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Danes the highest taxed in Europe, reveals Eurostat
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Denmark, Belgium and France are the highest taxed EU countries according to research by the bloc's statistical agency Eurostat.
The data in Eurostat's report on 'Taxation trends' in the EU, published on Monday (16 June), found that the Danish government collected tax worth 48.1 percent of economic output in 2012.
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At the other end of the scale, Lithuanians are the lowest taxed in Europe, with a burden worth 27.2 percent of output, closely followed by Bulgaria and Latvia.
Overall, the average tax-to-GDP ratio in the EU increased to 39.4 percent in 2012, slightly up from 38.8 percent the previous year. Eurostat says the rate continued to rise in 2013.
Tax levels have increased in each of the last three years, and are at their highest level since 2001. Twenty two of the EU's 28 countries recorded tax increases in 2012. Six countries - UK, Sweden, Slovakia, Romania, Portugal and Lithuania - saw a fall in their tax-to-GDP ratio with the largest single fall of 0.9percent in Portugal.
Income taxes make the largest single contribution to national tax revenues across the bloc, representing 51 percent of total revenues.
The EU continues to have some of the highest taxed countries in the world. Of the major OECD countries outside the bloc, only Norway, at 42 percent, has a higher tax burden. Meanwhile, the US, Canada and Japan have rates of 25 percent, 28 percent and 30 percent, respectively.
Countries in the north and west of Europe are known for combining high taxes with generous welfare and pension schemes.
For their part, the former eastern bloc countries which joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 orient their systems more towards low tax regimes, with five countries using a flat income tax system.
"Labour taxation is still too high," said EU taxation commissioner Algirdas Semeta in a statement. He added that environmental taxes were "under-used" in the EU, and that governments could cut their headline rates on VAT, the main EU tax on consumption.
Shifting taxation away from labour would "allow our businesses to regain competitiveness", he commented.
The commission is keen for governments to shift their tax regimes away from labour to environmental taxation, as well as higher levies on property and assets, which are easy to collect.
The value of property and assets has risen far quicker than incomes across Europe. However, consumption taxes on everyday items such as food, utility bills and petrol disproportionately hit people on lower wages.
Tax on property could be used to control booms in the housing market.
The commission has no powers to change national tax policies but has proposed reforms such as a tax on financial transactions set to be introduced by 11 member states, as well as revising the VAT system and promoting a common corporate tax base.


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Despite the Wide Awake singer's known love of rotating bras and skimpy costumes, it wasn't her raunchy on-stage outfits that got her into hot water but a seemingly innocuous incident with Australian cricketer Doug Bollinger.
According to The Sun, the complaint was launched in April when the star performed at the opening of India's cricket Premier League.
During her show the 24-year-old brought cricket pro Doug onstage to demonstrate the proper technique for swinging a bat.
While on stage he stood behind her and gripped her microphone, and the pair shared a little hip-shaking dance together.
The Sun report that this angered lawyer K. Jebakumar, who claims that their encounter was "obscene and lascivious" and "distracted students who were writing exams at the time."
As the lawyer has filed an indecency charge with the Madras High Court against the pair, an Indian court will hear the case and decide if Katy and Doug committed an offence under India's Indecent Representation of Woman Act.
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Edwin van der Sar is certain Robin van Persie will be a big success at Manchester United.
Van Persie turned to his former international colleague for advice prior to his summer move from Arsenal.
Already Van Persie has had a positive impact, scoring eight times in his first 11 appearances, including a memorable hat-trick at Southampton in August.
But Van der Sar is confident there is much more to come from the 29-year-old, who won last season's Premier League Golden Boot prize when he edged out Wayne Rooney.
"I am glad Van Persie is there," said Van der Sar.
"It is always nice when someone like that decides to go to the club.
"I spoke to him about it and I know it is the right place for him. He can really add something to the team.
"It was difficult for him at first because he didn't know if he was running into the right areas. But he has settled in very well.
"He is a great guy to have around. He works so hard on and off the pitch.
"I know there has been a focus on youth at United but he will improve the team."
Sir Alex Ferguson will want Van Persie in top form this weekend when United visit Chelsea in a top-of-the-table Premier League clash.
The Red Devils have not won a domestic game at Stamford Bridge since 2002 and despite Chelsea's surprise defeat at Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, Van der Sar is not expecting it to be any easier this time around.
"We didn't win at Chelsea too many times when I was at United and it won't be any easier this weekend," he said.
"They have changed their formation. They are more lively now and have more go-forward in their team.
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iPhone Unit Testing Toolkit
Posted on by Alon Salant in Mobile, Process
As we get in to developing iPhone/Touch applications at Carbon Five, we obviously want to bring over all our best agile practices including test driven development (TDD).
I've been bootstrapping with the beta version of the Pragmatic iPhone SDK Development book but was disappointed to find no discussion of unit testing for the iPhone. So I've been piecing it together as I go.
Unit testing in Objective-C is provided by the SenTestingKit framework that installs with XCode in /Developer/Library/Frameworks/. However it is not compatible with the iPhone SDK. The Google Toolbox for Mac provides an implementation of SenTestCase for the iPhone that I am using instead. The instructions provided on that page worked for me with one exception that I included as a comment on that page:
I followed the instructions above but was unable to see any messages in the console. I did not see the behavior described above as:
Your target should now build cleanly, and if you check the build log you should see something like: "Executed 0 tests, with 0 failures (0 unexpected) in 0.001 (0.001) seconds" at the end.
It turned out that I needed to set the base SDK in the inspector for my target to an iPhone simulator even though the Overview showed I was building for simulator debugging.
I created a 'Unit Tests' target per the GTM directions to run my tests. Now I am happily running my tests with command-B. One point that could be a problem when getting into continuous integration is that my Unit Tests target reports 'Build succeeded (1 error)' when a unit test fails instead of having the build actually fail.
I have not gotten into the "Advanced Stuff" described on that page.
