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This device does not work out of the box with Backtrack. I am unable to get it working at this point. I think i'm close but i lack complete experience with the CLI, installation and linux module understandings.
I have the Hawking 150N USB dish antenna.
It uses a netr28u.inf driver in windows. I'll recap what i've done with it so far. THe driver is made by a company call Ralink TEchnology. the device uses the RT2870/2770 driver for linux(from their page)
1) i installed it with ndiswrapper. but i read on the HCL Wireless page that ndiswrapper does not support injection.
i typed in shell
#ndiswrapper -i "path to file"
this installed the driver correctly, but i dont know how to put the driver on my interface, or how to start the module. i dont know what the module name is.
2) i searched around to see if there was a linux driver. i found one on opendrivers.com
I downloaded a tar.bz2 file. when i try to install, i get error messages. i've tried to install 2 ways. i read a wiki install page and tried it by
and it didn't work.
then i tried
#make install
more errors, still nothing.
then i tried ./configure and nothing happerns, tells me bad commad and directories are missing.
after much trouble shooting i used a lifeline and called up my networking compadre(he's at work right now). He told me i may need to create a persistent directory, and then try the install and it would work.
can anyone shed light on this? Thank you all for help in advance.
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Thread: Anyone remember the 1977 season?
12-17-2012, 10:44 PM #14Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Anyone remember the 1977 season?
It was a fumble....
Here is 20min NFL Films highlight show of the 77 Colts/Pats game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ1fQc7roYY
Its probably my 1st football memory --- really foggy (was only almost 6 at the time). I remember this game, Ghost to the Post, and the 78 MNF Joe Washington game against the Pats. My only good Colts memories (I guess Ghost to the Post wasnt a great result, but I was excited listening to it on the radio with my Dad)
My Colts experience was bad teams (78-83) without really any hope for success. Some of these Ravens fans should remember that time and be pretty damn thankfully that this 5years of Ravens playoff football is pretty damn special.
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Re: Anyone remember the 1977 season?
Even when the Ravens lose it's an adventure and a hell of a lot better than 12 years of Sundays w/o pro football.
I usually took a nap-l0l.
12-18-2012, 12:00 AM #16Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: Anyone remember the 1977 season?
Just watched the 20 min video of this game. Was this game televised because I think I may have watched it. I had to be 8 years old at the time
Re: Anyone remember the 1977 season?Talk's cheap - lets go play. - #19, Johnny Unitas
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Re: Anyone remember the 1977 season?
Biggest difference in football then and now is the QB's are allowed to get away with grounding now, not back then. That has really changed the game moreso than any rule. When football was football.
Oddly enough Marchibroda brought Baltimore good luck, he was kept by Pittsburgh and then they released Unitas then we scooped him up.
Football coaches are far from rocket scientists.
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Re: Anyone remember the 1977 season?
My Colts experience was bad teams (78-83) without really any hope for success. Some of these Ravens fans should remember that time and be pretty damn thankfully that this 5years of Ravens playoff football is pretty damn special.
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Re: Anyone remember the 1977 season?
Couldn't get to the game; my family had gone to the UK for a couple of weeks, and so we found ourselves in London. Turns out our rental flat had a radio which could pick up the broadcast. (Would there have been a broadcast on Short Wave, or could AM radio make it across the Atlantic? My hazy memory tells me there was a SW broadcast of NFL playoff games...) So my father and I sat in a room above a cheap Hampstead bakery, following the game.
Unhappy we lost, but happy we could tune in.
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Re: Anyone remember the 1977 season?
at that time helped if the Colts lost the game. Rules were later changed. Will go back and research it but that loss stays in mind because the blocked punt was odd looking... Yes I was at that game. Started going regularly as a season ticket holder to all Colts' games in 1964! Now with the Ravens since their beginning! Thanks for the memories.
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Re: Anyone remember the 1977 season?
I didn't understand the Xs and Os but knew the main objectives of the game.
As far as goal posts, a neighbor had one sticking up in his back yard in Govans. That was in 1960 during a game with the Lions.
Colts were going for their 3rd straight championhip but played a game in Chicago. We won but they beat us up so bad they knocked us out of the PO pic, just like Ravens did to Pissburgh just now. They won but haven't won a game since after Ravens beat them up-lol.
Anyway, Colts just had to win 1 of 4 games in 1960. The last game was vs Lions and a journeyman QB named Earl Morrall, later of SB 3 and SB 5 fame with the Colts.
Unitas brought the team back with an incredible last min patented TD and the place went nuts. Everyone stormed on the field and it took about 30 mins for the cops to clear the field. Can you see that happening today-lol.
There was enough time for the kickoff and 1 play.
Morrall got the ball and threw a short pass and the receiver ran 80 yds for the TD and win and that was the beginning of a bad decade for the Colts culminating with SB 3 with 1965 in between and Matte as the instant QB. We finished tied with GB with a 10-1-1 record with Matte as the QB. There was a game in GB won by them on a phony FG. Even their kicked kicked the dirt knowing he missed. Then he heard the crowds yelling and saw the refs calling it good.
The Colts protested the kick but to no avail of course. John Steadman had a pic of the kick and was going to publish it in the old News American. The Commish, Pete Rozelle asked him not to. Thirty years later he put the pic in his book FROM COLTS TO RAVENS and there it was a good 10 ft wide but Refs called it good.
