finish line, the finals on the ladies' side were an easy task for Maelle Ricker who rode down the course alone after her contenders all went down. First of all, Olafsen crashed in turn three after she had some board contact with Dominique Maltais. But thereafter, the Norwegian took advantage of the misfortune of Maltais and Frei. In turn four, the Canadian cut the wrong edge and went into the fence and bounced back in the course – right in front of Frei who couldn't avoid the collision in which Maltais' board broke.
"It's nice to win but not when people are falling and probably get hurt" Ricker said after the final which was totally different compared to the ones the fourth ranked rider of the 2006 Winter Olympics was in before. "Normally, there is some noise of the boards behind you. But this time, there was just silence."
The LG Snowboard FIS World Cup continues tomorrow in Stoneham with a halfpipe contest.


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Conference to plan a pilot for an electronic physician portfolio
As personal health records are being developed for use by the public, there is growing interest among leaders in medicine to develop an electronic portfolio that will be a life-long record of a physician's education, training, and clinical practice. A surgeon, for example, would use a portfolio to record all the surgeries performed from residency training and practice, and outcomes of surgeries such as mortality and infection rate. This information will be used by licensing bodies, hospital credentialing committees and specialty boards that grant certification among others. In the future, the information may be used to provide transparent information to the public about physician performance. This grant provides support for a conference of physician leaders who are poised to build a common national framework and plan for a pilot physician portfolio. Sponsors and co-funders include the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Federation for State Medical Boards, and the National Board of Medical Examiners. These organizations collectively have responsibility for much of the medical education, training, assessment and regulatory oversight. Attendees will include representatives of medical specialty boards and societies. A white paper will be prepared after the conference that articulates the vision and road map for pilot implementation.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $28,000.00
Awarded on: 9/11/2007
Time frame: 10/1/2007 - 11/30/2007
Grant Number: 63070
National Board of Medical Examiners
3750 Market Street
Philadelphia, 19104-3102
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Article - Office of College Advancement
It's always green at Ohlone
By William Marshak. Photos by Rod Searcey.
Friday, November 18, 2011—Reprinted from Tri-City Voice.
Although many may believe that it is always a bit greener on the other side of the hill, Ohlone College emphatically rejects that thought. Ohlone College's Newark Campus is certified as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum, the highest rating possible for energy efficiency and sustainability by the U.S. Green Building Council. Measuring design, environmental quality and efficiency, Ohlone has claimed the pinnacle of this internationally-recognized certification system, but aspires to even greater accomplishments.
Partnering with Waste Management of Alameda County, the Environmental Sciences program on campus began on Tuesday, November 15 (America Recycles Day), to convert 2,200 square feet of campus land to an urban farming research laboratory using recycled landscaping products. Students and faculty will tend this regional test bed facility using WM EarthCare(tm) recycled landscaping products previously destined for landfill or landfill cover.
Thirty-six raised bed soil containers of recycled redwood lumber filled with a variety of growth media will allow practical research into their performance and suitability for urban farming. Preparation of the site included spreading a base layer of compost, covered by recycled burlap bags and another top coat of compost. Planter boxes were constructed, lined and filled with growth media.
Using locally sourced and produced 100% recycled compost and mulch, students will test soil blends for drainage, texture, PH, and nutrients. The test plots will expand upon the existing Bay-Friendly Landscaping, a prominent feature of the Ohlone College Newark Center. The campus already has a small urban farm; this learning laboratory will increase its growing space capacity by three-fold and produce additional crops for a local food pantry and students.
All materials for the Outdoor Learning and Research Lab were donated by Waste Management. Those interested in observing this experiment are invited to visit the Ohlone College Newark Campus at 39399 Cherry Street in Newark.
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Hacienda Mérida is an accessible hotel.
We have made the commitment and investment to allow everyone to enjoy the beauties of Ometepe and to participate in our mission for sustainable and responsible living. The restaurant/sitting area has ramped access as do the rooms on the second floor (even if you are not staying up here, the view of the lake is beautiful and it's a great place to read). For the day visitor or dorm user, there is a communal bathroom, shower, and sink designed for easy wheelchair use.


