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Fellow VTers, John, a newcomer to VT, posted this comment in the comment section for Taxi Tips in Rome. I am copying it here so that more of you all can see it and comment...Bill
I am trying to find out how to file a complaint against a taxi company in Florence. The company name was Roma35.
I am in Florence with my wife on our honeymoon. We stayed for a few days at an agriturismo in Fiesole. We just took a taxi from the train station at Santa Maria Novella, and everything was great. We were charged a fare of €31, which seems very fair.
After that we took a taxi back to the city center to stay for a few days. The owner of the agriturismo called the taxi for us - it was the Roma35 company. He arrived and immediately had the tariff #2 on. I had previously read that #2 was reserved exclusively for highway travel (which we were not doing) so I asked the driver about it. He said it was for special charges since he had to come out to Fiesole (even through I believe they were based in Fiesole). He also had €8.31 set in supplemental charges - which seemed high since we only had 2 bags. When we entered the city center, I asked him if it should not be switched from tariff #2 to tariff #1 - and he looked at me but did not respond.
I was also tracking our trip on my GPS device win our route to the hotel all planned out. He did not realize it, however, because he diverted from the route four separate times to take numerous backstreets that basically drove us around in circles. When there was clearly a Main Street that led directly to the place we were going, he would turn off to avoid it.
When he finally dropped us off, the meter read €55.61. I gave him €70 (a €50 bill and a €20). I knew we had been ripped off so I asked for a receipt. He handed me a €10 back. I told him that the meter said €55, and why was he charging me €60. He said "because it coats more to come back" and drove off. So we ended up paying literally double the cost to get back as we did to get there.
I have photos of the taxi's license plate and tag number. Please help me figure out who to send this to.
Note, the original poster is JohnP179 at [original VT link]
First, do me the favor of posting these photos(s) of the taxi on your home page then tell me when they're there. I can't find a Roma35 taxi company anywhere, much less in Florence.
The official rates for taxis in Florence are here - comune.firenze.it/opencms/ex...
The first rate is for "Florence and the neighboring communities"; the second tariff is outside of this. Note that this was the same in Rome (where I used to live) - the tariff changed when you left the city, not got on a highway.
I haven't found the map yet that shows "neighboring communities", but I'll keep looking...
Also, besides the photos, tell me what day of the week and what time of day this taxi trip started. There are some supplements that would apply to you if you get a radio taxi. And it was certainly true in my day in Rome that when you left the city limits, that you paid double what was on the meter - they were supposed to tell you that because they would lost money on the way back.
However, your story is a bit odd, because you paid a lot but not double what was on the meter...anyway, give me some more background, then let's see if you can build a good complaint for the authorities...
Never had anything similar happen but, If you still inFlorence...any hotel concierge orfront desk will be able to advise.
Sorry for you and hope this helps
thanks for posting in Travel Forum, Bill.
Hi John, this is a repeat of what I posted in Travel Guides under your initial question:
Here's a link in English to a taxi coop founded in Rome & functioning throughout Italy. It claims to be the largest taxi coop in Europe. The name may ring a bell.
My search produced a list of results, this one (3570.it) shown as
Radiotaxi 3570 Roma, close enough to be worth mentioning to you.
There's a tab to submit a complaint (left margin under OUR OFFICES, Disciplinary Dept.)
Very sad to note your bad experience and useful to other travelers. In fact, Rome is a place where cheating is common. In fact I remember an incident---my friend (who is travelling with me to Rome) purchased camera roll (looked like kodak film!) to take pictures in Rome and Vatican city, he clicked a number of shoots using his camera. When he went back home and gave the roll to the studio, it was found that the roll was an empty one--a plastic thin roll!
Since you do not have any receipt, it is difficult for you to do anything.
It is better to use local transport and if one has to use cab, depend upon a local or police.
Hi all,
Thank you for transferring this for me Bill. I uploaded the pics into a photo sub folder on my profile - Corrupt Fiesole Taxi photos. [original VT link]
Bill - I was incorrect. I thought it had said Roma35 but that may have just been an ad on the side. Looking at the photos it was clearly an official "Comune di Fiesole" taxi. Also it was yesterday - Sunday, March 17, at about 9:00 in the morning.
I understand that what I had read was incorrect about 1 vs 2. What I don't get is how the initial trip was €31 and the return (exact same addresses just flipped) was €60. Also, e stuff about tracking him on GPS and seeing all of his deviations and driving in circles to run up e meter, and also charging me €60 when the meter clearly said €55, seems indisputable.
Also, Subrah - I did get a receipt for the €60 he took. And his license plate and taxi number are cleary displayed in the photos.
Thanks for all your help,
Hi John,
So sorry to hear you went through this in a city that is otherwise so wonderful. Unfortunately, taxi drivers in Florence are known for taking tourists for a ride, so I don't know what you can do about him veering off of the main course as you tracked on GPS. I would start by calling the desk at your Fiesole hotel to talk with the person who called the taxi for you in the first place. See if you can get any more information about the company, normal rates, etc. I would also then ask at the hotel where you're staying now to see what they have to say about it.
You could then try calling Angela Giabbanelli at the Florence office of public services at Tuesday or Thursday from 10am - 1pm.
Or contact the Fiesole office of social services at 055/5002454.
I was looking for the photos on your page but had no luck.