Back to the Morrall TD, there were still fans on top of the goal posts pulling them down and there were still fans on the field.
I as one of them with my dad and uncles and one of those posts ended up down the alley-lol.
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Natural Ways to Help with Nappy Rash
At some point most babies suffer from nappy rash. This topic often comes up on our forum and members share their experiences at dealing with this rash; in this post I have gathered together some of the wonderful words of wisdom of our forum mums and dads.
Nappy rash occurs when urine and poo interact. It is a red rash that is sometimes a bit spotty in appearance, which occurs in the creases near the babies genitals and bottom. The best way to prevent nappy rash from occurring in the first place is to change your baby's nappy frequently and straight after every poo. You should also clean your baby's bottom and genital area thoroughly (cooled warm water and cotton wool is best for sensitive baby skin) and allow it to dry properly before you put a new nappy on.
Some mums recommend soaking cloth wipes in chamomile tea to use to clean a sore baby's bottom.
It is good to let your baby have some 'nappy free time' each day to allow plenty of oxygen to get to their bottom. You could lay your baby on a thick towel for half an hour each day and let him have a good kick around.
You only need to bath your baby every other day and newborn babies can be bathed less frequently than this. Try putting a tablespoon of oatmeal into your baby's bath to help sooth their skin.
If the rash gets worse and does not clear up after 3 days, or if you are ever unsure if it is actually nappy rash, then you should get it checked with your healthcare provider. You can also try putting a barrier cream (with contains Zinc Oxide) on your baby's bottom to help prevent moisture building up on the skin.
Please do post below if you have any more natural ways to help with nappy rash.
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I have seen a nappy rash appear when there is only urine in the nappy. This is often times due to the urine being too acidic. If a baby is receiving breast milk, mum can try to eat an alkalizing diet with lots of green vegetables to reduce the acid in her breast milk. She can also take a calcium carbonate supplement to help pull her body in a more alkaline direction. I would consult with a midwife, nutritionist or medical practitioner that can help guide you in this. Eating lots of greens is definitely helpful.
You can also rub breast milk onto baby's rash, and if you don't have that, raw goat milk and raw cow milk may be quite helpful in helping the rash to go away.
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This might sound like an odd one but many years ago a Pediatrician gave me an article on the use of honey to treat nappy rash. Yes plain old honey. Placed on a clean bottom with a clean nappy I found it does an amazing job of cooling and calming the skin and resolving the rash quickly.
It might sound a bit icky and sticky but I found that my baby quickly adjusted as it must have felt so good on her sore skin. After resolving the bought of nappy rash that led to receiving the article, she never had much at all after that. If ever I saw redness developing I'd get out the honey and t would be gone by the next nappy change.
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20th November 2013 08:16 AM #4
Thanks Kate and Yvette. Actually I have come across the honey idea before - some parents soak their cloth nappy wipes in chamomile tea with honey mixed into it. Honey is known generally for healing properties so its certainly worth a try.
Great advice Kate! I'd forgotten about those remedies; breastmilk is always the answer


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With several coaches leaving the system this year, it has taken a bit longer to fill all of the seats for 2013. On Friday, January 4, the Cardinals minor league affiliates announced their local staffs, followed by a group release out of St. Louis.
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|Bryan Eversgerd
|Mark Budaska
|J. Clipperton
|Ron "Pop" Warner
|Blaise Ilsley
|Mark Budaska
|J. Clipperton
|Springfield (AA)
|Mike Shildt
|Randy Niemann
|Phillip Wellman
|Scott Ensell
|Mike Shildt
|Bryan Eversgerd
|Phillip Wellman
|Jason Hall
|Palm Beach (A)
|Johnny Rodriguez
|"Ace" Adams
|R. LaFrancois
|Keith Joynt
|Johnny Rodriguez
|Dennis Martinez
|Jeff Albert
|M. Kuwazuru
|Peoria (A)
|Dann Bilardello
|Jason Simontacchi
|Erik Pappas
|Mike Petrarca
|Luis Aguayo
|"Ace" Adams
|Joe Kruzel
|Scott Ensell
|State College (A)
|Oliver Marmol
|Dernier Orozco
|Ramon Ortiz
|Dan Martin
|2012 (Batavia)
|Dann Bilardello
|Dernier Orozco
|R. LaFrancois
|Mike Petrarca
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|Joe Kruzel
|Paul Davis
|R. Espinoza
|Tony Reyes
|Oliver Marmol
|Doug White
|Ramon Ortiz
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|Darwin Marrero
|Jobel Jimenez
|Steve Turco
|Tim Leveque
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Notable changes previously known include Memphis pitching coach Blaise Ilsley becoming St. Louis' new bullpen coach, replaced in Memphis by former Springfield pitching coach Bryan Eversgerd.
Earlier, word had leaked out that former Cardinals pitcher Jason Simontacchi would become the new pitching coach at Class-A Peoria. Last month, Palm Beach pitching and hitting coaches Dennis Martinez and Jeff Albert left the Cardinals organization to take jobs with the Houston Astros.
In Friday's changes, two short-season managers in 2012, Dann Bilardello and Oliver Marmol, are each moving up one level in 2013. Each will be leading the first Cardinals-affiliated clubs in new Player Development Contracts. Biladello takes over Class-A Peoria while Marmol is the new skipper at short-season Class-A State College.
|Kruzel also coached in the Arizona Fall League
Eversgerd's successor as Springfield pitching coach is Randy Niemann, who finished 2012 as the major league pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox.