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Berlioz in London
Theatre Royal Covent Garden
This page is also available in French
In Berlioz's career in London, the name of Covent Garden is particularly associated with the failure of his opera Benvenuto Cellini on 25 June 1853. But before that Berlioz had been a frequent visitor to the opera house. For example in 1851 he attended there performances of Weber's Der Freischütz, Beethoven's Fidelio, and Mozart's Magic Flute, all of them in Italian, which was mandatory in that opera house at the time. He reviewed these performances at length in several feuilletons in the Journal des Débats in 1851 (respectively 31 May, 1 July and 12 August), and in the second article he also commented on the long-standing rivalry between Covent Garden (under its manager Frederick Gye) and Her Majesty's Theatre (under its manager Benjamin Lumley), a rivalry which subsequently played a part in the hostile reception given to Benvenuto Cellini in 1853. He also made critical remarks on London's dislike of rehearsals and the habit of the conductor Costa of adjusting the orchestration of works he performed. None of these articles were reproduced by Berlioz in 1852 when he devoted the 21st evening of the Soirées de l'orchestre to the musical life of London as he had experienced it in 1851.
Benvenuto Cellini in 1853
In 1853 Berlioz was invited back to London by Frederick Gye, the director of Covent Garden, to stage his Benvenuto Cellini at the opera house in Covent Garden (now the Royal Opera House). Benvenuto Cellini had just been successfully revived in Weimar by Liszt in 1852, and it seemed likely that the work, which had failed disastrously at the Paris Opéra in 1838, was set to enjoy a new life. The rehearsals had all gone very well and Berlioz was very pleased with his Cellini (Tamberlick), Teresa (Madame Jullienne) and Ascanio (Madame Didiée). The favourable response to the concert he gave on 30 May at Hanover Square Rooms was a good omen, and everything seemed to point to a great success. The opening night, on Saturday 25 June 1853, was thus keenly anticipated and brought together a distinguished gathering, including members of the royal family, princes from Germany, critics and music-lovers from London and abroad. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the blind King and the Queen of Hanover, and the Duke and Duchess of Gotha were among those present.
On the night, however, an organised body of opposition was determined to ruin the performance, though Berlioz claims that he had not been warned of this. In his correspondence Berlioz describes the disastrous occasion. First, in a letter dated 27 June to his staunch supporter Armand Bertin, the editor and proprietor of the influential Journal des Débats, he writes (Correspondance générale no. 1608, hereafter abbreviated to CG):
Yesterday Benvenuto fell at Covent Garden exactly as in Paris. The difference is that the opposition showed its hand in advance and so its plan was discovered. A society of Italians had organised themselves as early as last Thursday to bring the opera down; they even booed the overture to the Carnaval romain during its performance. Several pieces were nevertheless encored, among them the arias of Fieramosca and Ascanio, and the first overture, though because of its length I decided not to play it again. See the article in The Times, which is not an analysis of the work but a fairly accurate account of the evening.
Generally speaking the press is hostile to the score, and in my view the critics are off target as far as the music is concerned. I am criticised for excesses in my use of instruments which are not even there: for example the bass drum, which does not play a single note in the whole opera [not strictly true!]; the other criticisms are of the same kind. On the other hand there is a large number of very determined supporters; I was greeted on my entrance with prolonged applause and recalled for ten minutes at the end of the first act. But you can imagine that I had the good sense not to appear. […]
That same evening I withdrew the work, as I did not want to expose myself to the continuation of this Italian hostility, nor to that directed against Covent Garden by the people from Her Majesty's Theatre who have lost their jobs because of Lumley's bankruptcy, for which M. Gye is responsible. […]
And in another letter on the same day to the publisher Gemmy Brandus, Berlioz writes (CG no. 1609):
A formidable Italian army, organised for the last two weeks (though nobody had dared to warn me), came to cause mayhem during the whole evening of the 1st performance of Benvenuto. The actors were booed before they had even opened their mouth and the Carnaval romain overture was booed during its performance. With the exception of the Times and the Morning Herald the English press does not stigmatise this fact clearly enough, and is off target as far as the music is concerned. See the Times in particular.
[…] I am told that the Italian cabal intends to persevere with even greater fury if I carry on.
