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The venue
Dublin proved to be a near perfect setting, with easy air access coupled with a relaxed, easy approach to visitors that made it comfortable to be in. The Aviva stadium are clearly experts in putting on events of this kind, combining great catering, helpful but unobtrusive staff, and all the space, rooms and equipment we could ask for. Well, almost: there's never quite enough wifi when geeks meet! The hotel was excellent. I was lucky enough to be in a room the D4 Towers, so had enough room for a hackers lounge to myself, and beds for 3. Only me and Titch Ted to share, though. Bars, a small shop, and they supplied the hackers' lounge quietly but regularly. Ideal.
The hospitality
This was nothing short of perfect. Breakfast was in the hotel for residents, or in the centre for non-residents (and early-birds stupid enough to volunteer for stuff at 8am). Lunch was provided each day, and was delicious (though SJGadsby wouldn't share his ice-cream). On Monday it was sponsored by Novell: as my employer uses groupwise for email/calendar and has a novell network drives, this was particularly enjoyable on an emotional level. Each evening there was an event. At no point was anything left out. Back at the hotel there was the hackers' lounge, which had a constant supply of beer and soft drinks, crisps and snacks (and chocolate!) and sandwiches intermittently – so if you missed a meal, you could catch up there. And you didn't need to worry about supplies should you be inspired to stay up till 4am playing werewolf!
The events
On Monday evening, we were invited to a reception at the Aviva. This felt a little odd, as we'd been there mingling all day already, but nobody turned down free beer and canapes (though certain selections proved more popular than others!) The council took the opportunity to have a meeting at this point, and we sneaked into the TV room, where the pundits discuss the football at half time. It seemed a little ironic meeting in a soundproofed room, but it was good to finally get together, put faces to usernames and actually discuss some council business.
Wednesday was the Big Match. Sadly, living in the sticks, I had to fly home on Wednesday as there were no flights on Thursdays, so I missed this. Judging from the tweets and photos, it was as good as the other events, though others will have to confirm that.
Tuesday evening we were carefully stashed into buses and transported into Dublin, to the Guinness centre. This is a huge warehouse space attached to the factory/brewery where the Guinness actually happens. We toured the exhibition of the history and the making of Guinness before sharing a delicious meal in the company of an Irish folk band.
After that, we were treated to a U2 tribute band. And all the while the Guinness flowed. I drank rather more than I would normally – but the company was so inclusive, I felt quite accepted even squiffy. And I danced to the band, something I haven't done in years! It was an amazing experience, truly outstanding. And we can now safely say that MeeGo CAN organise a piss-up in a brewery! (explanation here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p
The organisation
Barring a couple of hitches, this went like silk. There was a bit of confusion about day one registration, and the notorious hitch in the arrival of the give-away netbooks (on which I am typing this blog!) Other than that, the organisation was so good it was virtually unnoticeable, which is exactly as it should be. Huge, huge kudos to all involved, given the size of the event!
The content
To be honest, I didn't go to very many of the talks. Most of the content would have gone flying clean over my head – some of it at considerable altitude. I went to the opening keynotes, which were excellent. I would like a copy of the single slide that Carsten had on the Open Source way of working – inclusion, meritocracy, transparency, upstream first. I can think of a number of institutions where that philosophy could usefully be introduced!
I attended two talks by Dawn Foster on Community. These were mostly about metrics, but it was interesting to look at who the MeeGo people are, where they hang out and which ways of engaging are attractive to different people.
I attended Dave Neary's talk about community problems. This was excellent – and I recognised myself as many of the problems!
Listening to others, the content appeared to be varied enough to have plenty for everyone, and often too much for people to get to everything they wanted. Most people said the material was well delivered, with very few comments about quality or style of presentation – so I assume it was all good for those clever enough to understand it.
The Give-aways
I have worn my T shirt (must hand wash that tonight and put it away safely: I never wore the Barcelona one as powder blue is so not my colour!) I haven't tried the umbrella – though I have seen a few in use, so they do work!
The netbook is amazing. I confess I had help with installing MeeGo on it (thank you h0pbeat!) but I have managed to put a few bits and pieces on it using various 'how to' pages found on google. At the moment I can't get the media player working properly (despite having a whole gaggle of geeks work on it at one point!) There are a few things I would expect missing, and it's just a little bit too KISS even for me (there are things I want to configure and no settings for them – adding repos for example, and customizing myzone). But it feels like something that I can get to grips with fairly quickly and it's great to finally have my paws on something that is actually a form of MeeGo. And I'm sure it will make great strides now it's in the hands of a bunch of devs. (Allowing for the ones who will immediately install ubuntu!) It's also good to be pushed beyond my comfort zone (and into the X-terminal!) now and again.
So what did the bear do?
For most of the conference, I hung out with Erika (who was great) at the Information Desk – the coolest (and coldest) place in the conference. It was right in front of the main doors, so we were never short of fresh air. We handed out tickets for the football match, provided information about events, directed people to taxis, atms and shops. We greeted people as they arrived, and provided a place to be when folk wanted a (brief) break from coding and content. We even handed out occasional painkillers, tissues, pens... On the last day, we looked after the odd suitcase. I went to network and meet people, and I can safely say I acheived my aims.
I think I have a question for others whether that was valuable. It felt useful at the time. In fact, it felt useful enough that I'd be looking at ways of improving it for another event: formally having a 'greeters' desk for information and help – and I can think of bits of information I'd have got in advance if I'd known I would be there so much. I loved doing it, and it felt like a good way I could contribute my particular input in something so technical. If other conferences would like a greeter/info desk run, I'd be there like a shot!
So Overall?
Overall, I'd want to offer a massive thank you to Dawn, Amy and their tireless team for putting on such a spectacular event, and allowing me to be part of it. As a mere end-user (sorry – people keep telling me I'm an engaged user) it was a special privilege to be there. To spend 3 days with a terrific bunch of people doing fun things and stuff that we all love, in a fabulous setting, with great hospitality and smooth organisation was nothing short of awesome. I loved every moment (even getting lynched for being a were-teddy) and can only ask... when can we do it all again?


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I love the elements of this illustration. The backround is very sharp even though the builtings is coverd in fog, and thats a good thing. People tend to just gaussian blur everything out of laziness ... which brings me to the close objects. I don't quite se any nearby objects that looks the same as the blury ones close to me, which makes me sort of wonder what the objects close to me is. I think you could have drawn something simlar further away, or just left those black - blue objects out, because they sort of bother me.
The futuristic theme is cool, and the drawing overall is good, so i really must say that I like it. :)

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Fair Work Australia president Justice Iain Ross, general manager Bernadette O'Neil and other senior members will face five hours of grilling by the opposition on their report that found 156 legal and rule breaches by embattled MP
The opposition will use Senate estimates hearings on Monday and Tuesday next week to pursue Fair Work Australia over its findings labelled "disturbing" yesterday by Employment and Workplace Relations Minister
Leading the charge for the opposition will be the estimates committee's deputy, Liberal senator Chris Back, and Senate leader and Employment and Workplace Relations spokesman Eric Abetz.
Fair Work Australia's deputy director, organisations, Ailsa Carruthers will be standing in for the 1100 page report's lead investigator Terry Nassios, who is on leave.
Senator Abetz slammed FWA when it released its report for taking 3½ years to conclude its investigations.
He has made it clear that the opposition does not think Fair Work Australia should be doing such investigations. If it wins the next election the Coalition will introduce a new, more powerful body – the registered organisations commission – to oversee trade unions.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott was asked yesterday in his party room about whether the Coalition would take the opportunity to release its policy in view of the adverse publicity sparked by the Fair Work Australia report, which found 181 legal and rule breaches by the Health Services Union and former union official Mr Thomson.