The 57-year-old had moved to the Red Sox as assistant pitching coach in 2012 after 24 years in the Mets organization. That included the 1986 World Championship club when he was still a pitcher, and later, three stints as Mets bullpen coach, including time under Bobby Valentine, later his boss in Boston. When Red Sox pitching coach Bob McClure was fired in August, Niemann was elevated to replace him. Niemann was then fired along with Valentine and his staff following the season.
Along with Simontacchi, Peoria will have a first-time professional coach as the leader of the Chiefs' hitters in Erik Pappas. The former catcher with the Cardinals in 1993 and 1994 most recently coached youth baseball and participated in coaching clinics in the Chicago area.
In the Gulf Coast League, Darwin Marrero becomes the new pitching coach with 2012 Dominican Summer League Cards hitting coach Jobel Jimenez moving to the GCL in the same role in 2013. Kleininger Teran had served as a semi-unofficial player/hitting coach for the GCL Cards this past summer.
Marrero is a 31-year-old native of Venezuela who pitched for seven seasons in the Montreal Expos system, from 1998-2004. He then taught in a Florida baseball academy and began his professional coaching career leading the 2008 pitching staff of the American Association's Sioux City Explorers. Marrero has most recently been a youth coach in the Tampa area.
Among the returning coaches changing levels for 2013 are pitching coach Arthur "Ace" Adams and hitting coaches Roger LaFrancois and Ramon Ortiz.
Key cross organizational roles follow. All are incumbents with two exceptions, both re-assignments within the organization.
2012 Midwest League field manager Luis Aguayo is becoming International Field Coordinator/Infield Instructor while 2012 GCL Cards pitching coach Tim Leveque has moved into the position of Mechanics Analyst/Rehab Pitching Coordinator, also in Jupiter.
Field Coordinator – Mark DeJohn
Pitching Coordinator – Brent Strom
Hitting Coordinator – Derrick May
Special Assistant to Player Development – Gaylen Pitts
International Field Coordinator/Infield Instructor – Luis Aguayo
Minor League Strength/Conditioning Coordinator – Rene Pena
Mechanics Analyst/Rehab Pitching Coordinator – Tim Leveque
Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coaches – Sean Johnson (Memphis), Josh Cue (Springfield)
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I'll be going the first part of May with my father (early 60's but still doing well for his age) and my sister (photography buff).
My father lived in south west Germany for 2 years about 30 years ago and has been back for work a little so we should be fine for the language part. What we're trying to figure out is how realistic are our routes are and any suggestions. Using my fathers knowledge of anything outside of Munich though is very dated.
There are 4 main things to do.
Pickup the car
See some friends in Erlangen
Visit Nurburgring
See Miniature Wonderland (In Hamburg)
We thought while we were there we might try to throw in visits to:
Neuschwanstein Castle
Salzburg Austria (My father loves the sound of music)
Mierder Alpine Coaster
Ulmer Münster Church
Porche museum
Take a scenic train ride
I also added going through Zurich and Liechtenstein since we'd be so close and probably never go back though those would be the first things dropped if there isn't really anything scenic to see.
Our goal is to just drive and see castles, gardens, and other more natural scenic types of Beauty, we're hoping the beginning of May things will be in spring bloom???
Here is the map of routes (Note that many points are actually just guides for paths.
Our original idea is arrive in Munich around 10am, spend the day walking around (Marienplatz and so on). Friday pickup the car and do the tour. Saturday drive to places around Munich that are outside of walking distance. Sunday start driving. By friday end up at Nurburgring.
After Nurburgring we're at a tough choice. It's a long drive up to Hamburg just for Miniature Wonderland (May be models but it's important to go). I'm not sure if it's better to leave the car with friends Erlangen and take a 6hr train ride up on Sunday, see Miniature Wonderland, then take a train back on Monday and fly home Tuesday or if there are some other ideas that we should be considering. Is there anything worth seeing in Hamburg while we're up there or is our schedule too much already? Basically it's 12 full days in Germany.
EDIT: For flights, we'd fly into Munich obviously but flights back to the States via Luftansa leave from Frankfurt or Munich. If we dropped the car off at the port in Hamburg it's less than $100 for the extra leg to fly out from there (hour layover in Frankfurt or Munich) rather than driving back to Munich or Frankfurt IF we were to drive up to hamburg. If we took the train up to Hamburg/Miniature Wonderland instead of driving up, we'd leave the car at the Frankfurt delivery, though I'm not sure if we would fly out of Hamburg or take the train back to Frankfurt or Munich to fly out of Tuesday morning. I imagine the train would be less expensive than the flight leg and more scenic (at the cost of maybe 4 extra hours of time, but would the scenery be worth it?)
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Seems like a very do-able and fun itinerary, but the Hamburg leg seems awfully out of the way. Can you pass on that? Hamburg isn't all that interesting unless you're a maritime buff. Somewhat nearby is Lubeck which is very picturesque and far more charming, but again, it's waaaay out of the way.
Maybe consider dropping off the car in Hamburg at the end of the trip? Then train back to Hamburg or just fly home from there by taking Air Berlin or German Wings to Munich then your regular flight back home.