The SenTestingKit assertion methods are pretty lame. They're verbose and require that you provide a string message for your expectation (e.g. STAssertEqualStrings(a1, a2, description, …)). We're using and like Hamcrest on many of our Java projects. I was psyched to see there is
an Objective-C implementation OCHamcrest.
There is no download available for Hamcrest Objective-C so I checked it out from SVN and built the framework product in Xcode for OS X 10.5/i386.
I struggled for a while to get the dependency on the hamcrest.framework build product into my project. I ended up with this solution:
- Create a 'Frameworks' folder in my project root
- Copy hamcrest.framework to Frameworks/
- In Xcode, right click on 'Frameworks' and 'Add existing framework…"
- Browse to the hamcrest.framework folder and add it, making sure to add it to my Unit Tests target only
- Right click on the Unit Tests target to add a new Copy Files Build Phase that copies to the Products directory and put that build phase early in the target steps
- Add hamcrest.framework to that build phase by dragging from Frameworks
- Include Hamcrest in your test class and you're good to go
#import "GTMSenTestCase.h" #define HC_SHORTHAND #import @interface ExampleWithAssertThat : SenTestCase @end @implementation ExampleWithAssertThat - (void) testUsingAssertThat { assertThat(@"xx", is(@"xx")); assertThat(@"yy", isNot(@"xx")); assertThat(@"i like cheese", containsString(@"cheese")); } @end
iPhone development requires a lot of mucking around with UI framework classes like UITableView, UIApplicationDelegate and so on. These classes have a lot of dependencies and are depended upon all over the place which can make it hard to get them under test.
Mock objects are a great solution to this problem and OCMock provides an implementation for Objective-C. In this case, the OCMock.framework provided in the OCMock binary release worked for me when installed in the same manner as described for Hamcrest above.
This example of testing [UIApplicationDelegate applicationDidFinishLaunching] illustrates its use pretty well. I have a simple test that creates a mock UITableView to asserts a cell is correctly created in [UITableViewController tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:]. It looks like:
#import "GTMSenTestCase.h" #define HC_SHORTHAND #import #import #import "SortedStateViewController.h" #import "Country.h" @interface SortedStateViewControllerTest : SenTestCase {} SortedStateViewController *controller; @end @implementation SortedStateViewControllerTest - (void) setUp { controller = [[SortedStateViewController alloc] init]; Country *country = [[Country alloc] init]; [country addState:@"New York" withPopulation:19306183 andArea:47213]; [country addState:@"California" withPopulation:36457549 andArea:155959]; controller.country = country; controller.key = @"population"; } - (void) testPopulatesCell { id tableView = [OCMockObject mockForClass:[UITableView class]]; [[tableView stub] dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:[OCMConstraint any]]; NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:(NSUInteger)0 inSection:(NSUInteger)0]; UITableViewCell *cell = [controller tableView:tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath]; assertThat(@"California", equalTo(cell.text)); } @end
Continuous Integration
So I'm pretty happy with where this is now. I'm working through the Pragmatic book TDD as I go. It's also have an ObjectiveCTest that I add assertions to as I play with features of the language.
Missing from this toolkit is a good continuous integration solution.
There is now a recently released Xcode builder for CruiseControl. However, we use Bamboo for CI for our Java and Ruby projects and are considering moving to TeamCity. It looks like there is an Xcode plugin for TeamCity and some attempts with Bamboo.
More on that later.
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We use Hudson for CI and Unitest++ with a custom reporter to do TDD. It all works rather nicely! If you're interested I could write up a post about it. E-mail me and let me know 🙂
Thanks for all this help. I'm just starting out Objective-C development, coming from a heavily TDD background, so this is invaluable. Thanks again.
The best information i have found exactly here. Keep going Thank you
You also may want to check out UISpec http://code.google.com/p/uispec/
It's an open source BDD gui testing framework being developed for the iphone.
This was a great walkthrough – all three libraries are going to become part of my standard project template.
It appears Apple added support for iPhone unit testing in May 2009:
Sounds like you've found Hamcrest to be superior to SenTestingKit because of its more terse syntax, but the convenience of an out-of-the-box solution is also appealing…
While you can now run SenTestingKit tests for iPhone apps I have not found that to be a viable solution yet.
Apple's logic tests can only run in the iPhone simuator and do not run within an app bundle. Application tests are run within an app bundle but currently run only on an actual device.
That combination really doesn't provide what I need for efficient, test driven development. I really want to be able to run my tests as part of my build process, quickly, and still be able to debug them on a device or assert that they interact with the rest of the application correctly. Currently GTM (and more recently GHUnit) seem to allow me to write tests more effectively.
As a final note, we're not replacing SenTestingKit with Hamcrest. We're using Hamcrest's functions and matchers for our assertions within our tests. Hamcrest and OCMock are useful tools within a test method but it's GTM or GHUnit that provides the base test class my tests extend and the framework to run those tests.
Hey Jason Citron,
I would be very interested in a post about how you use Hudson and Unitest++!!
I would also be interested in a write-up about using hudson with iphone builds. I have hudson running my iphone build targets but I am looking for a simple, reliable mechanism to publish build/test results.
Patrick, OCHamcrest works in conjunction with OCUnit (aka SenTestingKit). Hamcrest is not a testing framework per se, but a means of specifying expected matches. OCMock now supports OCHamcrest matchers.
You might also want to checkout Gorilla Logic's FoneMonkey, an open source record / playback testing tool for iPhone applications: http://www.gorillalogic.com/fonemonkey
Thanks for highlighting Hamcrest. I just released OCHamcrest 1.0, with full support for iOS development, and much, much easier to set up.
great post but i was wondering if i can user OCHamcrest 1.0 with teamcity??
In your post you talk about "I'm working through the Pragmatic book TDD as I go." Which book do you mean ?
With regards,
I believe that was intended to read as "I'm working my way through http://pragprog.com/book/amiphd/iphone-sdk-development (linked at the top of the post) implementing the exercises test first as I go."