It's really too bad that you're going through this on vacation. Good luck!
John, the link doesn't work - it tries to point to MY photo library...but when I go to your member page, I don't see a photo library...OK, so where did you put the photos? ;-)
It is an important fact that the taxi was licensed by Fiesole and not Florence. Here is a 4-year-old paper on taxi service including the fares - comune.fiesole.fi.it/opencms... - starting on page 18. Now, nothing jumps out at me, except that the fare 1 service area looks a lot smaller than Florence's.
While I continue to look at this, I will note a similar issue in Rome that may or may not have relevance...in Rome, there was a fixed fare tariff from Fiumicino Airport to the Rome city center of 40 euro (it's now 48 or so, but you see why I am referring to 40 in a second)...however, this tariff applies ONLY to taxis licensed by the City of Rome. Taxis licensed by the town of Fiumicino (next to the airport) are also able to pick up fares at the airport, but in their case, the fixed fare to the Rome city center is (was) 60 euro - 50% higher! Why? Presumably because any taxi licensed in Fiumicino would have an empty haul back to Fiumicino (for all I know, such taxis may not even be allowed to pick up fares in Rome).
I will agree up front that this may or may not apply to your situtation. Similarly, when people talk about taxis in Rome taking the long way, I know from driving in Rome that the long way can also be the fastest way, because of one-way streets, pedestrian streets, demosntrations, parades, riots, elections of Popes, and all the normal stuff that happens in Rome to foul up the traffic.
So, first, I would consult with the owner of the hotel in Fiesole (if you can still talk to him/her) and ask if such a disparity in fares is typical. It might be, for the reasons I've listed above...or you may have been taken for a ride...
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I'm contemplating a trip to the Grand Canyon, a long-time "wish list" item, over my Easter holiday. I'll have a week, and I plan to add another stop at least--probably Zion NP or Sedona.
My first question, as the title asks, is my destination airport. Current prices would be $936 R/T for LV, and $1060 for Phoenix, but Phoenix is only a 12 hour journey vs 18 for LV.
Do any Fodorites with western expertise know of reasons to prefer one to the other? I have heard that LV probably has cheaper car rentals? On the other hand, I hate bumper to bumper freeway traffic, and LV sounds more likely to produce that problem. Or is that uninformed speculation on my part?
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I'm contemplating a trip to the Grand Canyon, a long-time "wish list" item, over my Easter holiday. I'll have a week, and I plan to add another stop at least--probably Zion NP or Sedona.
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Cars are cheaper in Vegas due to high airport taxes at PHX, though you can avoid some of this by renting off-airport, which is a bit more hassle.
I plan to add another stop at least--probably Zion NP or Sedona.
If you are going to Zion then Vegas is closer and makes more sense; if Sedona is higher on your wish list then PHX makes more sense.
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I've never had a problem with traffic in Las Vegas. I have in Phoenix. It really depends on what time of day you are driving - rush hour is rush hour no matter which city you're in.
Rentals are usually cheaper in Las Vegas, so flying into LV looks like it will be the cheaper option.
Also, Zion NP is a long drive from Phoenix. On the other hand, Sedona is not real far out of the way if driving from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. My point is, if you fly in/out of Las Vegas then Zion or Sedona are both reasonable options, whereas with Phoenix you would likely just stick with Sedona. And Vegas is cheaper, so for me it's a pretty easy decision to fly into Las Vegas.
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Another vote for Las Vegas. As others have said, rental cars are more expensive and the traffic can be horrible - and you'll be at the southern end of the Phoenix metro area so you'll have quite a bit of city driving to do.
I would change my mind if you're limiting your trip to just Sedona and the Grand Canyon. Sedona is only 2-3 hours from Phoenix. Just don't fly in or out during rush hour if you can at all avoid it.
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I'd choose Phoenix but then I'm not a fan of Las Vegas and would pay to not go there. The drive to the Grand Canyon from Phoenix can take you through Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon and Flagstaff is a great place to linger or overnight. Zion and Bryce are further but not difficult drives from Flagstaff through some interesting territory. And if you decide to stay overnight before your return flight home you can stay in Scottsdale, far preferable to the smoke-filled casino hotels in Las Vegas.
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Well, it looks like the advice tends to LV. I'm not looking forward to the air journey--I didn't really expect the connections to be that bad, as I can get to Munich in 18 hours, but I have said that I live out past the boondocks, lol.
However, I do live on a budget, so if both air fare and car rental are significantly less to LV I guess I'll be going that way. My "choice" of arrival times varies from 8 pm to 11 pm, so I'll be spending a night in a city hotel.
Any suggestions for a place that will give me a sight of the Vegas strip without crashing my budget? I've never been to Las Vegas, and I'm not a gambling/nightlife person, so it's so far down my wish list that it's invisible, but if I'm right there...
And are there hotels with airport shuttle, so I could avoid picking up a car until the next morning?
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Hotels in LV are cheaper Sun-Thu than on weekends. Start your search at Bally's which has large rooms, good rates, and an excellent mid-Strip location.
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no clue where you are coming from air sounds super high
have a look at southwest.com wannagetaway fares and other
econos kayak.com/buzz farecompare.com tips look for price drop
on the majors in Tues late jan...