If your Dad is ex-military, I think he'd really enjoy Berchtesgaden's Kehlsteinhaus (Hitler's tea house) and the Documentation Center with the Nazi bunker system below. Also, if he spent any time as a serviceman in Germany, he no doubt headed to Garmisch-Partenkirchen where a big recreation center once existed. He'd be surprised at how things changed. From there it's an easy half hour, 45 minute ride to Neuschwanstein. If you decide to stay in this area you can do little day trips to Innsbruck, Austria, Ettal monastery (great beer), Oberammergau (wood carving and quaint village), the Wieskirche (a gorgeous country church with some amazing artwork inside) and the 1936 Olympic ski venue in Garmisch. There are some nice twisty roads up through the Alps near here. A wrong turn and you're sure to bump into something interesting. Weve done most of our German travel in this area over the past 35 years and always discover something new and exciting. Lots of great photo ops.
If you need budget lodging info check out: http://www.bensbauernhof.com/. We really enjoy staying at the small hotels, B&Bs and farms recommended on that site. You can find very comfortable accomodations for under $40 per person per night. It's a great chance to meet and chat with the locals.
Berchtesgaden is just a half hour or so from Salzburg and makes a great base for trips into Salzburg. Don't buy the Sound of Music tour that local tour companies sell. Search online and you can do your own drive at your own pace tour and still see the most famous sights from the movie.
May is the best time to go. Few tourists, warming weather and some good early wines.
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This is similar to our route four our May 2011 ED, which was designed to put us at Nurburgring after the car exceeded the 1200 mile break-in period. Nurburgring unfortunately didn't happen for us, but that's a whole other story.
Our complete itinerary and plans are on our ED blog. Despite my best intentions it got very few real-time updates during the trip, and unfortunately I never went back and updated things after we arrived home. There is a post about why we missed Nurburgring though. It may be of some help to you.
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Just took a trip back in april to northern Germany, which included Hamburg and some of the surrounding areas. I took my 4 year old to Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg. He loved it and it was quite amazing. I don't know if its worth a 6 hour drive out the way just to see this and hamburg?? I can't say Hamburg itself was anything special at all...industrial port city, very different than cities/town in southern germany. We spent all of our time in and around Lubeck, Plon, baltic sea, etc. The drive to Hamburg was not bad at all and I was able to open up my ford mondeo diesel wagon...120 so this would give you an opportunity to really push your new bmw. So, I would suggest perhaps driving to Hamburg then perhaps come back down the east side and catch berlin and some of the cities along the eastern side and then drop off/fly out of Munich.
If you do drive to Hamburg, I can suggest a few stops that I made. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp - Where Anne Frank died, very interesting museum and grounds. Hildesheim - Neat medieval town (stayed in a nice Novotel with great parking), has a couple churches on the World Heritage site list.
I went from Munich to Amsterdam and stayed at the Nurburgring for a few days on they way back.
My original plan (after Amsterdam), was to be based out Nurburg for most of the trip and stay a night in Normandy while hitting up Colgne and Belgium on day trips. Ended up staying a few days longer in Amsterdam and spent the rest of my time hanging out with gearheads and their cars in the Nurburg area before going back to Munich for a few days.
We did it during last summers ED, most enjoyable. Time wise about the same, 3 hour train ride vs 50 minute flight, however the hauptbahnhof is central the airport is 45 minutes north, and our hotel was 1/2 block away.
Based on your map I have a few suggestions:
1) Instead of taking the autobahns between Salzburg and Mieders (and Mieders and Neuschwanstein) use the German Alpenstrasse. It is a beautiful drive. It's a lot slower but it's worth it. Also, the twists and turns and stops are ideal for the break-in period. You will have a chance to open it up later in the trip.
2) In my mind Zurich is just another big city. Perhaps someone else on the forum can suggest an area of northern Switzerland that is prettier. You might head up to Schaffhausen, where the Rhine Falls are located, as an option. Though neither Zurich nor Scaffhausen will equal most of the rest of Switzerland in natural beauty.
3) Instead of going up the E5 to Strasbourg, head into Alsace, France and see Mulhouse, Colmar and Riquewihr. They are all pretty cities/towns and worth an hour or two each.
4) Downtown Nuremberg is worth a stop. It's also got a lot of pre-WWII sites that are interesting if you are a WWII buff. There is also a Documentation Center which reviews the build-up of the Nazi party.
5) When heading from Heidelberg to Nurburgring take the road from Koblenz to Cochem which is alongside the Mosel River. There are lots of cute little towns, castles, vineyards to enjoy.
6) Hamburg is a long way out of your way. The city does have a pretty little lake but otherwise is just another modern city. The Miniature Wonderland does appear to be a worthwhile site and may make the extra 12 hours or so of travel worthwhile.
May should be a beautiful time to travel. The flower boxes decorating the alpine chalets should be in bloom. If you have good weather it should be a great trip.
I can't thank you all enough, this information is invaluable and I'm taking notes and reworking plans 'behind the scenes'. I'll post new plans when in a while but your comments have given me so many good tips it's going to take a while.
I was debating on asking for tips but I'm glad I did, the insight from everyones experiences will make this a much better trip that I had imagined.
Thank you.
So Hamburg, what everyone keeps forgetting is how... Um... Seedy the town is. The Davidwache, where the hookers are, is interesting. The other street, I forget the name, is where all the sex shows are.