The environment is taking some getting used to and it took me some time to get to a reasonable working environment.
Great article with very specific points about issues often
found in iPhone application projects. All of your points should be considered
when developing a testing strategy and plan. I'd add that a strategy often will consider some tech aspects like performance and unit testing along with disaster recovery, and data migration.
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Nike Designer Says Marty McFly's Power Laces Are Coming Soon!
By: Aj Mansour | KFAN.com
Last year Nike released a pair of shoes called the Nike Air MAG. The shoes were modeled after the futuristic shoes donned by Marty McFly in the hit film Back to the Future II. 1,500 pairs of the special edition shoes were developed and auctioned off on Ebay with proceed going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Pretty cool right? Well they're about to get even cooler!
While in design, the shoes appeared to be exact replicas of Marty's 21st century kicks, the functionality was lacking one thing...power laces.
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John Mellencamp, New Box Set Coming In December [VIDEO]
The music of John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett in the supernatural musical written by Stephen King, "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County' will be performed at The State Theater in Minneapolis on Halloween night. December 10th, 2013 look for John's new box set titled, 'John Mellencamp 1978-2012′ to be released. It will consist of all three John's, John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp and John Mellencamp a total of 19 albums over 35 years.
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The staff was very friendly and professional, amazing spa. The hotel and restaurants were very expensive.
Great Hotel for the price we paid. Staff were freindly, and we arrived to find a bottle of cava, which was nice given we got married that day. We ordered room service at 23.20 and it arrived an hour later stone cold!
The Bed [To Hard]
There were not to many people staying at the time and I was inpressed by the service and the staff.
Cleanliness, Attentiveness & Location It would have been better if the shop was open & the barber was present.
It's position right next to the sea. The price given for breakfast on the board by the restaurant was 50euros. Although our breakfast was included, and was very nice, this high price put us off having other meals at the hotel - where no menus or prices were displayed. We drove into Estepona instead!
The rooms were lovely with spectacular view, clean spacious and comfortable. The breakfast was exceptional, very good variety of foods and the service was superb. Will book again. I didn't pay for parking but was usually lucky to find a space close to the entrance.
The the location was the main reason for selecting this hotel no
It was too empty and without atmosphere also the room that I occupied was far to close to the piano bar area and I was unable to sleep due to the noise
The hotel staff were absolutely fantastic. After having my handbag stolen outside of the hotel they took care of my partner and myself with such care and compassion, as well as professionalism. Will return within the next few weeks hopefully
The staff went out of their way to help us with our enquiries. The room was of good size with an ocean view, & a view of Gibraltar. When we decided to stay for another night they matched the Bookings.com price. The hallway carpets desperately need to be replaced, or at least cleaned.
Good room, good views, helpful staff, and very clean hotel. Beds were very hard
Great sea view, large tarrace and access tp beach. Very good breakfast. Carpet requires replacement.
Relaxed comfortable hotel facilities, superb breakfast buffet. Very noisy swimming pool waterfalls near our room-daytime only but all day long. Charging for car parking unless you can find a space in front of hotel-no way in busy season. Unsafe to park elsewhere-we had our hire car tyres knifed whilst parked across the road. Use the hotel parking areas and get extra car insurance because you are not covered for tyre damage.
Fully deserves its four stars, and 9 out of 10 of the staff are extremely helpful and serviceminded. The pool area is spacious and there were never any problems getting sunchairs, whatever time on the day (end October). The food is good, and the buffet means that everyone finds food to their liking. The Piano-bar was at times undermanned when it was "invaded" by the "black ribbon all-inclusive gang".
pool, location, size coffee
Bus shuttle to golf course Food was very fair. Staff appear to not enjoy their job! The step out to the balcany would need to be painted/highlighted, it's very dangerous.
Large pool. relaxing lounge bar. Food pathetic - especially evening dinner. Bathroom not up to date. No tea facilities in bedroom. Very long walk to bedroom. No toiletories in bathroom.
Rooms could do with a coat of paint. No tea and coffee facilities in the room. Windsurfing equipment disapointing.
The rooms were really clean and a very good size Yes - the staff especially the buffet (evening) were very surly and unhelpful. The food was the worst I've ever tasted for 20 Euro's. The only choice of veg was sprouts and these were cold as were the fries which were completely tasteless
We liked the location of the resort and the activities they had to keep everyone entertained The hotel was built in 1964, and it needs alot of upgarding. Our room had a fould smell, the hotel in general had a old and mildew smell to it. Would not recommend it or stay there again
size of room very badly designed, ie finding way around, down to toilet roll holders jammed in against toilet seat.
All the rooms had a beautiful view and balcony. The nearness of the sea. Friendliness and efficiency of staff. Good food. Excellent breakfast. Nice pool, and other facilities. It was a bit worn out, e.g. the carpetibng in the room.
The staff was very friendly and helpful. The food was good. The shower equipment in the bathroom should be renovated
Nice family hotel and good food - expensive drinks 2.50 euro for small child drink - the games activities for children were very good The beds were too hard - couldn't sleep and the pillows too soft - please invest money in better mattresses for beds or have an alternative softer mattress - Childrens drinks are too expensive
The Wonderful Atmosphere and Friendliness of all the staff.
the friendly atmosphere and beautiful surroundings would have liked extre information about the beach
The staff were very courteous & helpfull. The breakfast & lunch meals were excellent. The main evening restaurant was not great value
Friendly staff and clean, comfortable room. Really good concierge service. Lovely pool area and gardens. Breakfast was good but evening food not really special. Housekeeping was spasmodic - bed not turned down 3 out of 5 evenings.