National Party backbencher Paul Neville raised in the party meeting whether the opposition was going to use the occasion to talk about its policy to emphasise differences with Labor.
Mr Abbott told the meeting the tougher policy would be part of the attack on Labor over the FWA report, but he stressed that the opposition would not be returning to the Howard government's WorkChoices industrial relations system.
The opposition has forensically deconstructed the almost one-hour statement made to Parliament by Mr Thomson as he sought to refute findings in the FWA report.
The opposition is seeking to ramp up pressure on the government over FWA's findings saying Mr Thomson misled Parliament in his speech.
Senator Abetz said Mr Thomson said in his speech, "one would think, given the media coverage . . . that the allegations against me were made whilst I was a Member of Parliament. Of course that is not the case. These are allegations . . . from . . . many years ago".
Senator Abetz said this was untrue because FWA had found that as an MP Mr Thomson gave false and misleading information.
Mr Thomson said on Monday he had been set up by rivals intent on destroying his political career by making it appear that he used union funds to pay for escort services.
He accused the opposition and the media of "unleashing the lynch mob" and he raised questions about Fair Work Australia, saying the investigation had been "selective and biased".
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Rhythmbox ID3 Tag Issues
So I recently noticed that Rhythmbox was behaving strangely when reading the ID3 tags of my MP3 collection purchased online via Amazon.com. No matter what ID3 tag editor I used to try to correct the issue, Rhythmbox appeared to be displaying tag information that didn't seem to match any of the values they should be. Artist names would not appear as I set them. Track numbers and genres would display as blank values. 'What gives?', I thought.
So I decided to use "strings" to take a look inside the MP3's and find out what's going on. It turns out my MP3's were double tagged with v1 metadata and it was screwing up Rhythmbox's organizational skills! Boo!
Some brief background info on ID3 tagging is needed before we continue. ID3 v1.x tags are located at the tail end of an MP3, whereas v2.x tags are located at the beginning of the file. To view the raw tag data, open up a terminal window and use the strings command to parse the mp3 for text.
$ strings songname.mp3 | head $ strings songname.mp3 | tail
Here's an example of the output obtained from one of my problematic tracks. I wanted the artist name to appear as "Bob Marley", but Rhythmbox insisted on displaying "Bob Marley & The Wailers".
$ strings 01 - Is This Love.mp3 | tail J/q: X0aZ -g%U TAGIs This Love Bob Marley & The Wailers Legend TAGIs This Love Bob Marley Legend 2002Amazon.com Song ID: 20254105
In this example, you can see I have two ID3v1.x tags at the end of the file. Each tag starts with "TAG", immediately followed by the track name, artist and album. Rhythmbox was only reading the first one, but all of the tag editors I tried were working with the last one.
Simply remove all ID3v1.x tags twice, then re-write them if you wish. An easy command line application for this job is "eyeD3". Others may work as well, but of course your mileage may vary.
Install eyeD3 from repositories if you use Debian/Ubuntu.
$ sudo apt-get install eyed3
Display the outer-most ID3v1.x tag
$ eyeD3 -1 01 - Is This Love.mp3
Remove the outer-most ID3v1.x tag twice, or until they're all gone. I trimmed the output below for brevity.
$ eyeD3 --remove-v1 01 - Is This Love.mp3 1>/dev/null Removing ID3 v1.x tag: SUCCESS $ eyeD3 --remove-v1 01 - Is This Love.mp3 1>/dev/null Removing ID3 v1.x tag: SUCCESS
Doing so immediately resolves the Rhythmbox tag display issue, as it reverts back to using the v2.x tags at the beginning of the file.
Fixing the problem in bulk:
If you want to fix all of your MP3's fast, you can use any of the following methods. Remember, you must run them at least twice, or until all v1.x tags have been removed. The commands listed below use
"1>/dev/null" to remove all standard output, but still allows standard error messages to be shown. Interestingly, the SUCCESS messages eyeD3 uses are written to standard error, so you'll see those too.
If all your MP3's are in the same directory:
$ for i in *.mp3 ; do eyeD3 --remove-v1 "$i" 1>/dev/null ; done
If all your MP3's span multiple subdirectories:
$ find . -type f -name *.mp3 -exec eyeD3 --remove-v1 '{}' 1>/dev/null ;
Alternatively, you can use a python script written by UlyssesR, originally contributed on the Ubuntu Forums here. The script has the advantage of only needing to be run once and it is relatively safe to use. I actually used it on my entire collection before using eyeD3 in this manner with no problems. I then reapplied my tags using EasyTag.
mas7ro.p!no said,
Thx mate, I really need this because I have the same issue, I write the tag with easytag but RB continues to display a wrong tag!
Thanks from Sicily 😀
Russell said,
Thanks a lot for this. i knew my mp3s had more than one ID3 tag but didn't know how to resolve it. Your solution in very helpful
raf82 said,
Very Useful post!
See also http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1013374 about removing APE tags which can lead to the same Rhythmbox behavior.
Andrea R said,
It's "Bob Marley & The Wailers" or (just "The Wailers" until 1974) though, not "Bob Marley", unless for a couple singles from 1962. 😀
gmendoza said,
Haha!! I love that you cared enough about the topic to share that. 😛
Shane D said,
Great post! Here are a few additions:
To automagically re-add the v1 tags (based on the v2 tags):
eyeD3 –to-v1.1 SONG_FILE
Here's a script (fix_amazonmp3.sh) to do it all in one file:
eyeD3 –remove-v1 $1
eyeD3 –remove-v1 $1
eyeD3 –to-v1.1 $1
To convert all mp3s at or below current directory using the above script:
find . -iname '*.mp3' -exec fix_amazonmp3.sh {} ;
Sam said,
There are plenty of tag editors that will merge duplicate fields. Personally, I use windows-based mp3tag
I am concerned that it seems to be rhythmbox that is causing these duplicates.
Alan said,
Oooh… thanks. I have had the APE tag issue with Rhythmbox before, but I've never run into the multiple sets of ID3 tags before! Man, what a waste of three hours trying to figure that out! In my case they were APE + ID3v1 + ID3v2 + ID3v2… AHAHAAHA.
happyfish said,
The only thing that's working for me to solve this problem- and I've tried all night- is using a WINE run of SongBird Portable to edit the id3 tags… I've used several command line programs, VLC, Rhythmbox itself, puddlemp3… Nothing else is working. :S I have no idea why…
Antares said,
The id3.v1 problem can be fixed using id3v2 using the -s option
id3v2 -s
Juliana said,
Thank you so much! It work perfectly!!


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Appearing on the Graham Norton show tonight, Idris Elba has spoken about how he nearly turned down the role of Nelson Mandela after thinking him being asked was a joke.
British actor Idris Elba also talked about the moment it was revealed former South African President Nelson Mandela had died at the end of the world premiere of his biopic.
"It was crazy," he said. " I was in Leicester Square for the biggest moment of my life and the night ended with the announcement that Mr Mandela had passed. It was bitter sweet," he told Graham Norton. "The audience was stunned into silence, it was weird."
Emmy winner Elba also revealed that he nearly turned the role down. "I thought it was a joke and that my agent was taking the mickey," he explained.
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SLEEP: It's NEW YORK! There are an endless number of hotels, but below are 2 that are close to Dobbs Ferry, NY (where we live and where the reception takes place).
EAT & DRINK: New York is a beautiful, diverse state, and the delicious food is a reflection of the people who live here. Below are some of our favorite places to eat and grab a cocktail in Westchester County.