I've actually driven all that way to see the museum but didn't get my tickets in time so didn't get to see it. I'll have to go back in a few months.
There are many things to see in Hamburg but that extra drive might not be worth it.
Your trip is mostly Autobahn, I'd suggest turning on the scenic route, Europe in the spring is amazing. So much to do and see. Like on your trip from Frankfurt to Heidelberg you pass Frankenstein Castle. Just so much here to do and see, don't speed by it all.
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I'd probably not be doing anything like Reeperbahn... I guess my thought about driving to Hamburg was being able to drop the car off at the port in hope it would get the car shipped a week or two sooner than leaving it in Frankfurt, I hear the post-driving wait is torture.
If there's not a need for a car in Hamburg to get around a little (Appears to be a 10 minute walk from the ICE station to the Museum) then I think we'd probably just leave the car at the Frankfurt drop off, take the ICE up to hamburg and enjoy the scenery (is there any from an ICE?) go Miniature that evening (or the next morning), and take the ICE back to Frankfurt or Munich and then fly home. If the ICE trip is enjoyable it might be better to try to find a path along the east side of Germany back to Munich rather than going back to Frankfurt. I'll leave an east Germany driving route for another trip, or at least I'm not sure I can fit much more in to this trip safely.
~10 minute walk to the drop-off, 5 minute walk to a DB station.
Got my production # and pickup time so I am ready to start finalizing the plans.
Based on feedback from here, this is what we have now.
Fly into Hamburg on May 10th at 5pm.
Go to miniatur wonderland on the 11th and tour museums nearby.
ICE to Munich on the 12th, go to glockenspiel and wonder around.
Pickup car on Monday the 13th (11am checking, 12:30 pickup), do factory tour, wonder around Munich.
Tuesday the 14th, do BMW Welt Museum (It's closed Monday) and head out on 1494 miles of driving.
On Tuesday May 21st our flight leaves at 1:20PM, I'm thinking to drop off at Frankfurt but Munich is about the same distance if we don't visit Erlangen on the ICE train down to Munich.
Here's the map of the driving portion (minus Nurburgring and the last day and without the train routes, apparently you can only have 27 points on a google map. I managed to get a "You broke google" error, ha.). 7 Days to do this??? 30 hours of driving it says.
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I'm interested in any feedback if this is now too much, please let me know. The 'have to see' are:
Salzburg (Sound of music)
Alpine Coaster in Austria
Neuschwanstein Castle
Lucerne Switzerland (or something else in switzerland that's as beautiful)
Ulm Munster area
Erlangen (Visit friends)
Nurburging (right towards the end so I'm over the 1200 mile break in period).
Places that would be fun to see but not required:
Eagles Nest
Schellenberg (another Sound of music spot)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (My father said there's a peak there he had heard about, and WWII stuff)
Jungfrau/top of the world (The train ride looks beautiful, but might this be a repeat of stuff seen elsewhere?)
The three french towns were recommended, although one person coming is a bit paranoid about going anywhere remotely 'risky' and thinks being in france could be 'risky'.
Baden-Baden (Not sure what to see here, but it's suppose to be nice)
The drive between Koblenz and Cochem is suppose to be nice, though if it's a repeat of what we've seen it might be worth skipping maybe?
For Erlangen (Friends live there), it is quite out of the way on the drive so I've wondered about going there the day we take the train from Hamburg to Munich since it passes very near by. Downside would be if there's anything worth seeing nearby as we wouldn't have the car yet. SD ZRm4's ED blog is down and I know there's a beautiful town (it's in his signature) that I'd like to stop by but I don't recall where that's at, I'm wondering if it's new the Erlangen area?
I've also modified the map (look for the tiny white circles) to force google to route through roads noted in the ED wiki that are good for enjoyable driving.
If anyone has comments about 1494 miles, 30 hours being doable in 7 days let me know, and what might be worth skipping. Also if there are any map route suggestions for places to go through or avoid going through I'd be intersted in hearing. I'd like to avoid _any_ place that might be a higher risk for personal safety and so on.
Visit the French National Car Museum and the associated Train Museum when you visit Mulhouse.
It is one of the best in Europe.
You could visit Ettlingen when you drive north from Baden-Baden.
The road from Baden-Baden to Gernsbach to Bad Herenalb, to Marxell to Ettlingen is much nicer than the A5.
There is a car/motorcycle museum in Marxell that is entertaining to visit.
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I would really think about the path you want to take. You have places on the "want" list that are definitely opposite directions. Bear in mind even a 4-5 hour drive really affects your day. It isnt a lot of driving but say for example you decide to wake up every day before 8 so you can be on the road at 8; well you wake up at 630 am to get ready and have breakfast. Now you drive 5 hours without stopping to your next destination. Now it is 1pm. That gives you maybe 5 hours in that location to see things before the tourist sites have shut down. Obviously you will still have another 2 hours of light but say there were two places you wanted to hit that day. Then you are rushing through everything and the vacation is simply go go go the entire time.