The rooms and food were excellent. Staff very accomodating No
very comfortable ,very relaxed ,staff great the cost ,it is just overpriced for the area,a small bottle of water is 4.50 plus tax ,
Hotel overall was comfortable and friendly View from the room was not good and as we have stayed with your group of hotels before thought we may have been given a better room
We can regret the absence of ironing facilities electric kettle poor kitchen ustencils
The hotel and facilities are excellent, the pool, apartment, restaurant and bar are all immaculately presented. The staff are all friendly and appear relaxed and hard working. The only critiscisms I would have would be the lack of appliances in the kitchen i.e a kettle, toaster and grill. Although a kettle was provided on request. Also the hot water was scalding hot and I would be wary of letting my children near the taps.
Great swiming pool. Restaurant (reasonable prices for take away (ie: pizza for 7,5 € and paella for 10 €). Cleaning of common area. Extra charge for room cleaning. Kids activities and entertainment (weak). Extra charge for parking (9€). Difficult to find parking inside the hotel/ free parking outside
Very clean and tidy, with helpful staff
comfort too cold in communal areas and food was of poor quality no hot water for shower 7.30am
the staff were very friendly and helpful,the hotel was a great starting point for our journey around southern spain.the directions to the hotel easy to follow. the outside pool needed to be heated (still to cold in may)
The setup and the location was great.
Excellent hotel, with excellent staff who were very helpful. The room size was super.
Mostly I liked the position of the hotel, the view and the personal who was vwery nice and helpful. The general feeling of a room not quite tidy, a litle bit dusty.
The standard of breakfast was not good value for money.You can buy better cheaper locally and we did
Not a very big hotel so not over crowded. Check in is too late (3pm).
Large rooms in good condition; clean; good value for the money. Helpful staff. Secluded, pleasant, shaded area around pool. All in all, an acceptable hotel at a reasonable rate. Excellent English speakers at front desk. Roadway access to hotel a little tricky off the A-7 if you're not paying attention. Hotel clearly visible from roadway with good signage, but you may not see it it time to make that exit; take next one (if east bound) you'll still get there. A-7 under construction several miles east of hotel with detours in place. Restaurants a little weak, breakfast just okay. Wi-Fi okay in many locations, but seemed deadly slow.
Very comfortable and nice to stay in.
Cleanliness The same paella was displayed too long (3 days) and had a sour taste by the 3rd day.
Good service, nice comfortable rooms, good pool Beach is very quiet and requires walking over stones to get into the sea which drops in depth very quickly - would not be safe for young children - no lifeguard. Despite being hotel residents a charge of 3 euro applied per bed. Hotel is a 15 euro taxi ride (each way) in the direction of either Estepona or Puerto Banus. No supermarket facility nearby and no outdoor seating area overlooking beach.
only few members of staff spoke english, main language in hotel is spanish and french
Beautiful hotel,nice rooms with seaview, free sunbeds on beach.Great staff..Very good breakfast buffet.
Very cold swimming pools
First visit to this resort and very impressed with size and quality of apartment and resort in general. I look forward to a return visit. No bad comments to make during our stay.
Good location, room and friendly staff. Restaurant shut without notice. Was told that I should self-cater in room using microwave and toaster plus sink.Provisions available at exhorbitant prices from shop next to reception. Italian restaurant within walking distance proved to be accessed via a dark, poorly lit foot path perfectly positioned for a mugging!!
the grounds and pool area were very good and the views outstanding car parking very good.in busier times could be a problem long way from Estepona.At dinner I could not have wine as there was nowhere to go locally without driving
Comfortable clean room. Excellent curteous staff. Food good. Sea/swimming pool view. Would use again
WE all thought this was a lovely hotel with beautiful scenery.
Fantastic hotel, good clean swimming pool, indoor pool and jacuzzi. Need a car to get to. Named el Paraiso for the sign posting.
Relaxing, excellent pool facilities,
the place is beutiful and the rooms are big and the brakefast was greath the dificulty of finding it
Another pleasant holiday, hotel, food, staff and location still perfect - keep up the good work. We will return again in March.
my view of the pool and sea.
swimming pool excellent ,but only used as a base. cooked breakfasts could have been hotter
it's peaceful setting
The surroundings - like an oasis. except for the traffic noise! marion was a perfect hostess so trying to please. We left some spectacles behind and she got in touch with my daughter to let us know. Just the difficulty in finding the place. A german group also took a very long time to locate it.
Nice individual hotel where each room has a different theme. Good to recommend for hanging out on the pool and relaxing. Many young international couples (around 25-35). It may be hard to arrive in the evenings or on weekends because then reception is not looked after - we waited 15 minutes to be let in and given our room. If the receptions is off working hours the cleaning leadies do not understand english and it might be difficult to communicate if you do not speak spanish. Also: it is further away from the beach as it looks in the pictures.
Chilled out at the pool - last few days in Andalucia after a hectic two weeks! Finding it from the A7 - the map is not accurate. Signs on the main road would help!
Helpful personal staff,peaceful empty gardens a real retreat. Exciting detail to the theme decoration of each room. A feeling of home from home. loved everything,would have found a hairdryer useful
The price was very good The place for the hotel
It was clean tidy, economical and suited my needs Directions to find it could have been better (tricky to find correct exit from main road in the dark
Central location for many of the tourist spots. From our point of view the plumbing in our room (104) needs upgrading and the room needed refurbishing due to damp. I think this was an exception as our friends room was in much better condition.
It was central for us as family live around the Diana area. The pool was good and kept clean. Breakfast was fairly good, always a good choice. rooms cleaned every day. As our room was on the main road it was very noisy from traffic.did get used to it after the first night. Air conditioning not up to standard for the temperatures in August
the breakfast and the friendly helpful staff the room did smell very musty and the tv was all spanish chanels
Nice rooms round pool. Good Breakfast. Secure parking uncomfortable beds!! Very difficult to google as map and address cannot be traced. (Easiest by looking for the hotel and then going over the satellite view. the hotel is straight off a motorway, but there is no noise, strangely!)