I have done both LAS GC it is a long boring slog
Prefer Skyharbor one easter season flew in on Southwest
carrentals.com stayed at marriott priceline.com in
visitsedona.com drove up the mogollon rim very scenic
and anothe couple of hours on to the south rim...
Closer lots prettier drive.We stayed at the El Tovar was great
if you can save a lot going to Vegas to save go for it but
it is farther and drive is far less scenic...
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happy planning!
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Since you are going to Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon, consider staying in Henderson. You can get from the airport to Henderson without getting on I-15 or driving up the Strip.
I really like the Fiesta. They upgraded me to a suite at the same price when I checked in with a reservation. The breakfast choices are good there also. https://rooms.stationcasinos.com/cgi-bin/LANSAWEB?procfun+rn+Resnet+RES+funcparms+UP%28A2560%29:;web01;?
I have been caught in a couple of traffic jams on I-15 in LV.
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Here is my opinion. I live in Utah and visit the national parks frequently. Personally, I can't stand Las Vegas and would not waste any time there when I could be in the parks and outside the parks! If you have never been there - spend 1 night, see the lights and leave.
My other opinion, is that Sedona is far less beautiful that Zion and Bryce. When I visited Sedona 20 yrs ago, I was shocked at how developed it is. It's a city with red rocks between the houses and hotels.
I would much rather spend my time in Zion, Bryce, Escalante, Moab.....lots of wilderness, lots of red rocks. And - you can take pictures of it all without having to crop out the houses!
Fly in/out of LV and do the classic loop - GC, Bryce, Zion.
BUT - spring break is prime tourist time, get some reservations NOW!
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What Dayle said!
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What Dayle and Utahtea said!!!!!
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I would take visiting Vegas hands down over Phoenix - as there isn't really anything that noteworthy in Phoenix but in Vegas you can do anything you want - and also visit Red Rock Canyon in about 15 minutes. Just google the rates on the Vegas hotels - and also - good advice that Sunday through Thursday nights are cheaper than Fri and Sat so you might try to plan accordingly.
If you get a weekly rate - that would be the cheapest and you will save from paying for a shuttle to the hotels, etc.
And if you have never done it - the drive from Vegas to the GC is interesting enough - and Sedona is close enough to also see from the GC.
Also - while in Vegas - visit the Grand Coulee dam - and take the tour down into the dam if you have time.
There are many free things to do in Vegas - and just walking along the center strip is fun, seeing the lions at MGM for free (go early - when they first go on exhibit and are active), ride up to the top of the Eiffel Tower at Paris (a small fee - or go to the top of the other tall building - the stratosphere), see the great laser show at old Vegas/Fremont St, and the list goes on and on.
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That's get a weekly rate on a car - and go to www.carrentals.com, for some ideas.
Also - I like staying at the Flamingo - and if you can get a hotel room on the south side - toward the strip - up about 10 plus floors, you can see the beautiful Bellagio fountains, and also go see the wonderful Arobrterum at the Bellagio - and the nearby 27 foot choclate fountain.
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It's true that Sedona is not the same as a National Park and if it's a landscape only experience that qualifies as beautiful then Dayle is correct. But I think comparing them in that way is an apples & oranges kind of thing. Most people go to Sedona for a day or 2 of eating, shopping, sleeping in comfort, not for the pure landscape experience and know perfectly well in advance what they'll get. I think it's naive to assume that everyone wants the same thing and Sedona is good for what it's good for and the open spaces likewise.
But I agree entirely about Las Vegas, as I mentioned above, but it's good for something too, keeping all those people there and not in the parks.
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"...also go see the wonderful Arobrterum at the Bellagio - and the nearby 27 foot choclate fountain."
I rest my case.
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Sheriff Clarke Crushes Obama For Failing To Calm Down Anti-Trump Riots [Video] – Conservative 101:
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Girls Showing Their Pets in the Same Way
I recently stumbled upon Hans Eijkelboom's People of the Twenty First Century, a book in which the author spent 20 years compiling pictures of people who dress the same way.
This video of women showing their pets online in the exact same way blows that to mind boggling proportions.
Up top is an excerpt from MY BBY 8L3W, a 30-track video installation about women who present their pets on the internet, by the Neozoon art collective in Berlin and Paris for Les Rencontres Internationales.
It's hilarious to me, but it also underlines a peculiar trait of social media and human nature: that we're all somehow connected beyond the tools we use to this end, and that if we look closer into these tools, patterns will being to appear, much like birds or fish.
Some might say "duh, Luis, get to the point" and I would say to these people that there isn't a real point to make, unless you're into observing the world around you which then prompts the whole conversation of, ok, why do these patterns show up in the woodwork in the first place? And do we value them as much as we should or do we value them too much already?
Hans Eijkelboom taps into these very questions in an interview with The Guardian, where he says that people are increasingly looking the same by wearing the same clothing. Whether their motivations are direct (like wanting to belong to a motorcycle club by wearing the same leather jacket) or indirect (groups of people wearing yellow shirts from different brands, sports, artists, etc.) eventually he started noticing that people looked different as far as individuals go, but at the same time they were all wearing branded clothing, which also made them the same.
In the interview, the author says:
"My project is related to the city and the crowd in the city. When I look at younger people now, I see more and more that the web is their city. It's more important now to have an identity on the web, which is very different from an identity shown through your clothes, and you can see that in the book. But I have so much trust in people that I think everybody will find a way to express themselves individually. But in what way? I really don't know."