When I drove from Munich to Mulhouse we had plans to see the museum then drive up to Massenez distillery, then check into our hotel (Kanzel hotel and residences: HIGHLY recommended) and then go do wine tasting along the rue de vin. We woke up at 6am and were on the road by 7:30am. We got to the museum at 12:30 and literally raced through the museum because the tastings at Massenez only went to 4 and they were an hour away. So we jumped back in the car, raced there did the tastings and now it was almost 4pm we still hadnt eaten lunch and it was going to be dark in an hour. By the time we checked in we were exhausted, starving, it was dark and there was no chance to do the wine tasting. This is just an example of how something looked perfect on paper, but in reality it was a nightmare. For things that are 30-40 miles away from each other you need to consider an hour of time between them for getting back to the car, getting the nav set up, finding your way there and parking at the new location.
Basically this is my long winded way to say take your time. Remember this is your vacation as well and rushing around for days just to see one or two extra things will just create exhaustion and grumpiness for you and your dad and sister.
Find the MUST sees first. Find a direction of travel and stick with it. Feel free to just have one location planned for the day and have a couple things nearby that you could go to if you feel finished at your first place.
I can give you tips on France and about Amsterdam. Not much help for Germany
Here are a few comments on your current plan. It is, as others have pointed out, a big program for seven days. Most of us prefer to spend a couple of nights at each of our stops so that packing and unpacking are minimised. We still drive on the day in between but the drives are shorter and focus on specific sights that we want to explore in more detail. Your plan will likely result in one night stops and all the sightseeing done while on the road or at the beginning and end of each day. That sounds exhausting to me but it could be done. As you are relatively young you should have the opportunity to do many more EDs and see all the sights that you can dream of. Why not limit this ED to the things that are of most interest to your father and sister.
If I were to select what to eliminate they would be:
Schellenberg: I have not been there but there is a lot of "Sound of Music" sightseeing to be done around Salzburg - most of the major sites I think. Also by going to Schellenberg you are missing the most beautiful parts of the German Alpenstrasse.
Jungfraujoch: I would only skip it if the weather forecast for the area is bad - check the forecast when you get to Neuschwanstein. Otherwise it is a spectacular site, but it will occupy the best part of a day - not counting the time getting there and back.
Baden Baden: But that is because spas do not appeal to me.
Ulm: Only because, if you see your friends in Erlangen when you are traveling by train, cutting out Ulm will eliminate a big loop.
I think that I was the one who recommended the drive from Koblenz to Cochem, but only if you take one of the routes along the Mosel River. Those two roads, one on each side of the river, go alongside vineyards, castles and pretty little towns. Google has routed you on autobahns. I have a lot of difficulty getting Google to route me along the roads that I want so I understand how that happens, especially as you would have to exceed Googles' limit of 27 points! So I would only go to Cochem if you decide you have the time to travel along the river side roads.
Sure, mention another car & train museum, and they look really worth while.
Looks like we might leave a day early so hopefully that will help a little, but even with that, items will have to be cut out. I think too that skipping Ulm and seeing our friends on the train trip down would be a good way to avoid that big loop, but I've heard there are a lot of good things to see in that area.
So to throw this out as a 'master all inclusive plan' that we'll have to chissle down from.
And here are the two google maps (had to break it into two to get around googles 27 point limit)
Part 1
Part 2
Most likely items to drop:
Schellenberg (Though is the Alpenstrasse so great and unique that it's worth not driving through much of Austria?)
Alpine Coaster (Would be fun as the local alpine coaster isn't very large)
Ulm (Amazing church, but hopefully we'll run into another as massive and ornate)
Romatik Hotel Markustrum (This looked like a great town so it will be sadly missed)
My father also spent most of his time between Freiburg and Reutlingen so he'll want a day or two around there and that can't be cut.
Next step will be to figure out how much we can realistically do each day and plan days out (best we can as reality and planning don't always match). The point made about driving in the morning and everything closing around 6pm is very likely, I think we'll have to do things in the morning, drive after we're done seeing things and then stay at a hotel near what we'll be doing the next day so we can hit things before they close.
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WOW! Almost 2,000 miles of driving in 7 days. You are literally going to have 1 hour in each of your stops max.
Remember Austria and Switzerland require vignettes to drive in the country and unlike Austria which allows you to buy a multiday version, you must purchase an annual vignette for Switzerland. If you do a search for Switzerland on this forum you will see many people that liked going but say if they could do it again they would skip it.
The alsace region of France is absolutely incredible. Besides the amazing car and train museums, you have the Route de Vin which is as it says, the wine road. The area, as your dad is aware I am sure, was constantly being exchanged between Germany and France and has a very unique culture all its own. Kind of the best of both worlds if you ask me. As stated before I was recommended the Kanzel Hotel in the Colmar area and I can also recommend it wholeheartedly to you. It is a great location. Also if you are a food buff you must eat at Auberge D'Ill. A 3 star michelin restaurant and it has held those stars since 1960 which is extremely rare. But they are closed Monday and tuesday. Just fyi.
The yelllow section (part 1) is enough to do in 7 days alone. I know you are set on Nurburgring. How rooted are you in heading east before you go west? If you skip Austria that will save almost 400 miles.
2,000 miles in seven days is a lot of driving. Don't forget the time spent parking, getting gas, rest stops, etc.. 300 miles per day is at least 4-5 hour in the car per day.
I noticed the stop in Nuremburg. My wife and I spent a few days there (unplanned - long story!). It has a great center city, the deep well at the Imperial Palace is cool, and it has some relatively interesting sights. However, I think the city center of Munich is just as good with a similar experience. Although I did not visit any of the WWII sites at Nuremburg, you could visit the Documentation center at Berchtesgaden which will have similar exhibits. Cutting off the trip back over to Nuremburg would save some time/miles.