They are clamouring that Covent Garden is being invaded by foreigners. Because Mme Jullienne is French, Mme Didiée is French, Tagliafico is French, Zelger is Belgian, Formès is German, Stigelli is German, and they are appearing in a Frenchman's opera. They have also enlisted the support of Lumley's people, who have been dispossessed by Gye of Her Majesty's Theatre.
I will withdraw my work, and there is no room for hesitation. […]
The most detailed account of the performance itself comes from a letter of 10 July, just after his return to Paris, written by Berlioz to Liszt, a staunch champion of Benvenuto Cellini (CG no. 1617):
[…] In spite of this [uproar] I did not loose my self-control for one moment and did not make a single mistake in conducting, which rarely happens to me. With one exception my actors were excellent and the performance by the chorus and the orchestra was among the most brilliant one could imagine. […]
Tamberlick played and sang Benvenuto with the greatest nobility and warmth. He was particularly wonderful in his last aria: Sur les monts les plus sauvages and in the recitative where he points to the fiery statue emerging from its shattered mould and sings the Latin inscription:
which is indeed to be seen on the Perseus in Florence and which I make him fling in the face of his detractors in the last scene.
Fieramosca (Tagliafico) scored a great success, and the audience encored his aria in the second act, but the shouts of the cabal prevented me from repeating it.
The Ascanio was charming (Mme Didiée) and she was allowed to repeat her aria. Despite its complexity the grand finale on Piazza Colonna was performed to perfection and with great clarity. […]
It might be worth mentioning the reaction of Queen Victoria to the performance, which is known from an entry in her personal diary. In her opinion Benvenuto Cellini was 'one of the most unattractive and absurd operas I suppose any could ever have composed. […] There was not a particle of melody, merely disjoined and most confused sounds, producing a fearful noise. It could only be compared to the noise of dogs and cats!' (cited in Michael Rose, Berlioz Remembered [2001], p. 183).
Berlioz did conduct once again at Covent Garden, on 6 July 1855, but it was a purely orchestral concert. The composer's correspondence gives little evidence about this occasion (CG no. 1999). Apart from the two Berlioz pieces mentioned in this letter, the programme comprised Weber's Euryanthe overture, Italian arias, the quintet from Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Beethoven's Choral Fantasia for piano, chorus and orchestra, Ernst playing on the violin his Carnaval de Venise, and Rossini's Stabat Mater. It was the last concert Berlioz ever conducted in London.
The Covent Garden Theatre
Since its establishment in the 18th century the building has changed hands between various opera companies and also been rebuilt or redecorated a number of times. At the time Berlioz was in London for the Cellini performance the building was in its second reincarnation and had been occupied by the Royal Italian Opera since 1847. The company took up the lease and the architect Albano was engaged to make drastic structural alterations to turn the auditorium into the traditional Italian horseshoe-style opera house. The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, thus became the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. It opened on 6 April 1847 with Rossini's Semiramide, conducted by Michael Costa. Its repertoire consisted largely of Italian works and the foreign operas which were staged had to be performed in Italian. Berlioz's Cellini was translated into Italian too. The building Berlioz knew was burnt down in 1856. The third and present building was designed by Edward Barry and opened in 1858. In 1892, as Scholes (1947, p. 260) points out, "the word 'Italian' was dropped out of the title, a principle being now established of performing operas not in Italian but in their original language." In the mid-1990s the building underwent extensive refurbishment and restorations.
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The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2001
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The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2001
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The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden – Floral Hall in 2002
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The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2002
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The Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1810
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Auditorium of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1815
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Auditorium of the Royal Italian Opera Covent Garden in 1847
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This engraving, published in the Illustrated London News of 10 April 1847, shows the opening of the new Opera House with a performance of Rossini's Semiramide.
Auditorium of the Royal Italian Opera Covent Garden in 1847
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This engraving appeared in The Pictorial Times of 3 April
The Royal Italian Opera Covent Garden in 1850
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This engraving was published in Old and New London, volume 3, Chapter XXIX, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, 1878.