I had never really thought of that, but I guess I do pay more attention to my persona on the web than I do to how I look when I leave the house, but since the latter instances are quite rare when I'm back home, I have to say that the effort can't compare to the amount of self-consciousness devoted to my online antics.
Case in point: it's 2:00 am on a Friday and I'm typing this…
People of the Twenty First Century is 500 pages of seeing humans in cities becoming copies of copies of copies, but it is also full of insight into what makes us want to do that in the first place. Pretty amusing and weird, which is exactly why it rocks.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Having as main character to Vanessa Gomez, this film directed by Marcus Dreeke was premiered in theaters in 2010. The film "Vamps" had an original production of USA. You can watch Vamps online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2010.
Rating: 5 by 11 users./
Runtime: 89 minutes
Vanessa Gomez, Courtney Kidd, Marcus Dreeke, Samantha Schacher, Samantha Gutstadt, Linda Jewell, Kristine Louise, Maria Provenzano, Brittany Bentley, Nate Geez, Kenny Hardy, Bill Jacobson, Patrick J. McGuire, John Allen Phillips and Chris Shearer.
Terror, Comedy, Thriller.
89-minute film (full movie) directed by Marcus Dreeke.
The original audio of Vamps has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2010.
Screenplay written by Marcus Dreeke.
Mel Scott.
Samya Boutros, Marcus Dreeke, Jenny Benedicto, Vanessa Gomez and Voltaire Gomez.
This film was produced and / or financed by Wicked Wolf Films and Moving Target Entertainment.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Vamps has a duration of 89 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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The Sentinel is a Marvel Comics character and antagonist. It is a massive mutant hunting robot.
One appeared in Ultimate Spider-Man under the control of Arcade, Spider-Man was able to take control of the Sentinel and use its weapons to destroy Arcade's robotic creations. Sentinel's have massive fire power, mainly laser cannons, robotic tentacles, missiles, and physical battles.
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Airplane Crashes Around the World (2011-2015)
According to a recent Boeing report, since 1994 a total of over 660 million airplane departures have been recorded. This Silk uses data from the Plane Crash Information database and Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives to examine civil and commercial airplane crashes around the globe from 2011-2015.
Since 2011, hundreds of airplanes have crashed around the world––from the Northwest Territories of Canada to the Thach That district of Vietnam. The two deadliest airplane crashes occurred in 2014 and both flights were operated by Malaysia Airlines. The first plane crash, flight MH370, occurred on March 8, 2014 on the South Indian Ocean. The crash claimed the lives of 239 passengers and crew members. In the second plane crash on July 17, 2014, flight MH17 was shot down by a missile in eastern Ukraine. The crash resulted in the death of 298 passengers and crew members.
Deaths from Airplane Crashes
Number of deaths, mapped by location of airplane crash.
Region of Airplane Crashes
Between 2011-2015, the majority of airplanes crashed in Asia, followed by North America and Africa. Surprisingly, few airplanes crashed in international waters.
Airplane crashes between 2011-2015, graphed by region of crash.
Aircrafts Involved in Airplane Crashes
Most airplane crashes seem to be isolated and not related to any specific airline operator. However the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, a one-engine and nine-seat aircraft, was involved in multiple crashes. Below are the top 5 aircrafts that were involved in airplane crashes between 2011-2015.
Number of Recent Crashes, by Location datacards grouped by Aircraft
Airplane Crashes with the Highest Deaths
In 2014 alone, between March and July, nearly 700 passengers and crew members were killed in three separate airplane crashes. Despite such high casualties during a short amount of time, 2014 was not the deadliest year for airplane crashes. As this table demonstrates, hundreds of crashes during the 1940s-1990s resulted in high fatalities. To date, 1944 remains the deadliest year for flight. According to the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, over 4400 passengers and crew members died that year in 908 airplane crashes.
Years with the highest fatalities due to airplane crashes.
May 12, 2010.
Afriqiyah Airways crashes half a mile from the runway of Tripoli International Airport in Libya while attempting to land. 104 fatalities were reported.
Source: ANP.
April 20, 2012.
Bhoja Airlines crashes into a farmland near Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Pakistan while attempting to land. 127 fatalities were reported.
Source: CNN.
July 17, 2014.
Malaysia Airlines crashes in eastern Ukraine after it is shot down by a missile en route to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 193 fatalities were reported.
Source: AFP.
Although the year 2014 resulted in the highest number of casualties from airplane crashes, 2011 remains the deadliest year in the dataset for total number of crashes. In other words, most of the airplanes that crashed in 2014 carried more passengers compared to those in previous years.
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BD-ROM doesn't recognise writeable discs
I've got a LiteOn IHOS104-32 4x BD-ROM SATA drive and I can't burn discs. I'm using ISO Recorder and have tried one brand of DVD-RW, one brand of DVD+RW, one brand of CD-RW and one brand of CD-R. In all cases, ISO Recorder states that the discs are "Non-Blank Non-Writeable Non-Usable" and gives the status: "Cannot Use This Media". However, it can read the discs.
The drive is new and I haven't tried to burn discs with it before.
I've tried uninstalling then reinstalling the drive from device manager and updating the Windows Drivers through Windows Update. The drive's firmware is up to date.
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It may well be a read only drive.
If you do not have a spec. sheet to check, download, install and check the drive capabilities with VSO Inspector.