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Tarrytown
455 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591
This hotel is lovely! Karen and I have been to many events here. It's a little on the pricey side, but it's near the freeway and close to the reception venue.
Hampton Inn White Plains
200 West Main Street, Elmsford, NY 10523
This hotel is clean, basic and affordable. It's also near the freeway and close to the reception venue.
13 Cedar Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
This is our favorite Friday night hangout! They have delicious burritos at affordable prices, and the margaritas are made with real fruit!
Taiim Falafel Shack
598 Warburton Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
If you want delicious Israeli food that's easy on the pocket and a celebration in your tummy - head here. We recently found out they will be adding kosher beer and Israeli wines to their beverage selections! We highly recommend the falafels - they are the best in Westchester!
Red Hat
One Bridge Street, Irvington-on-Hudson, NY 10005
If you want to-die-for bellini champagne and a gorgeous view of the river, then Red Hat is the place to be! They have a rooftop bar where you can lounge, have a drink, eat delish food, and gaze at the Hudson River.


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tasty food, very nice room and quite area. extra paid parking
breakfast etc air conditioning.
The nice hotel and the wide green area around it and the close shopping centre .
parking cost ,internet cost morning paper cost,i tryed to book additional days,and was told that they would be more then the days i had booked allready,becouse they had more bookings.bad management .they lost me as a customer,i booked for 5 more days in leonberg hirsch with no additional costs like internet ,parking,and exellent food
Clean room, nice breakfast Internet access expensive, especially wifi. For business travellers surely a reason not to come back.
very nice breakfast-buffet,clean large room, parking place available,old building but renovated old towels with threads
Good customer service. Clean.
ease of booking and access off the highway. Bar prices were too high.
helpful staff
waitress very pleasant and helpfull parking charge
Good accomodation,friendly staff, good breakfast and very good traditional restaurant/weinstube attached to premises.
Hotel Hirsh offered us a convenient location to visit the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart as it is only 20 minutes away. It has an excellent restaurant/ bar and the rooms are clean even though a bit basic. Staff were all very friendly especially in the restaurant. Good value for the price though as we only had standard rooms. Our room was on the front street so it was quite noisy. I'd recommend asking for a room at the back of the hotel or in the side street. There is also no lift and no mini bar. There was also a newer section of the hotel that looked a lot nicer so we should have paid a bit more to be upgraded.
Simple Hotel The restaurant has à very nice setting but quality-price-quantity ratio is really out of ballance, especially for Germany
Breakfast was very good and breakfast and cleaning staff very good. Inspite of reservation, first night did not have bedding or towels for third person in room, bathroom door would not close, desk staff not at desk and when dialed phone number listed it would ring and ring before being answered, if answered at all. Restaurant was good but pricy.
Pleasant clean, modern rooms and facilities, situated beside train station so easy access to city centre None
clean, free and fast internet at the lobby, nice brakfast.
Very clean, simple and stylish. Pay in advance for services on arrival, then no more fuss. Superb value for money.
Location is perfect, right by the tram Said free internet in lobby but it was not.
The staff were friendly and helpful.Any queries I had were dealt with politely quickly and effectively.
good value for money. good vibe the night tre room was very hot (difficult to sleep)
Cleanliness, helpful and polite staff Wifi ve,ry slow, only free in lobby
Efficient, orderly, clean, safe. There is nothing more ghat a business traveler desires. However I will add "hip/trendy" to the list. Definitely a boutique hotel. All was good
The rooms do not have phones. It would have been nice to have a telephone in my room since I do not have a german cell phone.
Very nice and helpfull people. Room very clean, good airco! Bathroom with large and powerfull shower. Good breakfast. Parking limited and charged 6 euro per night.
Customer Service, room was awesome
Location is very good near the main station Price very high, they asked for more money to get a twin bed room instead of Double.
I feel it is totally overpriced in comparison to other five star hotels. The rooms are smal. The TV is in a position were you cannot sit in bed on watch it comfortably.(TV being on the side of the bed, not at the feet end of it)
€35 for a toasted sandwich in the bar at night......
Location - great for the shops and the railway station. Very friendly staff - both the cleaning staff and those on the front desk. We waited in the bar inside the foyer to be served a drink but the waiter didn't serve us - not really a problem as we went into the very friendly zeppelinos bar, which was part of the hotel, instead, but disappointing that the waiter didn't see us.
Nice room design. Good reception team There is no place to held a meeting with guests in the lobby. For a hotel of that class the lobby is poor. There a special stage in the lobby reserved for VIP customers. This is not good.
had very high expectation from it before we arrived due to its history & the introduction from the guide book. unfortunately it turned out that we only liked the location of it. the management. stayed there for two days. toilet paper was almost out in the first day, but no additional was added. we had to ask for it by ourselves the next morning after running out of it. The heater didn't really work in the first day, either, even though it was fixed the next day after we notified the front desk during the night. The guy taking care of the problem at 4:00am after we were awoke by the cold temperature didn't seem to feel sorry about the situation. maybe we were being too polite during that time? obviously something wrong with the management of this hotel.
Very centrally located, neat and clean it must be possible to go to the room before 15.00
Central location. The Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin had lost my booking/reservation. It took me 30 minutes to check-in. When checking-out reservation was lost again. Amazing for a 5-star hotel: no room service from 10pm to 6am.
location no
Location near the train station is very convenient The wifi is a ridiculous joke -- very slow, drops constantly, and when I asked the front desk attendant for a room with good service, she put me in the room furthest from the server. I had to stand in the hallway to reconnect, repeatedly.
It was the perfect choice. Everything was fine.
spa area cost of water!! I do also think that the rates are very expensive
location, comfort and smiling face of staff
the staff at check-in on April 30th was very helpful, available and smiling. everything was on the top of excellence: spa, massage, room, a few steps from city center, closed parking, and the best buffet breakfast I ever seen. I will definitively come back! the staff at the check-out on May 1st did not pay attention to us, not even a smile, very cold and not interested in asking us if we had a pleasant stay. I felt like I was not an interesting customer because I had a good deal on internet. it was sad to leave like this after a so beautiful (too short) stay.
Absolutely perfect service; friendly, knowledgeable, timely. Concierge even programmed our rental car GPS for our trip to the airport!
The price we paid for a five star hotel was an absolute bargain. We stayed for 5 nights and can have no complaints at all. Location is excellent - it was handy for the city centre, the main station and the underground. Rooms were spacious, very quiet and immaculate. I really can't fault it.
Great Location and very comfortable. Large modern rooms and friendly staff.
location no
everything - superior hotel, exceptionally friendly and helpful staff, faultlessly clean room good facilities.
Hotel was very clean and modern, staff was exceptional and very friendly
Room service Reception not very friendly. Location of the hotel is not good.
Their internet was broken the whole trip. For a business hotel this was unacceptable.
The staff was very good and knowledgable. Hotel is very new so there was a not finished feel. Overall it was a very good stay.
Internet is not free and very expensive. 8euro/hr or 20euro/day. Room charges are already high for provided services so I think internet connection could be free or at a fair price. Internet cafes in the neighbourhood charge 1 euro/hour
Very clean, updated bathrooms, beds were comfortable, staff was very helpful
The location is excellent - a 10 minute walk to the train station and situated facing onto the Stuttgart Schlossgarten adjacent to many historical sites within an easy walk. The staff were friendly and helpful almost beyond belief - possibly the best I have experienced in my travels. Excellent breakfast service with a dining view over the grounds of the Schlossgarten. Internet access is very expensive (27 Euro for 24 hours access). The room was rather small for the price.
service and staff and location
The staff was helpful and kind. The location was wonderful. I was hoping for a bit more luxury from a five star hotel.
breakfast and the bar we asked a no smoking room and received first one with a very bed smell, and after we received a room without heating, near the heater was a broken glass(hidden)?