The Royal Italian Opera Covent Garden in 1854
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Burning of the Royal Italian Opera Covent Garden in 1856
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The Royal Italian Opera House, Covent Garden in 1858
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Auditorium of the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent Garden in 1858
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The Royal Italian Opera House, Covent Garden in 1861
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A couple of year's ago the opening keynote speaker at CES would normally be a pseudo tech celebrity at the helm of a well-known corporation like Microsoft or Hewlett Packard, however, this year's CES opening keynote came from Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs, a man your average tech enthusiast probably would recognise or have heard of. It's a stark example of how the tech landscape is changing under the sheer pressure of the explosion of post-PC mobile devices.
One company that has taken this new mobile world by storm has been Nvidia and their mobile Tegra chipset. The processor and GPU has found its way into some of the world's best selling Android devices, whether it's phones or tablets, over the years and 2013 looks like it could be company's the best year yet.
Before the crowds descended on Las Vegas, Nvidia held a CES pre-show press conference to showcase their latest Tegra 4 chipset. While there might not be any devices running the new chipset as yet, the Tegra 4 is brand-new quad-core processor, which comes with a whopping 72 graphic processing cores and based on the cortex A15 chip.
Billed by Nvidia as the world's fastest mobile processor, the Tegra 4 is expected to be lightning fast and will shrink the gap between traditional PC-based hardware acceleration and mobile graphics capabilities.
The chip comes with a new computational photography engine that makes taking photos even quicker, and the new engine will be built into the chip itself meaning all devices using the Tegra 4 will benefit.
At the moment we'll just have to wait patiently until the first Tegra 4-based devices arrive, but according to Nvidia it won't be that long as the company is also making its hardware debut at this year's CES with an Android-based handheld console running the new Tegra 4 chipset, called Project Shield.
Not to be confused with the classic cop show of the same name, the Shield will apparently be the first device to run the newly announced Tegra 4 chip. Essentially, the new handheld is a Xbox 360-style gamepad controller with a 5-inch OLED touchscreen attached and while it's not going to win any design awards it does look a lot more ergonomic than a Nintendo DS or PS Vita.
You'll find a D-pad, two analog sticks, four front facing buttons, 2 shoulder buttons, dual stereo speakers and all the other features and functions you'd find on a modern-day console controller. The display has been confirmed as a OLED multi-touch display, and is capable of 720p resolution with pixel density of 294.
The Shield will run a pure version of Google Android meaning users will be able to make use of the likes of Gmail and Android's Play Store – giving users a wealth for apps, games and media, as well as Nvidia's own TegraZone game store.
Battery life is reported to be as much as 5-10 hours of gaming or 24 hours of HD video playback via the Shield's 33Wh battery – there's also the welcome inclusion of a micro SD card slot, although Nvidia hasn't actually disclosed just how much internal storage the device has.
One interesting feature Nvidia unveiled is PC cross play over Wi-Fi. According to Nvidia you'll be able to play games from your Steam account, which works in a similar fashion to Sony's PS3/Vita Cross play – to get working you'll need Nvidia's GeForce GTX 650 graphics card and a Wi-Fi connection.
Even more impressive is the Shield is capable of outputting to an HDMI enabled TV so you can play games on the big screen and Nvidia even reckon Shield will be able to output at 4K resolutions.
Nvidia says that Project SHIELD will be out during the second quarter of 2013. No price has yet been confirmed.
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CAMBRIDGE, MA. — Tracing the cultural, political and demographic roots of audience disengagement and mistrust of the media, Bob Caloexamines the role of journalists in a new paper, "Disengaged: Elite Media in a Vernacular Nation." Calo researched and wrote the paper while a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.
According to Calo, the decline in the journalism business "started well before technology began to shred the conventions of the media." He warns fellow journalists: "If we fail to examine our part in the collapse of trust, no amount of digital re-imagining or niche marketing is going to restore our desired place in the public conversation."
Bob Calo is a Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley. He co-directs the video storytelling and reporting program there and is currently the executive editor of Richmond Confidential, one of three hyper-local news sites run by the school. In the 20 years before joining the faculty at Berkeley in 2001, Calo was a broadcast producer for NBC News in New York, a producer for the ABC News program "Prime Time Live" and a news and documentary producer at KQED-TV in San Francisco. In 2008, while on leave from Berkeley, he served as national coordinator for News21, the 12-university collaboration for innovative digital journalism sponsored by the Knight Foundation and Carnegie Corporation. He is currently the senior producer for "Sound Tracks," a PBS series in development about the intersection of music, culture and politics.