Stayed in October as a base for a business trip. A well located, clean & tidy 3 star hotel. Free wifi in the bar area, friendly staff, clean and comfortable rooms. A nice clean pool. Good friendly service from all the staff. Good location in terms of choice of resturrants and bars (excellent indian restaurant adjacent). Will definately stay again.
Reasonable breakfast Smokey smell in bedroom, burn marks on bath and bedside unit, Holes in bedcover
In general it was pleasant. However hotel reception staff was unfriendly, and we found a cockroach in our bathroom. The hotel staff however only stated that "it should not be there" without taking any further action or giving any compensation to us. Cockroach in bathroom.
Reception closing times did not allow us to contact them after 10pm
Peaceful place to go and chill, we just used the pool and paddle did not use the Spa. Very basic, TV was only in Spanish and buzzed, no sun loungers, no dvd player, no toiletries and no information of local places to visit.
Big, spacous apartment, fully equiped , nice piece of private garden with a view over the mountains and a golf course. Very helpful receptionist ( who understood without any comments that the appartment we originally received was not for us and exchanged it for a much better one next day). The numerous pleasent swimming pools, no trafic , not much visitors - late August/ beginning September . You must have a car to feel comfortable there, Estepona is much better then the rest of Costa del Sol. Only 60 km to the gorgeous Tarifa, Ronda, El Chorro. Definitly recommended.
its kind of houses more than rooms they have duplex and flates thats all the hotel was very far to city more than 45 minites by car and the reception cloe at 9 pm very cilent area
It was fantastic to hyave so much space, a kitchen with a dishwasher and numerous pools the kids could use. No
Quiet, clean, very well equipped, large apartment. Reception opening hours not great. Directions from Reception to partment were poor - difficult to locate exact apartment. Not enough beds around the pool.
Everything was excellent, from place to staff, etc. Close to beach although we had pool as well. 10 minutes by car to Estepona centre and June is great time to go due to less confusion...No problem with parking as resort has.
The apartment was large and clean, the pools were nice areas to relax, quiet and friendly. The apartments are a bit remote and a car is essential as there are no bars, restaurants or shops locally apart from at the resort.
Excellent Spa, spcious room, nice kitchen facility
Price, spa and the apartments where great (lots of space, two rooms, two bathrooms, cuisine well equipped) Location is not that good... need car to go everywhere. Internet is only available in the reception hall.


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How many of you reading this post realize what kinds of food are genetically modified? Rice, soybeans, sugar cane, tomatoes, corn, sweet corn, and canola are just some of the foods that are genetically modified; to see the complete list click on this link. The three biggest GM foods corn, soybeans and canola can be found in most grocery items at your local supermarket. If you don't believe me try reading the ingredients list on the back of a common food item you buy at the store. Unfortunately, most people don't realize that they consume some type of GM food each and every day. For those of us who are conscious shoppers and read labels to avoid certain ingredients like aspartame or MSG avoiding GM foods isn't as simple. Buying strictly organic isn't even a guarantee to completely avoid GM food since organic food can contain up to 5% GMOs by law.
"If people let government decide what foods they eat, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny. Thomas Jefferson
In a recent poll from the New York Times Opinion Pages 89% of the people questioned stated they wanted products with GMOs in them to be labeled. If so many Americans want GM foods to be labeled then why are food producers and regulators fighting to keep this from happening? Easy, they understand the concept of buyer choice and the power the consumers have to affect profits. If food was properly labeled with the GM ingredients it contained most Americans would be able to make an informed choice and probably avoid those items altogether. Profits would decline and company executives would suffer if we consumers chose not to put GMOs into our bodies. I know I must be heartless to even consider taking money from millionaires for the sake of my health. I just watched this documentary called "Poison on the Platter" and found out some alarming information when it comes to the United States, compared to other countries, stance on GM food. Please take a moment to watch the videos below and visit the links I have provided to become more aware of the GM food crisis.
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Fresh Video Series: A New Generation of Bar CodesBy
Our ongoing series Fresh profiles standout startups before they become household names. Now we're adding videos of some of the featured entrepreneurs to the mix. Catch the latest in the posts in this new section of our blog. And if you know of a great example in your area, use this form to make a suggestion. We'll follow up on the best.
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It was a bottle of Hungry Jack that gave Jon Cameron the idea for a new generation of bar codes. The 43-year-old chief executive of Pop! Technology was microwaving the syrup and noticed the label came with temperature-sensitive ink that changed color to tell when the bottle's contents had warmed enough for use. He thought, why not apply that ink to universal product codes? Pop—the name refers to "point of placement"—prints a temperature-sensitive tag next to the regular UPC. This extra code can be reversible, changing color based on the temperature of the product at the time being, like that Hungry Jack bottle. Or it can be irreversible, changing only once in response to some temperature increase or decrease. With irreversible ink, mishandling of perishable products including chicken and medicines becomes much easier to detect: Once the product has been exposed to unsuitable temperatures, the color acts as an alert.
Though Cameron secured the patent for Pop's technology in 1999, Pop was only formed in 2004. Now that the company is finishing up beta testing, though, he says clients are a-calling. Cameron has already secured $1 million in funding, with another million on the way. He says Pop will make roughly $1.2 million this year, with projections of $5 million by 2009. With that revenue Cameron plans to expand his operation from three employees (including himself) to four sales teams, turning up the heat—and perhaps changing the color of Pop's own UPC, too.
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text: The court in the Aaron Hernandez case made 104 pages of documents available to the public. They also included photos. One of the photos shown above is of Aaron Hernandez, in his house, just minutes after the murder holding a gun in his hand. The photo comes from video taken by his own cameras. I thought he destroyed them all. I guess he missed a couple or they managed to repair what he thought he destroyed. Now, with his history of guns, he could just like to walk around the house with a gun in his hand, but it does seem really coincidental that just a few minutes after a murder of which he is accused that he has a gun in his hands as he comes from outside.


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Follow the Zips in local and national publications with "In The News," updated regularly with links to stories about Zips Athletics, the University and Mid-American Conference.