Excellent location, great views, luxurious property, and very helpful staff.
the service is outstanding the hotel is a bit dated
Good Location, Excellence Service and value of money.
Very helpfull staff, lovely hotel, ideal location The only thing that I can really fault is from the outside it's not the most attractive hotel, but I don't suppose there is much that can be done about this.
The morning buffet, the wine store, staff and the room. Location was excellent.
This is my go-to hotel in Stuttgart. Situated steps from the main train station, the location is unbeatable. Parking is very easy, but you won't need the car since shops, restaurants, cafes and pubs are all in easy walking distance. The staff is excellent and the rooms are very comfortable. You can't go wrong with a stay here!
Staff were very polite and helpful.Room was very well presented.Bed was very comfortable.Breakfast buffet was best that I have experienced for some time.Adjoining museum was interesting.My wife and I were impressed enough to telephone the hotel directly and book a room when travelling back from Italy a week later. Free wi-fi access would be an improvement.There is free internet access via a single guest terminal in the lobby,but this was busy when I wished to check e-mails.Using my own laptop in the room would be preferable.
The breakfast No have restaurante, is not true, they offer a snack bar. The location is not easy to move on, the room the decoration is poor, does not have a good TV. does not offer beauty shop like shower cuff, etc, the towels the low quality, etc. etc.
Great breakfast, good parking and WiFi. Quiet, good black out curtains, bed fine (2singles together), fan in room. But once the temps hit 80, the room was a sweat bath. No a/c
We had a spacious and comfortable room. Delicious breakfast with a lot of variety, good value for money.
Buffet breakfasts good. Parking convenient. Quiet for sleeping. .
Cleaning, size of the room and comfort. I was on the 4th floor where the internet connection is wired. The problem is the lenght of the cable, not enough to reach the desk. No air conditioning available.
quite good, I didn't put too much pressure on the hotel. I was much more interested in Stuttgart as a city. Anyway, the hotel is clean, staff is helpful, only the distance to the centre is too far, about 12km, but there is a tram really close
Clean rooms, friendly staff, good breakfast, fast wifi connection, interestimg decor and museum. Short walk to public transport. Front desk also sells multi-day passes for the Stuttgart transit system. Great value for money. The hotel is in a suburb of Stuttgart, and it is a 25-30 minute trip on the ÜBahn to downtown and the train station. No resturants in the immediate vicinity of hotel, and resturant in the hotel is closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Nice place, conveniently located, excellent breakfast!
spacious room outdated
The Wellnes Area
breakfast quite a hike to the centre by public transport
Clean, modern and new! Location was central and as easy walk from the train station. Friendly and helpful staff.
This hotel was amazing in every aspect. We had the 2-bedroom 2-bath apartment for two nights and it was a great value, and totally fantastic! Rooms were spacious even by American standards and the baths were huge and spa-like. Staff was friendly and fun and very helpful from reception to concierge to restaurant. We will definitely look to stay in another Arcotel property in the future. Absolutely nothing negative to say!
location, decor
Location Parking fee too expensive
Large room The atmosphere in the bathroom is to cold
breakfast watch out, the hotel is located by the 6 lines main road of the town - half of the rooms have windows on that road. the price is a bit too high for the design - standard - confort provided
Absolutely fabulous lodging and staff
Wellness is nice and free. Rooms are spacy No wireless available in room or elsewhere although your site says it is available. No free internet. Resto quite expensive
I hated the room telephone It was hard to use. No clock at all in the room!! There was no breakfast card in the room.
The staff at the hotel were very helpful, professional, and friendly. The hotel rooms, although small, were modern, comfortable and clean. The breakfast was meager and picked over. We were told breakfast was included in our room rate by an employee in the dining room only to be charged for it when we checked out. Very overpriced compared to other hotels we stayed at for what they offered.
Hotel is well located and facilities are good. Undercover parking was handy. Hotel a bit hard to find even with GPS.
Super clean. Nice bedfing. Close to center and train to go anywhere. I cannot think of a reason to stay anywhere else.
Location (very close to central railway station, underground, restaurants, shops); good level continental breakfast; quiet room Smoke smell in a non-smoking room
good location
It was very easy to walk to interesting areas of the city, and close to the Hauptbahnhof.
Excellent location close to Hauptbanhof, nice clean rooms and a breakfast that really stand out!
The covenience for parking, ease of check out, breakfast at 6 - I had plane to catch at 8, central location. No smile from reception staff.
Hotel is at the heart of the city but the rooms are quiet. Clean rooms and satisfactory breakfast buffet. Rooms are small and shower could be better.
The location was perfect. Didn't like the breakfast that much...
Good location close to the train station and the pedestrian mall. Excellent breakfast. Room was modern but very small with a single bed.
Close to station, helpful staff, clean and reasonably comfortable. No complaints.
The rooms are clean but somehow old.Although bath rooms are renovated.Its location is really good to access to train main station in 1-2 minute walk.Breakfast also is acceptable. There is no free wifi in the room.Also there is limited English channels in the TV. There is no safe in all rooms but it is available at the reception.
The placement of the hotel was the best: Closest to airport and fairground. The staff were kind and helpful. Unfortunately it was a busy time and I didn't have much time to try gym saloon and SPA. Only thing is the breakfast menu was a little poorer than I expected.
Close to Messe Bar menu
The inside decorations of the hotel were fabulous. The interior design of the room was really amazing and of very high quality. Furthermore, the staff of the hotel was very friendly, always at hand and always smiling!!
It is a lovely design in the room, a very comfortly bed, safety box, nice pillows and cover, clean and modern....one of the best hotel rooms we have stayed in. Nice restaurant, friendly staff, good deal for the parking and handy located close to the airport. Too epensive breakfast and even if it is nice in design it is not too cool that there is a window from the bathroom to the sleeping part where you more or less can see the other person taking a shower. Internet is not for free.
I particularly liked the attentive, friendly and well trained staff in the restaurant which is quite hard to find these days! NA
Very clean, excellent breakfast, superb location for early morning flight. They placed me in a mobility-impaired room which was awkward, but okay.
This is absolutely one of the best hotels I have ever stayed in. Everything: staff, location, design, room, breakfast, food, service.... excellent!!
Convenience for the Stuttgart Exhibition centre & good metro / bus links to city centre. No dislikes
Perfect fro the exhibition - halls and airport just a short walk. Unusually for airport hotel clean and quiet at night.
We enjoyed our stay in the hotel. The suite was very spacious and clean; hotel staff very friendly and helpful. Location - quite central.
staff and cleanliness
Comfortable hotel with good facilities. Helpful staff. Air conditioning didn't work, so room very warm. At 250 Euros (excluding breakfast) it's ridiculous that you aren't offered free internet access (this is charged separately).
the pool and sauna were not comfortable and big enough for the such big hotel
The room was great and it was a smoking bar in the reception
The quality of the hotel was obvious when we arrived. There was an initial problem at reception as they were fully booked and had trouble getting us a room. This was despite booking 7 months in advance. However, it was quickly sorted and we were given an upgrade. The room was excellent and the location very handy for where we wanted to go. As above, there was an initial problem at reception as they were fully booked and had trouble getting us a room. This was despite booking 7 months in advance. However, it was quickly sorted and we were given an upgrade. We didn't consider breakfast as we thought it too expensive. Overall though everything else was very good.