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Entrepreneur Matthew L. Brown has been known to slam on the brakes and come to a screeching halt on plenty of business deals over the years. Perhaps it was because the numbers didn't add up; perhaps the deal just didn't feel right. Whatever the reasons, walking away at the right time never hurt. In an industry that is constantly changing, the shrewd Queens-based businessman continues to burn rubber on the competition from coast to coast.
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At 68, Brown sits at the helm of Big Apple Tire Inc., one of the largest and most successful Black-owned tire maintenance service distributors in the New York metro. The company has been Brown's baby since 1986 and it has made him a millionaire a few times over. It was launched as a franchise of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron, Ohio. At the time, Brown had worked for the tire manufacturer for more than 20 years in various capacities, including as a field sales associate, district manager, marketing manager and senior vice president.
He rose to the top of the entrepreneurship world from humble beginnings in the tiny rural town of Demopolis, Ala., where he was one of a dozen children. Owning his own business was, perhaps, always his ultimate goal. "I've always been a businessman, even as a kid," he says in an exclusive interview with The Network Journal. "There's nothing like having your own business and making the decisions about how things should and should not be done."
Big Apple Tire currently employs about 50 people. While Brown is reluctant to divulge the company's current annual revenues, an interview with a national business publication in the late 1980s, reveals that the business saw annual revenues of $1.75 million in 1988.
Road to entrepreneurship
Brown says his journey to independence began in 1980, when he established Rubber City Capital Corp., a minority enterprise small business investment company, or MESBIC, for Goodyear. MESBICs are federally funded private venture capital firms licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide capital to minority-owned businesses. Rubber City Capital was designed to help attract more minority entrepreneurs to the Goodyear family as franchisees. "[Goodyear] started to realize the importance of diversity and attracting a wide array of clients and customers," Brown says.
However, the actual MESBIC program didn't get under way until 1985. Brown managed to obtain $50,000 in funding through the initiative and started Big Apple as a company-owned store. He eventually bought it for about $120,000. In 1989, what was then known as Big Apple Tire and Auto Service Center became Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s No. 1 franchise in the Mid-Atlantic region, selling more tires than any other single franchise store.
Brown is credited with pioneering the development of the Black-owned dealership, a business structure that continues to be a focal point and revenue generator for African-American entrepreneurs in the automotive industry. In the industry's current intensely competitive environment, one might say that Brown epitomizes the nimble player, some of whom are slowly slipping away from the traditional "Big Three" automakers—Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG—as foreign automakers and suppliers increase their stake in the U.S. market and as the nation's economic growth slows.
In these times, Brown says, a sound growth plan—such as investing in new equipment and technology—and a solid marketing strategy are crucial to success. "Equipment costs and advances in technology are all important factors in business. As the industry changes so does your business plan and marketing strategies," he says.
Industry changes
Several factors are impacting the survival of the tire industry's minority players, not the least of which is falling sales. According to a study earlier this year by the Rubber Manufacturers Association of America (RMA), a national trade association in Washington, D.C., total shipments of tires to distributors across the country will decrease by the end of the year, albeit by fewer than one million units. Original-equipment passenger tires alone are projected to decrease by 4.5 percent, to about 46.0 million from 48.2 million units in 2006. "Revisions to 2007 tire shipments reflect changes in the U.S. economic growth predictions for both the consumer and commercial sectors," says Dan Zielinski, the RMA's vice president of communications.
Equally significant is the predicted sharp decline in sales for wide base and on-highway commercial truck tires. Zielinski says those sales are expected to drop by about 30 percent this year, due in part to changes in environment protection regulations related to tires. The only category that is expected to experience a noticeable increase in sales is replacement tires for light trucks. That market segment will increase by 500,000 units to about 34 million by the end of the year. Zielinski says this is due in large part to consumer demand for light truck vehicles.
In addition to falling sales and new environment regulations, safety concerns also are influencing change in the tire industry. Zielinksi notes that more than half of the states earlier this year issued proclamations or statements to support the tire industry's efforts to promote safety and celebrate National Tire Safety Week in April. In the metro area, only New Jersey and Connecticut issued tire safety proclamations. New York was absent from the list this year.