Looks like we are going to cut Jungfraujoch , Nuremburg, Ulm and Hotel Romantik off the driving portion but we will still stop by to visit our friends at Nuremburg and see Ulm Munster via the train rides down. That saves 9 hours of driving, about 500 miles and makes the schedule flow much better, now about 27 hours and 1300 miles in 8 days. Thanks for the tips, I'm sure i'll miss going to Jungfraujoch but my father and sister weren't too interested and I'll probably go there on another trip with my wife (She wants to do Paris, Rome, and take the Chunnel over to London so Jungfraujoch will be a nice stop between Paris and Rome during that Euro Rail trip).
I was bored last night so I pulled out google spreadsheet and started marking out times between places, open times of museusm, and so on. Then I hit a big snag when looking up hotels in Hamburg.
I am not sure what is going on but I can't find a hotel with a rating over 7/10, holds 3 people, isnt sold out, and under $500. I can find hotels all over our route for $120-$180 for 8/10+, breakfast, nice rooms, wifi and many with breakfasts but the may 10th-12 weekend in Hamburg is insane. Outside that weekend rooms currently at $500 are $180. If anyone knows of a hotel in Hamburg under $250 I'm all ears but I think we'll have to take the train out of Hamburg and stay in someplace, maybe Hanover (I could find nice rooms here under $200), but where to stay is an unknown since i'm not familiar with the area.
This thread reminds me that I need to put up my own itinerary draft sometime soon.. and have useful insights poured in... damn!
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Flights are booked. I ended up moving delivery back 5 days though because Nurburgring added the 24 hours of Nurburgring the weekend I was going to be there and is actually closed for over a week, the week I would have picked up the car.
I was also able to add a day and am doing saturday delivery which gives about 1.5 extra days to get all the miles in. I've started a spreadsheet with times between each segment for train and car as well as an estimate of how long we'll be at all locations. Most all days have us ending around 4pm-6pm so if we run late during the day it won't be a problem for the remaining places. No car problems right? Good news though is the 2014 model added BMW Assist if the worst happens. Anyway, here's the simplified schedule.
Arrive 7:30am in Hamburg
Miniature Wunderland until 2pm
Train to Hamburg
See friends around 7pm
Train to Ulm & tour for 3 hours
Train to BMW Welt for factory tour (Tour at @3:30)
Tour Olympiapark
Pickup car 9am
BMW Welt Museum
Tour Downtown Munich
Deutsches Museum
Drive to Salzburg and see the sites
Drive to Eagles nest & do tour
Drive to Hoch Imst (Austria) and do Alpine Coaster around noon
Drive to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, depenind on time see it that night or next morning (need to do more research on what all is available to see/do)
Neuschwanstein Castle
Drive to Lucere
Drive to Mulhouse France
Cite du train museum
Drive back into germany
Thursday & Friday
Drive around where father lived, Freiburg germany.
See frankfurt sites
Wash car & drop off
Fly home at noon from Frankfurt
Rottenberg is the only location I couldn't seem to fit to well based on the others wants for Germany, the closest we get is Nurmburg via train so going over isn't possible.
Tuesday has about 9 hours of driving (getting from A-B mainly), most other days have 3-6 hours. Useless info, 30 hours of driving the total distance is avg 46mph.
Last edited by edx1; 01-25-2013 at 01:30 PM.
Regarding BMW Assist make sure that you get it enabled by your dealer when you take redelivery. Even though you get BMW Assist for free for 4 years it expires 4 years from your purchase date, not from the date when it is first enabled in the US.
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most restraunts, if its less than $20, will pay it w/ little question 2 avoid problems...just do it 2 every restraunt around and u can make good money
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or shit on public property!:O
isnt that graffiti is about?
shittin on someones property? "
MD/DC/VA/DE taggers or cool ppl hit me up
its easier wit 2 ppl just open up ur backpack a little bit and get ur friend to put them in, saves a lotta hassel
The key to smooth racking is always buy something!! Yes, I will be in the marker aisle at Pearl or Micheals for an hour, but if I spend ten bucks on new markers, but cop ten times that, it's worth it. If you are a paying customer, they just assume you are there looking for what you need. Oh and also ask bullshit questions. An unexperienced thief is very shady and nervous, but if you ask them something and are polite and even crack a few jokes, they are less likely to be up your ass. Just my experiences. :-)
here at walmart the big guys tell us to never chase someone EVER .. shit man i was talking to the fake ass law enforcement here and they wont even do shit but call the cops
so does paint have tags on them that set off alarms?
I've worked in stores before and paint usually doesn't have security tags on them. I have seen them get crafty and put one inside the top, but that's it. (and who needs tops anyway??) So just pretend you are looking at the tip and glance and see if there is a security tag. Unless you are in a high crime area usually there are not security tags on paint. But there is that funny sign that says if you are a minor and caught defacing property, you can lose or license and if you are an adult you will have community service. Hell. I rather have community service. You minors have it rough.
community service aint shit lol, i was just stressin bout tryin to rack my walmart, i think its more heat tryin to jack a mom and pop store though, those guys r determined lol ive heard alot of bs on the inernet bout the metal cans setting off the alarms, is that tru?