Piano bar long walk to second bedroom block
overall facility and services were very luxurious
Efficiet reception despite heavy conference traffic, and a very nice hotel for the weekend The bathroom drain made odd nioses and it turns out the room next door had waste water coming up through the drain
Early closing of Café Espresso
Room service was poor. The excuse I received was that they do not have a team dedicated to this service, which to be completely frank is non of the the customers business. We asked for some hot water, one waitor even dared to charge us 10 euros because he was so busy downstairs! We waited for an hour, and eventually got fed up, went down to the restaurant ourselves with a kettle asked them to fill it up.
The rooms
Excellent rooms. Restaurant buffet option good value and very good range on offer. Main menu also good. Wines a little expensive. Shuttle driver did not check if anyone else was waiting in reception before departing. With a 30 minute wait between buses this would have been very inconvenient if we hadn't managed to stop him leaving without us.
very kind people , even very late at restaurant
Though fairly small in size, the room was modern with great bed and flatscreen TV etc.. The bathroom in comparison was large and well equipped.
The staff was very friendly and welcoming. The facilities were immaculate and comfortable. And my wife really liked the shampoo!
Expensive breakfast and wines!
easy to access, nice modern design and ambiance, motivated friendly staff no smokers corner inside
room, wellness area long waiting for food at the restaraurant
almost new facility, clean rooms, very good location near highway and airport wi-fi coverage only within common areas, breakfast not included in the room price
As good as I expected - high standard of NH Hoteles at a very reasonable price!
The location was perfect, a block away was the spring festival, the reason we visited
Modern and tidy hotel. Comfortable and clean room & bathroom. Friendly staff. Very convenient to visit the Mercedes museum or the Porsche Arena. Mini-bar available only at the reception (not in room).
The hotel was nice with a modern decor , plasma tv and free Internet was a great bonus, the staff were very helpful The location is very far of Stuttgart's center, and far away from the train station ( more tan 10 minutes walking) but its ok if you have a car, we boked three rooms for three days and in one day two of the rooms were not cleaned well and not provided with amenities (shampoo, etc )
Very good location (although my GPS on rental car couldn't find the Hotel at first, but I was able to find myself anyways; like in good old days!) Everything you expect from a Hilton Hotel; staff was friendly, rooms were spotless, well equipped (there were even a microwave), right in the heart of the Stuttgart (next to Porsche Arena and Stuttgart Stadium)... Good value for the money, highly recommended. Pricey breakfast, but still worth it. You gotta start your day right!
Excellent staff, very happy to help. Other inconsiderate guests who would not check out on time.
Room comfort, cleanliness, good facilities, noise reduction. When I asked to stay an additional night, the rate was increased without a reasonable explanation. WiFi access in the room was somehow complicated.
The hotel was situated near the Mercedes museum which my husband wanted to visit
Free wifi was really good and fast. Bed is comfortable, room was really nice and it has facilities for ironing clothes and even a microwave. Free coffee/hot chocolate machine next to the reception, with really good hot chocolate I might add. Good American style restaurant a 2 minute walking distance from the hotel. The laundry service was inconvenient, you had to give them your laundry before 8:30 A.M or they would charge %50 extra.
The food in the restaurant was terrible
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In this work, the results of gas phase cyclohexane photocatalytic oxidative dehydrogenation on MoO
Photocatalytic oxidation reactions have been widely used in processes such as the decontamination of water and air [
From theoretical and practical points of view, the ideal solvent for the photo-oxidation of cyclohexane is one that minimizes the strengths of adsorption of the desired products on titanium dioxide and does not compete with cyclohexane and oxygen for adsorption sites. Otherwise, the solvent could be strongly adsorbed but is non-reactive with itself upon forming a radical on the illuminated titanium dioxide surface [
Supported transition-metal oxides can absorb light, and the transferred energy can be used to activate C-H bonds in saturated hydrocarbons, a chemical step that is generally unselective [
It was shown that attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) is a suitable way to monitor in real time and
The generally low efficiency associated with liquid phase photocatalytic reactions, which typically occur at low conversion, coupled with the difficulty of separating catalyst and products in a liquid has motivated research of gas-solid systems, e.g., catalysts active in the gas-phase partial oxidation of cyclohexane. However, selective photoxidation of cyclohexane yields different reaction products in gas phase relative to liquid phase. In particular, cyclohexene or benzene are selectively obtained through gas phase oxidative dehydrogenation of cyclohexane on MoO
A mechanism for the catalytic photo-oxidative dehydrogenation of cyclohexane to benzene on MoO
On the other hand, the addition of sulfate to MoO
While much has been learned from the previous work, an
The list of catalysts investigated and their characterization results are reported in
List of catalysts and their characterization results.
|MoO3 a loading, wt%
|SO4 b, wt%
|SSA, m2/g
|Mo=O stretching (Raman) c, cm−1
a evaluated by ICP-MS; b evaluated by TG-MS analysis; c these results are obtained from previous studies [
Raman results of all the samples were reported in previous works [
Cyclohexane was admitted in absence of UV irradiation on the catalysts 2MoDT2, 4.7MoDT05, DT2 and DT05, and in
The extent of carbonyl vibration may be related to the content of either molybdenum or sulfate, increasing in the combination of both sulfate and molybdenum. Simultaneously, an isosbestic point on the bridging-OH TiO2 vibration, probably related to the displacement of water molecules by cyclohexane molecules, can be observed in the range 3600–3750 cm−1. Surface sulfates could be highly hydrated showing a weak absorption at 1635 cm−1 and a strong broad absorption ranging from 3000 to 3500 cm−1 [
DRIFT spectra after 1 h of dark adsorption for gas mix 2 on DT05, DT2, 2MoDT2 and 4.7MoDT05 catalysts. Cyclohexane spectrum is shown as reference.
DRIFT spectra during 1 h of dark adsorption for gas mix 2 on 2MoDT2 catalyst.
In addition, adsorbed water may be playing a role since it absorbs around 1630 cm−1 and an isosbestic point may occur. To verify that the negative peak (~1354 cm−1) was related to sulfate, an unsulfated anatase-TiO2 (Hombikat) was used as reference. The latter sample showed similar band of adsorbed cyclohexane at 1450 cm−1, weak bands of carbonyl compounds with an intensity similar to that one present on the sample with low sulfate coverage (4.7MoDT05), and different hydroxyl bands. In particular, in the presence of adsorbed cyclohexane, the hydroxyl band at 3680 cm−1 is negative, that is hindered by cyclohexane adsorption. The hydroxyls band at 3640 cm−1 is instead still present, while organo-sulfur (1350 cm−1) peak is not detectable. When organo-sulfur compounds are present, the band of hydroxyls at 3640 cm−1 is negative for the samples at high sulfate content. In the absence of sulfate, on the Hombikat catalyst, the band of hydroxyls at 3680 cm−1, instead, is negative. For this reason, the isosbestic point on the bridging-OH vibration is related to the displacement of water molecules by cyclohexane molecules, preferably interacting with hydroxyls close to the sulfate, or with OH of titania in the absence of sulfate.
DRIFT spectra after 1 h of dark adsorption for gas mix 3 on DT2, 2MoDT2, 4.7MoDT05 and Hombikat catalysts. Cyclohexane spectrum is shown as reference.
At the run starting time, the gaseous feeding stream was passed through the reactor in the absence of UV irradiation at room temperature. Adsorption of cyclohexane was observed by the decrease in its concentration. Cyclohexane breakthrough time was about 10 min. Thereafter cyclohexane outlet concentration slowly increased to reach the inlet value after about 50 min, indicating that adsorption equilibrium of cyclohexane on the catalyst surface was attained. During this period, no products in gas-phase were detected because they remained adsorbed on catalyst surface (as observed from DRIFT analysis).