In the News Archive:
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | January 2017 | February 2017 | March 2017 | April 2017 | May 2017
University of Akron Zips blog (Ohio.com / Akron Beacon Journal)
Cleveland Plain Dealer College Sports (Cleveland.com)
Friday, June 23
TRACK: Three Zips get ready for Outdoor Championships. Read the full story in the Akron Beacon Journal.
General: Hustle Belt Hall of Fame Voting: Akron Zips, Which two nominees make the hallowed halls? YOU decide! Details at SB Nation's HustleBelt.com.
FB: In The News & Observer, Akron's associate head football coach and defensive coordinator Chuck Amato: I'm proud of what I did at NC State.
Wednesday, June 21
TRACK: USA Men's 800m Preview: The NCAA Final We Never Got To See. Read the full story at FloTrack.com.
Monday, June 19
FB: The Zips rank No. 109 in Athlon's Top 130 for 2017. Read the full preview at AthlonSports.com.
General: In the Akron Beacon Journal, Second consecutive Reese Trophy solidifies Zips as top men's athletic program.
Thursday, June 15
TRACK: University of Akron sophomore Matt Ludwig follows in footsteps of former Zips great Shawn Barber as NCAA pole vault champion. Read the full story in the Akron Beacon Journal.
Tuesday, June 13
TRACK: Legend Alert: Clayton Murphy Trying to Become First Man in 84 Years to Win 800 & 1500 at USAs. Read the full story at LetsRun.com.
Monday, June 12
TRACK: University of Akron's Matthew Ludwig wins national title in men's pole vault. Read the full stories in the Akron Beacon Journal, The News-Herald, and Canton Repository.
MBB: In the Cleveland Plain Dealer, How Chris Holtmann is like Thad Matta, from a coach who knows both well.
MTRACK: Two Zips earn All-America honors with fifth-place finishes at NCAA track and field championships. Read the full story from the Akron Beacon Journal.
Wednesday, June 8
DeAndre Yedlin's very good year with Newcastle United could also spark USMNT. Read the full story in The Washington Post.
University of Akron's Matthew Ludwig wins national title in men's pole vault. Details at Ohio.com.
Tuesday, June 6
GENERAL: Hustle Belt Hall of Fame Nominations: Akron Zips. Read the full story at SB Nation's HustleBelt.com.
Monday, June 5
FB: Former University of Akron standout Jerome Lane Jr. signs with New York Giants. Read the full story in the Akron Beacon Journal.
TRACK: University of Akron places 23 athletes on Academic All-MAC track teams. Details at Ohio.com.
SWIM: Jennah Haney Named Assistant Coach at Akron. Read rthe full story at SwimSwam.com.
Friday, June 2
General: University of Akron's Brad Ruhaak and Hannah Plybon earn Medal of Excellence honors. Read the full story in the Akron Beacon Journal.
FB: Jerome Lane, receiver from Akron, added to Giants' roster. Details at the New York Post and Newsday.com.
TRACK: In the News-Herald, Akron pole vaulter Matt Ludwig of Lake Catholic eyes NCAA title at D-I meet.


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Mormons… Challenge Accepted
Quote of the Moment: Freudian Slip?
From an ABC News story about the Perry vs. Romney controversy. Pastor Robert Jefferies siding with the Evangelical Perry over the Mormon Romney ... sorta ..."Do we want a candidate who is skilled in rhetoric or one who is skilled in leadership? Do we want a candidate who is a conservative out of convenience or one who is a conservative out of deep conviction?" Jeffress said. "Do we want a candidate who is a good, moral person — or one who is a born-again follower of the lord Jesus Christ? … [Read more...]
Even Joseph Smith Talked Like a Pirate
Some folks on the Ex-mormon forum mentioned a connection between Captain William Kidd and Joseph Smith. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense: Smith was a treasure seeker, using his peep-stones as divining tools, and Kidd is the most famous pirate to have ever buried treasure.Searching a bit, I found this bit on Wikipedia's entry on the Angel Moroni:Some scholars have theorized that Smith became familiar with the name "Moroni" through his study of the treasure-hunting stories of Captain … [Read more...]
Warren Jeffs Convicted
Warren Jeffs, the leader of the splinter sect of Mormonism called the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, has been convicted of sexually assaulting the young girls who had been "spiritually married" to him. Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison.During the trial, Jeffs behaved about the way you'd expect him to. He fired his high-profile defense team and represented himself, reminding us all about the lawyers who have a fool for a client. He also tried several times to get the judge … [Read more...]
Sister Wives
From CNN's Belief Blog, I see that there's a new constitutional test on the horizon. I guess it shouldn't surprise us that this one involves the stars of a reality TV show:Kody Brown and his four wives - the stars of the reality TV show "Sister Wives" - will soon be the subjects of another real-life drama, this one at the federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah.The Browns plan to challenge the state's anti-bigamy statute Wednesday, when attorney Jonathan Turley files a complaint on behalf of … [Read more...]


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To booze or not to booze . . .
I usually avoid newspaper articles about the dangers of alcohol consumption.
I don't mind the one's about teenage binge-ing. These tend to prompt a few minutes thought along the lines of: if we hadn't put all our energies for the last twenty years into trying to keep the young off cigarettes and Class C recreational pharmaceuticals, then maybe they wouldn't be going out to get slaughtered every Friday night. The kids have got to do something transgressive after all.
In the same vein I have some sympathy with the Moslem parents who opposed the 'smoking in public places' ban. Given that their children weren't allowed to drink alcohol, there ought to be something a bit wicked they could go and do while they sipped their orange juice, without having to stand outside in the cold and rain.
It's the doom-laden articles about middle-aged, middle-class women hitting the Sauvignon Blanc after a hard day in the office that I prefer to avoid.
These usually contain one of those self-help checklists – where answering 'yes' to more than two of the questions is supposed to indicate that you are already on the primrose path to fully fledged alcoholism.