VSO Inspector: free CD, DVD and Blu-ray scanning reporting tool for testing your medias and burners
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Windows 7 Pro. 64/SP-1
You can pull out the CD/DVD player and get the serial number and do a Google search.
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|08 Jul 2013
According to LiteOn, it can write CDs and DVDs, but not Blu-Ray. It can read all of them.
It also says that it is compatible with XP, 2003, and Vista. Windows 7 is not mentioned.
Internal Blu-ray Drive
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|08 Jul 2013
^ There are variants. It is for this reason I recommended checking with VSO Inspector. (You have to look for IHOS104-32 and not just IHOS104 which can write DVDs)
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I've just ran VSO Inspector and from it says, it looks like it's a read only drive. That's not such a bad thing. I rarely need to write discs and if I ever desperately need to then I can always buy a cheap DVD writer.
Thanks guy!
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No need of any ambiguity.
If the "Write" section of VSO Inspector shows all unchecked, it is Read-only.
Yes, if you need to, think of an external writer.
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The MANDATE of the MEDICAL SERVICE at CERN
The Medical Service is sworn to professional secrecy. Please do not hesitate to contact us in confidence concerning a professional or personal problem.
The role of occupational medicine at CERN is detailed in the Safety Regulation SR-SO - Annex 2. This code defines the rules that are applicable to occupational medicine at CERN and establishes its role
The Medical Service shall:
- support the implementation, in the field of occupational medicine, of the CERN Safety Policy, the CERN Safety Rules, the CERN Safety Objectives and best practices;
- monitor the health of employed Members of the Personnel and advise on their fitness to perform their work;
- contribute to the protection of the health of persons participating in CERN's activities or present on its site;
- provide initial medical attention on the CERN site;
- participate, in collaboration with the relevant services, in the provision of emergency medical responses in accordance with agreements between CERN and its Host States;
- assist in the prevention and detection of occupational accidents and illnesses;
- assist in the prevention of work-related psychological problems.
Personnel working for the Medical Service shall observe medical secrecy.
The Medical Service shall carry out its mission in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Staff Rules and Regulations, including the relevant administrative and operational circulars, the CERN Safety Rules, the CHIS rules, the CERN Pension Fund rules, Laws and best practices in matters of occupational medicine.
To achieve its mission, the Medical Service shall in particular:
- monitor work-related factors that may affect health;
- monitor personnel exposed to potentially harmful occupational hazards as defined by the Staff Rules and Regulations and the CERN Safety Rules;
- carry out general and specialised compulsory medical examinations as defined by the Staff Rules and Regulations, the CERN Safety Rules, the CHIS rules and the CERN Pension Fund rules;
- carry out supplementary examinations such as blood tests, biological and toxicological examinations, electrocardiograms, sight tests, hearing tests and lung-capacity tests;
- carry out workplace visits;
- provide persons injured or falling ill on the CERN site with initial medical attention;
- provide psychological support by means of a dedicated psychologist;
- provide vaccinations and recommendations for duty trips, as required;
- promote prevention of addictions such as smoking and alcohol and drug addictions;
- draw up medical statistics and keep medical records;
- collaborate, with the CERN Medical Advisor and services in the Host States specialised in occupational medicine, as required;
- collaborate with other organic units, in particular the HSE Unit and the FRS, as well as with CERN Human Resources Advisors and the Ombud.
The CERN medical officers shall:
- decide on the type of examination relevant for each particular case and perform it according to the most advanced practices. They may call on specialists outside the Organization for additional examinations;
- advise on the fitness of employed Members of the Personnel to perform work, including specific tasks assigned to them. For this purpose, they lay down the applicable criteria based on the best practices applied in the Host States;
- manage the follow-up of occupational accidents and illnesses;
- provide the Human Resources (HR) department with medical opinions in the context of procedures laid down in the CERN Staff Rules and Regulations.
The head of the Medical Service shall report to the Director-General on the activities of the Medical Service, on CERN-wide issues regarding occupational medicine, and on any specific situation relating to a pandemic alert or contagious disease, in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Host States.
To carry out its mission, the Medical Service shall have at its disposal at least:
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- a medical database including a record of occupational hazards.
The head of the Medical Service shall ensure that all Medical Service personnel receive continuous training to keep them up-to-date with best medical practice.
The CERN medical service cannot deal with the following:
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Aging Wine Wine Storage BasicsCan I Store My Wine in a Standard Refrigerator?What Size Unit Should I Buy?Difference Between Long Term and Short Term Storage?Compressor vs. ThermoelectricFree-standing vs. Built-in Wine RefrigeratorsWhich Series or Brand is Right for Me?
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A wine refrigerator can be the perfect home for your collection. Below you will find answers to some frequently asked questions about storing wine and why a wine refrigerator may be the perfect storage solution for you.
Only about 1% of wine being sold on the modern market is meant to be cellared. One way to gauge whether or not your wine falls into the elite 1% is its price; if you paid $30 or less, your wine was made to be enjoyed in the near future (within a few months or up to 3 years). Do not fret, if you are not ready to uncork your bottle today, storing it properly in a wine refrigerator will preserve it until you are ready to enjoy a glass.