A support to the formation of organo-sulfur compounds in dark conditions observed by DRIFTS could be found in an our paper [
Photocatalytic tests performed on titania based photocatalysts at low sulfate coverage are reported in
On DT05, carbon dioxide was the only product detected in gas phase (
Cyclohexane conversion on DT05 and 4.7MoDT05 during UV irradiation.
The comparison of cyclohexane conversion over DT2, 2MoDT2 and 8MoDT2 is shown in
A maximum value was reached after about 5 min on all catalysts, then activity decreased approaching a steady state conversion. On 2MoDT2, maximum cyclohexane conversion was about 45%, decreasing to about 10% in 90 min. With the same sulfate content, increasing Mo loading up to 8 wt% MoO3, the initial maximum conversion was lower, about 15%, while steady state conversion was 2.3% after 30 min. Therefore, the progressive coverage of the titania surface by MoO
Cyclohexane conversion on DT2, 2MoDT2 and 8MoDT2 catalysts during UV irradiation.
On all MoO
The higher cyclohexene concentration was recorded for 8MoDT2 whereas its formation was negligible on 2MoDT2, reaching a value less than 1 ppm.
In summary, gas phase analysis of cyclohexane and reaction products evidenced that the presence of MoO
The results of photocatalytic reaction are shown in
During UV irradiation, the peaks, likely to be ascribed to adsorbed cyclohexanone (1691 and 1671 cm−1) were found (
In a paper concerning the cyclohexene photo-oxidation over V/TiO2 catalysts [
With regard to benzene detected in gas phase, it is not observed in DRIFTS analysis, in agreement with the low affinity evinced in [
DRIFT spectra during 90 min of UV irradiation for gas mix 2 on 2MoDT2 catalyst in the range 1100–1925 cm−1 (
DRIFT spectra after 90 min of UV irradiation for gas mix 2 on 8MoDT2, 4.7MoDT05, 2MoDT2, DT2 and DT05 catalysts.
The other data to consider are the bands in the region from 1300 cm−1 to about 1450 cm−1, ascribed to the carbon deposits on the catalyst surface during the photoreaction, which determine the deactivation of catalyst observed in the literature [
With the aim to confirm if carbonylic compounds are the responsible of catalyst deactivation, a photocatalytic test on 8MoDT2 was carried out by feeding cyclohexanone with the same operating conditions used for cyclohexane.
The obtained results are reported in
Cyclohexanone conversion and CO2 concentration during UV irradiation.
Maximum cyclohexanone conversion was about 9%, and then activity decreased to 1% in 15 min. A steady state condition was obtained after about 21 min of irradiation with a conversion of approximately 0.9%. Carbon dioxide was formed immediately after the UV sources were switched on and reached a concentration of about 60 ppm after an irradiation time of 0.5 min. CO2 was the only observed product and no other reaction products were detected in gas phase. These results evidenced that cyclohexanone (carbonyl compounds shown by DRIFTS spectra) is the precursor for CO2 production. According to DRIFTS spectra, the accumulation on surface of intermediates formed by cyclohexanone oxidation during irradiation is the responsible of catalyst deactivation.
With regard to the influence of sulfate, a considerable decrease in the formation of carboxylates is observed with higher molybdenum and sulfate content confirming that the simultaneous presence of Mo-species and sulfate sharply increases photocatalytic activity and selectivity. The acidity induced by the sulfate on TiO2 surface [
For gas mix 3, when H2O is also present, almost no reaction has been observed for the molybdenum catalysts. The decrease in reactivity due to the hydration of metal oxides has been discussed in literature [
An example is shown in
DRIFT spectra during 90 min of UV irradiation for gas mix 3 on 4.7MoDT05 catalyst.
DRIFT spectra after 90 min of UV irradiation for gas mix 3 on DT2 and Hombikat catalysts.
Under gas mix 3 flow better results were observed when there was no molybdenum on the TiO2 surface, as can be seen in
Two titanias were used as supports: two commercial titania samples (DT and DT51 by Millenium Inorganic Chemicals) with different sulfate content (respectively 0.5 wt% and 2 wt% expressed as SO3) contributed from the experimental procedure used for the synthesis of samples [
Thermogravimetric analysis (TG-DSC-MS) was carried out in air flow on powder samples with a thermoanalyzer (Q600, TA) in the range 20–1000 °C with an heating rate of 10 °C/min. Sulfate content has been evaluated from the weight loss in the range in which the release of SO2 occurred. Specific surface area was obtained by N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm at −196 °C with a Costech Sorptometer 1040. Powder samples were treated at 150 °C for 2 h in He flow (99.9990%) before testing. Laser Raman spectra of powder samples were obtained with a Dispersive MicroRaman (Invia, Renishaw), equipped with 785 nm diode-laser, in the range 100–2500 cm−1 Raman shift. Chemical analysis of molybdenum loading was performed by inductive coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (7500c ICP-MS, Agilent) after microwave digestion (Ethos Plus from Milestone) of samples in HNO3/HCl and HF/HCl mixtures.
Photocatalytic tests were carried out feeding 1000 ppm cyclohexane, 1500 ppm oxygen and 1600 ppm water in N2 (total flow rate: 830 (stp) cm3/min) to a continuous gas-solid annular photocatalytic fixed-bed reactor. The tests were carried out in presence of water in order to minimize catalyst deactivation as reported in literature [
Oxygen and nitrogen were fed from cylinders, nitrogen being the carrier gas for cyclohexane and water vaporized from two temperature controlled saturators containing pure cyclohexane and water. The gas flow rates were measured and controlled by mass flow controllers (Brooks Instrument). The annular section of the reactor [
Although light sources vary in their intensity, they have the same emission spectrum and in the case of photocatalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of cyclohexane, the selectivity of the reaction was not influenced by light intensity [
The overall system composed of UV lamps and photoreactor are covered by aluminum foils to minimize the dispersion of the photons in the space surrounding the photoreactor. In order to avoid temperature gradients in the reactor caused by irradiation, the temperature was controlled to 35 ± 2 °C by cooling fans. The catalytic reactor bed was prepared
A layer of KBr powder was introduced in the DRIFTS (3 window cell) holder [
Different gas mixtures (100mL/min flow) were prepared for the catalytic tests:
Gas mix 1: 1000ppm Cyclohexane, 1500ppm O2
Gas mix 2: 1000ppm Cyclohexane, 5000ppm O2
Gas mix 3: 1000 ppm Cyclohexane, 250 ppm H2O, 5000ppm O2
Further, for DRIFTS analysis, nitrogen is the carrier gas for cyclohexane and water vaporized from two temperature controlled saturators containing pure cyclohexane and water.
A background (128 scan averages) of the dried catalyst at room temperature was taken and used for the adsorption step, which was followed with IR during 40–60 min, until surface stabilization was achieved. A spectrum (128 scan averages) was taken after adsorption stabilization, which was used as background for the reaction step. Reaction was continued for 90 min; the first minute of collection was performed in the dark, and the rest was done under irradiation by a 150 W Xe light with a light diffuser. All spectra, except for background spectra, consisted of 64 averaged scans and water vapor correction has been applied to most of them.
Only the background spectrum was collected at room temperature, while during the irradiation the temperature increased up to a value very similar to that one of the fixed bed reactor used for gas phase analysis. In this way, the selectivity of the reaction was not different.