No. I work at a store that has sensormatic alarms (like Walmart) and I have walked thru my alarms with paint and nothin. Sensormatics are only set off by a certian type of metal. I am not sure about the science of it all, but I know Walmart wouldn't tag a four dollar can of Krylon. They can afford to lose that shit.
FUKIN TITE, i can jack from that shit now, i already scoped the shit out, i can just take the paint too the craft ailse(no cameras) and fukin put that shit in my bag and walk out the fukin door! fuk it im gonna jack home depot and canadian tire too, i hate giant stores
at the walmart i work at we have absolutley nothin on the cans to set off the alarm .. if they did a cashier SHOULD swipe them over a device that makes a weird sound to deactivate it and when i buy paint nno cashier has ever done that .... ive walked through the alarm thingys with no trouble .... even if the alarm goes off at walmart jus get lost quick and get out i doubt a greeter would chase you like i said there not allowed to
most items that set off the alarms are expensive electronics or appliances jus to warn you guys ... dvds software vid games phones and so on
idk if this helps but this is my 2 cents ..
fuck you sam walton lol
racking is so easy once u have your paint etc just go buy some cheap sweet or something
i must have a concience or something...because ive gottten such a habit of boostin shit that i steal stupid shit...shit thats cheap that i can afford and then think about when i get home..like "damn this shit was 96 cents" oh well
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i've heard that if u take one of those tags that set of alarms that have been deactivated, and rub it with a magnet for 30 seconds it'll reactivate it. so im wondering if you can reverse that while ur in the store so the tag 'll deactivate. any1 no what im talkin about?


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Statement by Ambassador Berger in the 2nd Comittee on the Millenium Development Goals
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Madam Chairperson,
First of all let me congratulate you on your election as Chairperson of the Second Committee for the 65th Session of the General Assembly. I would also like to congratulate the other new members of the Bureau. We look forward to a fruitful and successful work with all of you and with all other member states. We would also like to thank Ambassador Park In-Kook and the members of the outgoing Bureau for their excellent work during the 64th General Assembly.
Germany fully associates itself with the Statement of Belgium made on behalf of the European Union.
In addition to that statement, I would like to highlight a few issues.
The recent MDG summit has been a major success for all development partners. It has reconfirmed the global partnership and created new momentum for the achievement of the MDGs. The fact that we jointly agreed on the outcome document ten days ahead of the summit underlines the vital role the United Nations – due to its universal legitimacy - play in reaching consensus on solutions for global challenges that are critical for the well-being of mankind.
It is now vital to turn this consensus into action. As the third largest donor, Germany is ready to do so and to continue its long-standing cooperation with its development partners.
But as we all know, there is no time for complacency as the next important international review conference lies ahead of us: the 4th Conference on Least-Developed Countries. Since the adoption of the Brussels Programme of Action in 2001 our world has dramatically changed. Even though there has been some encouraging progress in the LDCs over the past decade, much remains to be done. The German contributions to the LDC´s have almost tripled, in absolute terms, within the decade from 1997 – 2008.
Madam Chairperson,
Climate change will have a tremendous impact on the way we work and live in the future. This is particularly true for the Small Island Developing States. If we fail to limit global warming, we will experience major climatic changes and environmental disasters that might lead to destabilization of whole countries and regions. Therefore, Germany stresses the importance of a legally binding international agreement in the framework of the UNFCCC. Cancun must be an important step towards that agreement and a significant step to effective reduction of green-house gas emissions.
Germany as a EU member state will fulfil its commitments and provides 1.25 billion EUR in 2010 for climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, including 350 million EUR as fast-start financing. Germany´s overall commitment of fast-start funding from 2010 to 2012 is 1.26 billion EUR. We use these funds to support our partners in developing low carbon development pathways and mainstreaming mitigation and adaptation in national development planning.
Madam Chairperson,
In regard to the Rio 2012 conference we welcome that "green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty reduction" is one of two substantial focus areas of the Rio conference. In our opinion, economic growth, development and environmental protection can be mutually beneficial. If we want to advance worldwide with the implementation of sustainable development policies, we need to make the international institutions dealing with them more efficient. Therefore, we believe that the upgrade of UNEP in Nairobi into a UN specialized agency should be part of the reform package in 2012. We are confident that the 2012 conference will be an important milestone for the implementation of sustainable development worldwide.
Madam Chairperson,
The High Level Meeting on Biodiversity in New York on 22nd September as well as the MDG summit have illustrated the increased awareness for the ecologic and economic relevance of biodiversity. It is crucial that the value of natural resources and of the service they provide for mankind need to be understood, quantified and integrated into wider decision-making processes and into our global economic system. We need to step up our efforts to better protect our natural resources. Germany, which has currently the presidency of COP 9, has granted an additional 500 million EUR for the years 2009-2012, bringing the total figure for this period to 1.3 billion EUR. For the consecutive years from 2013 on, Germany will provide 500 million EUR each year. Moreover, we would like to emphasize that the successful adoption of a Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing at the Nagoya conference as well as the establishment of an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in 2010 are of utmost importance.
Madam Chairperson,
We appreciate that you have tabled a non-paper on the Second Committee working methods. The Second Committee is and will remain the cornerstone of the UN system with regard to development and economic cooperation. Therefore, we should continue to consider how we can make the Committee's work more transparent, efficient and relevant. We look forward to further discussions of this important issue.
I thank you for your attention.