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Cooler temperatures are key, but not too cool. Storing wine anywhere with a temperature above 70°F will age it rapidly. If the temperature rises higher, you may potentially cook your wine, causing it to lose its flavors and aromas. Conversely, if the temperature is too cold, wine may freeze, causing the liquid inside the bottle to form ice particles, pushing out the cork. A desirable temperature range is between 45°F and 65°F, the "perfect" temperature being 55°F.
Steady temperature is important. Temperature fluctuations are a big "no-no" when it comes to wine storage. Swinging from a cold location to hot causes wine to expand and contract, which means the wine may push out the cork or contract and cause seepage from a dried-out cork. The cork needs to stay moist to maintain a seal.
Light is wine's enemy. UV rays can prematurely age wine. This is why most vintners opt for colored glass bottles that protect their wine from light. A lightbulb will not age wine, but could potentially fade wine labels if they are exposed for extended periods of time. Since fluorescent bulbs emit a small amount of ultraviolet light, an incandescent bulb or LED light is a safer option.
Humidity is important, but not mandatory. Dry air will dry out the cork of a wine bottle, causing air to sneak in and spoil the wine. If you are storing bottles for 10 years or more, then you do want to maintain an ideal humidity level of 70%. Safe range is between 50-80% humidity, which is achievable in most climates by simply placing a pan of water inside the storage area. Conversely, if there is too much humidity and the cellar becomes damp, mold can begin to form.
Store bottles on their side. Rest bottles on their side for the long term to ensure that the liquid inside the bottle keeps the cork moist. Storing bottles horizontally is also more space efficient. If a bottle is already open, you should store the bottle upright to prevent spillage as most wine stoppers are not perfectly air tight.
The less vibration, the better. In theory, vibrations in the storage area will damage the wine by causing unwanted chemical reactions, thus aging the wine more quickly. Significant vibrations could kick up sediment in older wines, causing them to have a dirty or gritty flavor. Vibration is not as important if you're storing the wine short term, however, you still want to avoid moving the bottles too often.
No. There are several reasons why you want to avoid storing your wine in a standard refrigerator:
In order to keep your food safe for consumption, a standard refrigerator is set between 32-40°F. While this will keep your juice and milk at the ideal temperature, it is far too cold for wine, which is best stored between 45-65°F.
Your refrigerator is too busy --- if you have an active household, your refrigerator door is more than likely opening and closing constantly. All this activity may cause unwanted vibrations that are harmful to wine.
Food has a distinctive odor that may penetrate the cork of your wine and cause it to have an unpleasant taste.
Standard refrigerators are designed to cool rapidly and decrease humidity, whereas a wine refrigerator maintains humidity and lowers temperature gradually.
One thing that standard refrigerators and wine refrigerators do have in common is they run on compressors. However, the compressors used in wine refrigerators have a unique design that absorbs any vibration caused by the compressor.
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3. How large is my current wine collection? How much wine do I plan to buy in the future?
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Discussion in 'Gamers' Pulse' started by asdfbunk, Dec 14, 2009.
what a buggy ass piece of shit, are they going to fix this garbage?
Not sure how it will be fixed considering the company which developed it is gone.
Fucking EA
I played it for a few hours. I didn't notice any bugs.
I don't know what it is, it doesn't seem to be localized to any OS, or any graphics card, but I did notice the majority of problems show up on Radeon cards.
In the menu the cursor will hang and glitch until you minimize + maximize. Happens every few seconds.
The "fix" over at the EA forums is to disable all but one core, but that is fucking STUPID and I refuse to do that (it doesn't even work for some people).
I had no bugs on a nvidia 9800 gx2 with newest drivers. i downloaded it and wow its another horrible console port. The key mappings are horrible, you can't adjust resolution or details. But you get nudity for the scenes in the club......yippe do. They should of used a re-skin of the game prototype. I just couldn't get into it. The driving sucked, the fighting system sucked. Might be fun on the xbox but definitely not for PC.
so they fixed the stupid mouse problems i had, but the quad core problem still exists
use the launcher and you can set almost anything, except AA/AF (it says "post processing" for an automatic setting
i'm running it maxed at 1680x1050
the game is great, the key mappings are stupid sometimes but i love this game


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Chapter 9: The
Harlem Renaissance
Chapter 9: The
Harlem Renaissance
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson
| A Brief Biography |
Site Links: | Chap. 9: Index | Alphabetical List | Table Of Contents | Home Page |
Source: Modern American Poetry
"I will not allow one prejudiced person or one million or one hundred million to blight my life. I will not let prejudice or any of its attendant humiliations and injustices bear me down to spiritual defeat. My inner life is mine, and I shall defend and maintain its integrity against all the powers of hell (quoted in Skinner, 237, listed below)."
Awards, Honors: Springarn Medal from NAACP, 1925 for outstanding achievement by an American Negro; Harmon Gold Award for God's Trombones; Julius Rosenwald Fund Grant, 1929; W. E. B. Du Bois Prize for Negro Literature, 1933, named first incumbent of Spence Chair of Creative Literature at Fisk University; honorary doctorates from Talladega College and Howard University (Skinner 234).
"The Creation" (from God's Trombones, 1927)
And God stepped out on space,
And he looked around and said:
I'm lonely -
I'll make me a world.
And far as the eye of God could see 5
Darkness covered everything,
Blacker than a hundred midnights
Down in a cypress swamp.