From coupling of gas phase and DRIFTS analysis, a deeper knowledge of phenomena occurring during photocatalytic selective oxidation of cyclohexane on MoO
During adsorption measurements in the absence of UV irradiation, there is a clear indication of organo-sulfur compound formation accompanied by H-abstraction by the acidic sulfate species. The accompanying stepwise reduction of the sulfate by protons causes formation of SO2 and thereby loss of surface sulfur. The decrease in surface sulfur during the dark adsorption experiment leads to a subsequent initial decrease in photocatalytic activity during irradiation since the acidity induced by the sulfate facilitates hydrocarbon activation in partial oxidation of cyclohexane after supplying the initial step in the absence of irradiation. The further decrease of photoactivity during irradiation is due to a poisoning of the surface by carbonaceous species derived from carbonylic compounds formed on bare titania, blocking of a portion of the catalytic surface sites. A considerable decrease in the rate of poisoning by carbonaceous species is observed at higher molybdenum and sulfate contents, confirming that the simultaneous presence of Mo-species and sulfate enhances photocatalytic activity and selectivity. Gas phase analysis of cyclohexane and reaction products evidenced that the presence of MoO
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Philip Hasheider has combined his interests in agriculture, cattle, and history to write seven books, including his two most recent in this series, How to Raise Cattle and now How to Raise Pigs. He has written numerous articles for national and international dairy breed publications and has relied upon his 4-H and FFA experience for writing this book. Philip was the recipient of the 2005 Book of Merit Award presented by the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin State Genealogical Society for The Ancestry and Descendants of Alpheus & Sally (Copeland) Bass.
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Greene County Extension office will host an Aquatic, Forest and Roadside, Continuing Instructional Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wed., Oct. 17, 2012 at the Greene County Extension Meeting Room. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by sessions from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The registration fee is $35.00 on or before Oct. 16th and $45 after Oct. 16th. To register or to obtain additional information about the CIC contact Michael Cooley or Cleanne Lindholm at the Greene County Extension Office at 515 386-2138.
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John finished off this tea and left me with a great tin can. Perfect for holding odds-n-ends in my craft area.
Tools required: Container of some sort, Modge Podge, scrapbook paper, ribbon, Zots (or any type of adhesive for the ribbon), Silhouette (optional), Elmer's multi-purpose spray adhesive (optional).
First step, I Modge Podged the crap out of this thing. I used a really thick and glossy card stock so it was really hard to make it stick. I also only used one long piece of paper and wrapped it around instead of cutting the paper into little bits like you usually would with Modge Podge.
For the lid, I just Modge Podged paper to the top. I used a thinner piece of paper for this, so it was really easy to attach it.
As you can see, the patterned scrapbook paper isn't totally attached at the top near the lid, so to cover up my shortcuts, I attached ribbon around the edges of the lid with Zots. Also, the TAZO symbol is quite obvious through that paper. I still haven't figured out how to cover that up, so pretend it's not there.
Next, I made the H symbol on my Silhouette to decorate the side of the container. I was kind of over Modge Podge at this point, so I pulled out my new found hero- Elmer's Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. Amazing! I can totally spray all over the paper and it didn't bleed through.
And ta-da! Here is the final product next to another tea box. I don't know what I'm going to put in here, but it sure is cute!
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Bit long I know but... Sog1970 16:01, October 4, 2010 (UTC)
|Ok Sog, this is another great piece and will likely be another feature for you very soon. In fact it could probably make it through VFH as it is. However there are one or two things I definitely think you could revise to get it into much better shape, so I'll just take you through my ideas.
I'm probably going to talk about humour and concept together here because there isn't much to say. Basically your underlying concept is very strong and imaginitive but the problem lies in how long it takes you to get to it. The way I see it, this article is about the conflation of AA Milne with Alcholics Anonymous, correct? So this is the main thing you should be focussing on. Not only is the article a little too long by your own admission, but these parts are the strongest of the entire article. There is a lot of what seems like padding in the first two sections, before you get to the main idea of the support group. The preamble to this is too long, in my opinion, and the article would benefit greatly from some trimming of this stuff. Although the jokes in these parts (i.e. stuff about Victorian England, Darkies, Milne's school and army days) are funny, I can't help but feel they're a little off topic. It's also a lot less unique than the bits about the support group made up of Winnie the Pooh characters, and actually verges on being cliched at times (particularly the jokes about the French and the Working Classes). And then some of it is actually quite random, like the British Space Expedition reference. Be savage with your trimming, some brevity will make your article feel a lot more focussed. The stuff about Doctor Hooke could probably go too, again it was funny but this isn't really the right place for it. And while I liked the 12 steps, they also seemed inconsistent with the article as a whole. You're trying to cram too many ideas in with this whole preamble, and the article kind of feels like two wholly separate articles mashed together. If I were to choose one to salvage, it would be the second half, the brilliantly imaginitive idea that Milne based his books on a bunch of drunkards.
Another problem along these lines is that it takes you ages to establish your underlying concept. It wasn't until about three sections in that I realised what you were doing. I was thinking; "wow, I didn't know AA Milne was such a hellraiser!" until suddenly about a third of the way through it all fell into place. Get to your point as quickly as you can (you can probably recycle a lot of the jokes in the first few sections later, just so long as you can establish yourself sooner). This is pretty much your only real flaw as far as I'm concerned, and I really would like you to get it sorted as I want to see this piece attain the greatness I know it can reach (seriously, with a bit of trimming here and there this could well be your best article yet).
|I don't think I really have anything else to say here. If I'm scoring your concept though, I'm going to go with 9. If it wasn't for all the parts where you seem distracted, it'd be a definite 10.
|Prose and formatting:
|Generally your prose are excellent, and your spelling and grammar the same. There were one or two errors but I corrected them myself.
There are just a couple of occasions were the way you write is either a bit cursory or muddled and it was difficult to follow what you meant. For instance, when you mention "Sélincourt's return to Paris in search of a less effete way of life" I got a bit confused. Are you saying France is less effete than Britain? That doesn't sound right, perhaps I'm wrong of course. Or is the joke that you're saying the opposite of what's true maybe? Whatever the case, the explanation didn't exactly leap out at me and I was left feeling like there was something more here that you hadn't explained. This may be another joke you could consider trimming in the name of brevity. Your call, obviously.
It also gets a bit confusing when you say Roo represents Christopher Robin's innocence. I think the idea in itself is confusing, but the way you worded it was too; you just kind of rush through it, really. I think this part would work better if you just stuck with the idea of Roo idolising Tigger himself, then maybe go on to mention the poignant parallel with Milne and his own child, mainly because I really like the line about him not being a good father figure.
Another measure you could consider taking is making the names more similar, or more relevant, if you know what I mean. Lyons works well because of it's sort of interchangeable with tiger, for instance. For a time, I didn't realise Bronco McStabber was supposed to be Pooh Bear, and there was some confusion with some of the others too, I recall. This isn't a major issue, but might help readers who aren't immediately familiar with the characters (although who isn't familiar with Winnie the Pooh?)
Finally, just one a note of formatting: is there a reason you stop using subheaders half way through and cram the last few characters into one subheader? It just seemed strange to me. Was it simply because they're the less important characters or was it something to do with the arrangement of the article? I think it would be better to break all the characters up so they have their own space, just because the text goes on for too long without a break otherwise. If this messes up your formatting don't worry too much, again it isn't a major problem.
|My feelings about the images really echo my comments in humour. The second half of the article about the Hundred Acre Wood characters works really well, I love the illustrations, but the first half is mostly filled with silly images that aren't really relevant to the piece (particularly the anti-masturbation device). Your captions are also a lot weaker up top. Instead of making obvious jokes about him being a paedophile, try to find some more pictures that capture the interesting blend you've created here, and captions to match.
|My gut feeling.
|Final Score:
|So just to repeat, an excellent piece that is hindered only by the fact that it takes too long to get to the meat of the article. My main advice would be trim it, particularly the first half - just anything you're not 100% on. I realise this might be tough, especially since there's some funny stuff in there. I definitely think however that the article will benefit overall from some more focus. I can't wait to see it finished, by the way.