Do you look forward to a drink in the evening?
Do you ever drink alone?
Have you had a hangover in the last 12 months?
And so on, with a range of questions a good half of which are what we classicists would call nonne? questions – that is to say, they expect the answer 'yes'.
But this weekend, being entirely off the booze for Lent, I read all the anti-drink tirades (there's a couple in the papers most Sundays) with a nicely clear conscience. Not just the ones about the women drinkers, but the sad little pieces about how 24 hour pub opening has failed -- surprise, surprise – to turn chilly Britain into a Mediterranean café culture.
Long term readers of this blog, with good memories, may recall that this is not my first attempt at taking forty days and forty nights off the bottle. Last year I had a pretty good go at it, but with a get-out clause: namely, I allowed myself to drink "abroad" (and abroad started the far side of security at the airport and included the Irish embassy).
The same get-out clause operates this year, but I'm not actually going away anywhere. So this time it really is wall-to-wall ginger beer. And just like last year, I am so far -- almost three weeks in -- feeling no different than when I was enjoying a glass or two of wine of an evening. No better and certainly no thinner (though I cant speak, of course, for my liver).
Reading them now in my confident state of abstinence, I sense something missing from all these well-meaning articles, and something a bit out of proportion. Of course some of the stories they tell are shocking: people dying of cirrhosis in their thirties can only be very bad news indeed. But, at the same time, this unmitigated finger-wagging is never going to hit the target.
Because the bottom line is that – while there are both sad and bad reasons for drinking, and some tragedies in its wake – for the last 8000 years alcohol has, on balance, provided more pleasure than pain. It tastes nice, it oils the social wheels, it helps you put the screaming toddlers to bed without resorting to violence, and it hasn't yet brought any civilisation to its knees. As drugs go, it's really not got such a bad track record.
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Now into the second quarter of 2011, General Motors announced last month it sold 608 Chevrolet Volts in March and had delivered about half of the demos intended for 595 participating Volt launch dealers.
Several stories have spun it positively, saying 608 more than doubles 321 sold in January plus 281 in February. But reports also mention Chevrolet's year-over-year sales increased 11 percent, thanks in part to a 54-percent spike in new model sales numbering in the tens of thousands.
So what is the true picture for the Volt? Is it doing well? Just alright? Is there cause for concern?
According to GM spokesman Rob Peterson, any doubtful conjecture would be misinformed.
Since its launch last year, the Volt has received lots of attention. Here students and faculty at the Detroit International Academy celebrate $10,000 given from the $225,000 sale of Volt number 1.
"We're right on target," Peterson said, "Our sales target for 2011 is we're going to build 10,000 units, and our expectation is we will sell every one of those 10,000 units."
First off, only seven states are initially selling the Volt. This will increase to all states by year's end. An ostensibly slow start has no one at GM caught by surprise, even if reporters and others may wonder.
"Many other people will look at the raw numbers and try and either extrapolate that we're going to come short for 10,000 units, or they're just going to take the raw numbers and say it's not a success," Peterson said, "And I don't buy that, I think it's a short-sighted analysis. We're 100-percent confident that we're going to get there."
In fact, Chevrolet will sell more than 10,000 Volts for 2011. GM will actually build 15,000 Volts at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant this year. And while we're on the topic, next year it won't build 45,000, it will build 60,000.
This is not an announcement of new production increases, however. The extra production is for European and other foreign customers who next year and the year following will take up the extra units comprised of Volts, Vauxhall Amperas and Opel Amperas.
Matt Stehouwer is pictured with his Volt in March in Lansing, Mich. He said he was getting 62-miles-per-gallon after 1,500 miles driven, including a trip to New York, where he bought the car.
How did GM decide on these numbers? It carefully calculated the initial roll out based on a few factors, Peterson said.
"You've got a couple different things. You are going to have to manage your supply chain and you have to manage your customer experience. And the two of them go and in hand," he said. "They all lead to having a high-quality launch. Our internal calculus came up with this target of 10,000 units [plus 5,000] and deemed it the appropriate level at which we can build them at the quality and manage the customer experience."
First things first, is a deliberate process of training service personnel, sales, and monitoring initial customer feedback, Peterson said.
"It's a very gradual, measured approach," Peterson said, "it's the way all vehicles get launched."
Also, going forward through 2011, don't expect to see 12 months neatly divided into the number of units projected, he added, or even a consistent progression. Peterson already predicted April's sales numbers may look lower.
"There are months in which we have more production not going to retail and April happens to be one of those months," Peterson said. "We will be billing out the remaining demonstrator vehicles for the dealers. And so we'll be earmarking a large portion of our production to hit dealer demonstrators rather than going to retail. So you might see a retail sales dip in the month of April."
So you read it here first. The Volt already was the brunt of several April Fool's jokes. If April's sales are low, don't let an after-the-fact April fools lark concern you.
Vanessa Branch poses with the Volt on the green carpet of Global Green USA's 2011 Pre-Oscar Party in Hollywood.
If sales this month are lower, it will have "nothing to do with lack of demand and everything to do with lack of supply," Peterson said. "If anything right now we're supply constraining."
GM's emphasis now is on getting more people in dealer demonstrator drives, he said. As mentioned yesterday by GM's legal VP Mike Robinson, Peterson confirmed the Volt has become a public relations tool par excellence.
"So many people are intrigued by the Volt and they want to drive it. We're confident that as soon as they get in the car, and experience the car, they'll recognize the beauty of the car, Peterson said, "Many people who are buying Volts today have never been in a Chevrolet dealership before, or don't even own a Chevrolet or don't own a GM product. So we're drawing new people in to dealerships with this product."
Papers around the country are featuring these kinds of human interest stories – from senators to everyday citizens drawn to the new electric- and gasoline-powered curiosity by Chevrolet.