Then God smiled,
And the light broke, 10
And the darkness rolled up on one side,
And the light stood shining on the other,
And God said: That's good!
Then God reached out and took the light in his hands,
And God rolled the light around in his hands 15
Until he made the sun;
And he set that sun a-blazing in the heavens.
And the light that was left from making the sun
God gathered it up in a shining ball
And flung it against the darkness, 20
Spangling the night with the moon and stars.
Then down between
The darkness and the light
He hurled the world;
And God said: That's good! 25
Then God himself stepped down -
And the sun was on his right hand,
And the moon was on his left;
The stars were clustered about his head,
And the earth was under his feet. 30
And God walked, and where he trod
His footsteps hollowed the valleys out
And bulged the mountains up.
Then he stopped and looked and saw
That the earth was hot and barren. 35
So God stepped over to the edge of the world
And he spat out the seven seas -
He batted his eyes, and the lightnings flashed -
He clapped his hands, and the thunders rolled -
And the waters above the earth came down, 40
The cooling waters came down.
Top Then the green grass sprouted,
And the little red flowers blossomed,
The pine tree pointed his finger to the sky,
And the oak spread out his arms, 45
The lakes cuddled down in the hollows of the ground,
And the rivers ran down to the sea;
And God smiled again,
And the rainbow appeared,
And curled itself around his shoulder. 50
Then God raised his arm and he waved his hand
Over the sea and over the land,
And he said: Bring forth! Bring forth!
And quicker than God could drop his hand,
Fishes and fowls 55
And beasts and birds
Swam the rivers and the seas,
Roamed the forests and the woods,
And split the air with their wings.
And God said: That's good! 60
Then God walked around,
And God looked around
On all that he had made.
He looked at his sun,
And he looked at his moon, 65
And he looked at his little stars;
He looked on his world
With all its living things,
And God said: I'm lonely still.
Then God sat down - 70
On the side of a hill where he could think;
By a deep, wide river he sat down;
With his head in his hands,
God thought and thought,
Till he thought: I'll make me a man! 75
Up from the bed of the river
God scooped the clay;
And by the bank of the river
He kneeled him down;
And there the great God Almighty 80
Who lit the sun and fixed it in the sky,
Who flung the stars to the most far corner of the night,
Who rounded the earth in the middle of his hand;
This Great God,
Like a mammy bending over her baby, 85
Kneeled down in the dust
Toiling over a lump of clay
Till he shaped it in his own image;
Then into it he blew the breath of life,
And man became a living soul. 90
Amen. Amen.
Primary Works
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, 1912.
(Translator) Fernando Periquet, Goyescas; or, The Rival Lovers (opera libretto), 1915.
Fifty Years and Other Poems , 1917
(Editor) The Book of American Negro Poetry , 1922
(Editor) The Book of American Negro Spirituals , 1925
(Editor) The Second Book of Negro Spirituals , 1926
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (poetry), 1927
Black Manhattan (nonfiction) 1930
Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson, 1933
Contributed articles and poems to the Chicago Defender, Times-Union, New York Age, New York Times, Pittsburgh Courier, Savannah Tribune, The Century, The Crisis, The Nation, The Independent, Harper's, The Bookman, Forum, and Scholastic.
Wilson, Sondra K. ed. The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Volume I & II. New York: Oxford UP, 1995.
The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Volume I: The New York Age Editorials (1914-1923). Wilson, Sondra Kathryn (ed.). NY: Oxford UP, 1995.
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Balter, Ariel. "The Color of Money in The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man." in Goldstein, David S. and Thacker, Audrey B. eds. Complicating Constructions: Race, Ethnicity, and Hybridity in American Texts. Seattle U of Washington P, 2007.
Biers, Katherine. Virtual Modernism: Writing and Technology in the Progressive Era. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2013.
Dowling, Robert M. "A Marginal Man in Black Bohemia: James Weldon Johnson in the New York Tenderloin." in McCaskill, Barbara, and Caroline Gebhard. eds. Post-Bellum, Pre-Harlem: African American Literature and Culture. NY: New York UP, 2006.
Fleming, Robert E. James Weldon Johnson. Boston: Twayne, 1987. PS3519 .O2625 Z67
Gebhard, Caroline. "Inventing a 'Negro Literature': Race, Dialect, and Gender in the Early Work of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, and Alice Dunbar-Nelson." in McCaskill, Barbara, and Caroline Gebhard. eds. Post-Bellum, Pre-Harlem: African American Literature and Culture. NY: New York UP, 2006.
Goldsby, Jacqueline. A Spectacular Secret: Lynching in American Life and Literature. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2006.
Harris, Trudier, and Thadious M. Davis, eds. Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940. Detroit: 7Letras, 1987.
Kostelanetz, Richard. Politics in the African-American Novel: James Weldon Johnson, W. E. B. Du Bois, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison. NY: Greenwood, 1991.
Leiter, Andrew B. In the Shadow of the Black Beast: African American Masculinity in the Harlem and Southern Renaissances. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 2010.
Lamothe, Daphne. Inventing the New Negro: Narrative, Culture, and Ethnography. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 2008.
Lewis, David Levering. When Harlem Was in Vogue. NY: Oxford UP, 1989
Pratt, Louis H. "James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)." in Nelson, Emmanuel S. ed. African American Authors, 1745-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000.