The federal government estimates that nearly 700 fatalities and 33,000 injuries occur annually in automobile accidents that are attributed to under inflated tires. An RMA study shows that less than one-quarter of all motorists regularly or properly check the pressure of their tires. In addition, less than one-third can tell if a tire is bald (little or no tread on the tire.) "Proper tire care is essential to vehicle safety and optimum fuel economy," Zielinksi says. "We encourage people to take a few minutes each month to check the air pressure in their tires."
Adjusting to change
While the automotive services industry has indeed grown dramatically and seen many changes since Brown arrived on the scene more than 20 years ago, lucrative business opportunities still exist for entrepreneurs, he says. He makes this declaration despite the RMA's gloomy analyses and forecast for a slow rate of growth in the tire industry as a whole.
"There is still a need to service vehicles that are used by large corporations and growing industries such as telecommunications and transit services," Brown says. "The successful tire store must go beyond just selling tires. Great customer service keeps the door open every day." He should know, as the recipient of dozens of community and business service awards over the years, including the "Outstanding Minority Business Enterprise" award from the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority's Business Development Agency in 2003.
Brown offers this simple, yet cogent advice to other small minority business owners hoping to emulate his success: "Know the market—study it—examine trends and find a mentor," he says. "Be prepared to work long hours and never stop learning all that you can about the business."
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Emaar Properties PJSC, developer of the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai, advanced to the highest since May and Dubai Financial Market, the only Gulf Arab stock market to sell shares to the public, surged 5.3 percent. The DFM General Index jumped 2 percent to 1,568.88, the highest since May 31, at the 2 p.m. close in the emirate. The Bloomberg GCC 200 Index of Gulf stocks increased 0.7 percent.
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Samsung's new tablet, the Galaxy Tab S, takes direct aim at Apple's iPad line with 10.5-inch and 8.4-inch screens at a time when more consumers are questioning whether they need to buy a new tablet.
The popularity of the big-screened phones, including Samsung's Galaxy Note line, has slowed the growth of overall tablet sales. Analysts at IDC slashed their growth projection for the tablet market in 2014 to 19.4 percent from 23 percent. Meanwhile, the market for high-power, highly portable devices is about to get even tighter, according to a Monday Gartner report that says the PC market is set to grow this year, thanks in part to super-portable computers such as the MacBook Air, Dell Ultrabooks or the Microsoft Surface.
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In many ways, Samsung's smaller tablet actually outshone its iPad counterpart. Its lean, thin body is proportioned like a smartphone, which makes it easy for those who have Samsung smartphones too; it also has proportions that are a little more palm-friendly than the iPad mini. And it sports a fingerprint scanner that you can use to unlock the device and authenticate purchases made over PayPal. You can't remove the battery — that thinness is a tradeoff for something! — but the tablet does have a microSD card slot, so you don't have to worry about overflowing the memory.
While the hardware is pretty good, the Galaxy Tab S could use a little work on the software front.
Yes, there are some standout features. For example, the Galaxy Tab S devices are compatible with Samsung Knox —Samsung's security software that lets users separate their work data from their personal data — which should be a great selling point with business, and perhaps government, offices that are looking for devices that employees can tote with them. Users can also run multiple apps at once, offering multitasking options that Apple simply doesn't have.
But for all the power in the tablet, the software still hiccuped when running multiple apps — something that's a bit disappointing given that it packs a very high-powered processor. (An Exynos 5 Octa chip, for those who want to know.) Part of this may be because of Samsung's animation-heavy proprietary apps that come with the tablet, such as its Milk streaming music app and Papergarden magazine reader. Still, the software problems aren't enough to outweigh the overall quality of the tablets.
In fact, in many ways, these are the tablets that we've been waiting for from Samsung. The problem for the company, however, is that it may not be enough for it to win the tablet market. Samsung is steadily grabbing a larger portion of the world's consumer electronics market, it's seeing the most success with lower-end phones and tablets that simply don't make as much money, and analysts predict that the company will report its fourth-straight quarter of sliding profits this week.
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