Hope the review is ok, if you want me to elaborate or take a look at anything more specific, please let me know and I'll see what I can do. I'll see you at VFH when you're done with it.
|--Black Flamingo 21:54, October 15, 2010 (UTC)


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Scott Snyder On 'Batman: Zero Year – Dark City': The ComicsAlliance Interview, Part Two
In the pages of Batman, Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Danny Miki and FCO Plascencia are retelling the origin of Batman for the modern DC Universe with "Zero Year." Told over the course of a year, "Zero Year" is divided in to three arcs, each representing a facet of Gotham City and Batman's growth into a superhero, and it's been wild right from the start. For each arc, ComicsAlliance is going in-depth with Snyder to find out more about how the story came together and what these elements mean, and with "Dark City" finishing just a few weeks ago, it's time once again for our conversation to resume.
In the second part of our interview (you can read the first part here), Snyder and I discuss Batman's relationship with Jim Gordon, the Riddler's role as Batman's first major foe, and just why he has those mutton chops.


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Alliance for Justice presents my homework (on judicial issues) to me comprehensively and simply, and provides me with convenient and efficient tools for taking action on them. This way, I can effectively add my voice to those the President and Congressional members are hearing from, right on time. With such depressing judicial developments as the Supreme Court's so-called Citizens United ruling, members of the general public such as me need exactly what AFJ provides.
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In any civil action for the recovery of any claim or debt arising out of contract, or to recover damages for any wrong, the plaintiff, after service of the summons upon the defendant, or at any time thereafter and before judgment may have an order of attachment against the property of the defendant, on filing with the clerk of the court in which such action, proceeding or suit is about to be or is brought, his own affidavit or that of some credible person, stating the nature of the plaintiff's claim and the amount, at the least, which the affiant believes the plaintiff is justly entitled to recover in the action, proceeding or suit, and also that the affiant believes that some one or more of the grounds mentioned in the next following section of this article exist for such attachment:
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Creepyworld is now one of the largest Halloween scream parks in America with 13 MAJOR attractions in one location. New this year includes a massive movie screen showing horror movies, monster photo ops, and two new haunted houses.
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Let's Guess What Lady Gaga's Latest Rejected Halloween Costume Is!
First she was a giant piece of shredded wheat. Then came Sexy Salvador Dali and the Ghost of Isadora Duncan. Now we have … the Goddess of Masking Tape & Chalk Dust, risen from the bowels of Office Depot, here to haunt our cubicles and classrooms? That's my guess. Yours? [Photos: Fame/Flynet]


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Sensex ends above 20000 on factory output data, cheap global liquidity
MUMBAI: The Sensex settled above the 20,000-mark for the first time in four months, while the Nifty closed at a 28-month high on Friday, amid an uptick in factory output and a broader market rally that has been under way since mid-April owing to a fall in commodity prices and high global liquidity. The Nifty rose 0.74 per cent to 6094.75, its highest closing since January 2011, while the Sensex rose to 20082.62, closing above the 20,000 mark for the first time since January-end.
The gains were led by auto and consumer good sectors such as Maruti, M&M and ITC. Maruti jumped 4.4 per cent to 1,733.35, its highest level in more than three-and-a-half years, after the yen breached the 100 mark to the dollar, the first time in four years. A weaker yen reduces input costs for the country's largest automaker
whose imports comprise 23 per cent of its sales. Both M&M and Maruti rose to their all-time highs. M&M closed up 2.1 per cent at Rs 967.65 and ITC, up 2.8 per cent, hit a record high of Rs 354.10. These stocks were given a leg-up by the factory output bouncing back to 2.5 per cent in March after contracting 2.8 per cent in the same month last year. "Easy global liquidity and falling gold and crude prices bode well for the Indian economy, making it easier to achieve growth of 6 per cent," said Sudip Bandyopadhyay, CEO & MD, Destimoney Securities.
The easy global liquidity is borne out by the foreign portfolio flows of Rs 98,400-crore into stocks so far this year, a record high during the period. On Friday, FIIs pumped Rs 544.11 crore into stocks, provisional BSE data shows. Cheap global money has catapulted benchmark indices of nine countries, including Germany, Indonesia and Philippines, to almost close to their life highs. The US Dow recently hit a record high above the 15000 mark.
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One week after promulgating rules to open up the decision-making process for documentaries to be considered for an Academy Award, the Los Angeles-based Phase One committee and the Foreign Language Award Executive committee of the Motion Picture Academy announced its shortlist of proposed nominees yesterday. Surprisingly, these nine films didn't include the official Oscar entry from Mexico, Miss Bala, an outstanding feature film that deals with one of the most important issues confronting not only Mexico but our country today -- the failed war on drugs.
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Papua New Guinea's Governor-General has washed his hands of both sides of the nation's political dispute, with his office saying he will not sign any documents until a government is formed after the election.
A spokesman for Governor-General Michael Ogio said he had refused to sign any documents presented by Prime Minister Peter O'Neill or from his court-appointed rival for the top job,
He said the Governor-General had also refused to sign the document approving Friday's special sitting of Parliament at which MPs voted for a state of emergency in three provinces, including the capital, Port Moresby.
"He received the document but he did not sign it," the spokesman said.
"Go to the election. That was advised to everybody from the beginning, go to the election."
A police spokesman said the state of emergency would not come into effect until the force's high command received documentation from the Governor-General.
The election is to be held on June 23.
The nation has been rocked by further political turmoil when the Supreme Court ruled in a disputed decision that Sir Michael Somare was the nation's legitimate Prime Minister.
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Ill-conditioned linear system
Hello everyone,
I try to solve an ill conditioned linear system to no avail for the
moment. When I say ill conditioned, the condition number for my matrix
can easily reach 10*^40, 10*^50. I see that Mathematica gives up and
gives me rubbish around a condition number of 10*^20.
I tried all sorts of preconditioner but nothing works. I also tried
all sorts of options to the LinearSolve[] fucntion.
If my linear system is Ax=b, my matrix A is of the form (MatrixExp
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The W3C's Soul at Stake
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Google reinstates federated instant messaging
We want to commend Google for doing the right thing.
Boston Marathon bombings
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Sometimes, proprietary software actually helps us fight for freedom. Windows 8 is so bad it's almost funny--it's not only proprietary software full of spyware and security vulnerabilities, but it's also confusing for would-be users. Lucky for us, Microsoft's spectacular failure is the perfect time to help people switch to free software.
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Ottawa (AFP) Dec 9, 2012
Beijing-based energy giant CNOOC has received US approval for its takeover of Canadian oil producer Nexen, surmounting the last hurdle to closing the deal, Nexen announced Tuesday.
US approval was needed because of Nexen's oil assets in the Gulf of Mexico.
With the blessing of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States in hand, CNOOC "now has all of the requisite approvals to proceed to close," said a statement.
The transaction is expected to close the week of February 25.
The CNOOC deal is China's largest foreign investment and its largest energy deal, according to data firm Dealogic.
Calgary-based Nexen produces the equivalent of around 213,000 barrels of oil a day, with concessions in Canada's oil sands, Britain's North Sea, Nigeria, the Gulf of Mexico and Colombia.
China, the European Union and Canada have already approved the takeover.
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