"We've heard countless stories from dealers" said Peterson, mentioning one of a dealer who brought a Volt back to Atlanta. Once parked in the showroom, it was "immediately seen with flocks of people coming into the dealership to see the Chevrolet Volt and possibly get a test drive. So those dealer demos play a very important marketing role for the entire Chevrolet dealership network."
James Brazell, stands by his new Volt. He took delivery in February, but the retired oil company executive deserves mention for having placed his deposit on the oil-beating technology in 2008.
After its deliberate and careful first year, GM does plan to ramp up Volt production. With 45,000 Volt sales planned for 2012, the U.S. is to get the lion's share out of 60,000 Volts and Amperas.
Although Europe has shown itself most ready to embrace electric mobility, we were not able to ascertain why more Volts and Amperas are not projected to be delivered there.
Nor did Peterson confirm any plans to build the car in Europe – or China – at this time. Other reports have said the former is probable, and Chinese production could be possible.
But for the time being, the Volt is made in the U.S.A., and being exported only.
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When you follow the market insights industry as closely as I do, it's easy to get submerged in the doom and gloom of our role. Of course, there are great presentations and case studies at conferences on emerging methodologies, and we have the awards ceremonies — like Esomar's Young Researcher of the Year or the AMA 4 under 40 — that highlight the talent in our industry. But in many cases it feels a bit like an in-crowd to me — like we're the last of the Mohicans.
But I've come to realize that market research is still a very interesting profession for many (young) people, who see it as a great career and put their heart and soul into it. I've been hiring market insights professionals for my team for close to a year now: first a senior analyst, then a junior position, and finally two consumer insights analysts (one of which is still open). And it has been a great experience!
I've met a lot of smart people and I've been impressed not only by the candidates' passion for data and how to link it to business issues, but also with the type of projects they have been working on at their organizations and their interest in new ways of doing research. Most of these projects never get presented as case studies at conferences, and not many people are sharing this knowledge via social media (yet), but the hiring process has left me with a good feeling about the state of our industry. There are plenty of smart young people out there that love doing market research and are very good at it!
Now, the question that remains is: How can we get these people share their experiences in the public domain?
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In a perfect coincience of timing, Reineke, our cover story for September is a round table discussions with six graduates who have only recently joined the industry, talking about how they came into the business, what they love about it and where they see it going.
We'll have it online at research-live.com on 5 September.
Having spent an hour and a half in their company I was very impressed with their intelligence and interest in what they do and how they are driven by the knowledge that their work can make a difference to companies.
I'd say the future is bright.
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Reineke: Far from "the last of the Mohicans" – it seems like this profession is branching out in new and interesting ways. In fact, this recent article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44108741/ns/business-school_inc_/#.TlLTE6hHIfV on obscure graduate degrees (with research roots) popped up on MSNBC just the other day! Perhaps some of these programs may provide a path to some of the insights you're seeking?
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They say things are bigger in Texas, and apparently it's true. The state may suffer a whopping $6 million loss if Planned Parenthood clinics are no longer part of the Women's Health Program, and tens of thousands of women could be without care.
That's the word from a George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services report that analyzed the fallout from a Republican-led plan to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state's Women's Health Program. The program, a family planning and health system that started in 2005, is run under a waiver from Medicaid and serves about 100,000-plus low-income women.
"In a broader perspective, it's a little sad to me that not very long ago, there had been a political compromise about family planning a birth control services, with conservatives and liberals agreeing that it was a good thing to help women take control of their reproductive choices and also decrease the need for abortions," Leighton Lu, director of the school's Center for Health Policy Research told TakePart.
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"Within the year that social contract has appeared to unravel, and there have been stronger attacks on family planning and birth control. I thought this was something everyone could agree on."
The Women's Health Program offers birth control and basic screenings for illnesses such as diabetes and cancer. It has always excluded institutions that offer abortions, and the Planned Parenthood clinics that were part of the program didn't provide them, so they were allowed in.
But according to the Austin American-Statesman, in February of this year state officials made a new rule saying that healthcare providers that were even associated with organizations that provided or promoted abortions were to be excluded.
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Lu and his co-authors wrote that if Planned Parenthood were out of the picture, the remaining clinics in the program would have to absorb "a massive increase in WHP patients in order to maintain the overall 2011 caseload level." In some instances, they added, providers would need to expand 250 percent to accommodate the overflow.
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"The state has increased the Women's Health Program doctors and clinics by 500 since this spring and continues to add even more to the program," Dr. Kyle Janek, the Texas Health and Human Services executive commissioner told the Statesman. "We're confident that we'll be able to provide women with access to family planning services."
The new policy could go into effect in weeks, or it could be delayed in the courts. Regardless, Lu says the situation will no doubt be watched closely by other states considering a similar move, or those that may be trying to prevent one from happening.
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I remember I once wrote a profile of Robert Prechter, the apostle of the "Eliot Wave Theory," which believed that many things in life—including the stock market—ran in cycles, and you just had to figure out the rhythms of each cycle to profit from them. I told my editor at the time that Prechter believed that history repeated itself, and the editor said, "Humph. It's a limited menu, isn't it?"
So if past is prologue, then we should look to the past experiences of regions that have suffered housing collapses to understand what some bubble markets have ahead of them. Scott Burns, a financial columnist for the Houston Chronicle, offers a nice retrospective of the effect that the S&L crisis and oil bust had on the Houston housing market…
You can read the details for yourself, but Burns' conclusion is this:
The Texas template tells us we could be in for a 14 percent to 25 percent decline and an eight-year to 14-year wait for recovery. That's real history. It's not hyperventilation from the Chicken Little chorus.


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I love using red lentils in slow cooked dishes, and this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato and Red Lentil Curry from Hello Little House sounds like it would be a great savory dish. The recipe uses curry paste, onion, ginger, and chicken stock to add flavor, and if you subbed vegetable stock and skip the Greek yogurt, this could be vegan. Either way, I think it sounds great for Meatless Monday!
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