Oliver, Lawrence J. & Price, Kenneth M. , ed. Critical Essays on James Weldon Johnson. New York: G.K. Hall & Co., 1997.
Oliver, Lawrence J. "Teaching James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man." in Soto, Michael. ed. Teaching the Harlem Renaissance: Course Design and Classroom Strategies. NY: Peter Lang, 2008.
Morrissette, Noelle. James Weldon Johnson's Modern Soundscapes. Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 2013.
Portelli, Alessandro. "The Tragedy and the Joke: James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man." in Fabre, Genevičve and Feith, Michel. eds. Temples for Tomorrow: Looking Back at the Harlem Renaissance. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2001.
Roberts, Brian R. Artistic Ambassadors: Literary and International Representation of the New Negro Era. Charlottesville: U of Virginia P, 2013.
Scott, Darieck. Extravagant Abjection: Blackness, Power, and Sexuality in the African American Literary Imagination. NY: New York UP, 2010.
Thompson, Carlyle V. The Tragic Black Buck: Racial Masquerading in the American Literary Imagination. NY: Peter Lang, 2004.
Witalec, Janet. ed. Harlem Renaissance: A Gale Critical Companion. Detroit: Gale, 2002.
| Top |James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938): A Brief Biography
Remembered as the "Renaissance Man," James Weldon Johnson displayed his multi-talents by being a poet, lyricist, author, editor, principal, professor, lawyer, and secretary of the NAACP. He was born on June 17, 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida to middle class and free born parents, James Johnson and Helen Dillet (Pettis, 179). His father was the headwaiter at the fancy St. James Hotel, while his mother was a teacher at Stanton School (Tolbert-Rouchaleau, 17). In his autobiography Along This Way (1933) Johnson recounts how his mother was too ill to nurse him when he was born, that Mrs. McCleary, a white neighbor, breast fed him until his mom was in good health. "So it appears," Johnson writes, "that in the land of black mammies I had a white one." (9) Two years later, his brother Rosamond was to be born.
Johnson completed eighth grade in 1887 at the same school his mother taught, which was considered to be one of the best black primary schools in the country. Three years later, he completed his high school preparatory courses and finished his undergraduate work in 1894. During his four years at Atlanta University, "he worked in the printing office and taught in black rural schools in Hampton Georgia."(Pettis, 180)
After graduating from the university in 1894, Johnson passed up the chance to study medicine at Harvard University to become the principal of his former elementary school. In his autobiography, Johnson considered this "the time of the psychological passing over from boyhood to manhood." (125) He took on the responsibilities of organization and administration for 1,000 students and twenty-five faculty members at the young age of twenty-one (Pettis, 180).
Soon afterwards, Johnson accomplished one of his early ambitions. In May 1895 along with M.J Christopher, Johnson "inaugurated The Daily American, a black weekly newspaper [and the first Negro daily ever published]." (Pettis, 180) Although having success with the African American community, the newspaper only lasted eight months due to financial difficulties. This particular incident in life, left Johnson as a sadly discouraged man. He writes in his autobiography, "it was my first disappointment at the failure of the masses to respond to what I myself felt to be an important effort towards racial advancement." (139)
The following year, Johnson followed another of his earliest ambitions, which was that of studying law. While holding the position of principal, he "worked a few hours each day [. . .] in the offices of [the white, brilliant and wealthy attorney] Thomas Ledwith," who encouraged him to take the examination for certification by the bar (Tolbert-Rouchaleau, 33). Despite his recognition for being the first black lawyer to be admitted in Duval County, an area that includes Jacksonville and later admitted to the Florida Supreme Court, Johnson became uninterested to the mundane details of his practice.
In 1896 when his brother Rosamond returned from studying music at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts, Johnson became inquisitive of the world his brother was involved in (Tolbert-Rouchaleau, 34). After Rosamond discovered some lyrics in his brother's notebook and to which he composed music, they formed a song writing team. In 1897 Johnson began a seven-year partnership with Rosamond. He journeyed as a lyricist with his brother as the musician, and "Bob Cole as the performer on vaudeville acts that took them to New York and London." (Pettis 180) Johnson was to resign as principal of Stanton School in 1902 to move to New York City.
Johnson enjoyed writing poetry, and it wasn't until the fall of 1900 that one of his poems in dialect verse, "Sence You Went Away," would become his first success in Century Magazine (Tolbert-Rouchaleau, 38). Also in 1900, Johnson wrote "Lift Every Voice," in celebration of Lincoln's birthday. It was set to music by Rosamond and was sung by 500 Stanton School students (Pettis, 180).
Moving to New York opened many doors of opportunity for Johnson. He chose to continue his education at Columbia University with an emphasis on English literature and drama and he also served from 1906 to 1914 in the Consular Service, which allowed him to travel to Latin American (Pettis, 181). On February 3, 1910 Johnson married Grace Nail, who was reared in a wealthy New York home and who first met Johnson at a dance in Brooklyn (Tolbert-Rouchaleau, 55).
The year 1913 also proved to be a successful year for Johnson. Another of his poems that received recognition was "Fifty Years, which was written in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and which later appeared in the New York Times on January 1, 1913 (Pettis, 181). The following year, he resigned from the Consular Service to become an editor with the New York Age. He founded Poetry Corner in 1915 and in 1920 he became the first African American to hold the position of Secretary for the NAACP (Pettis, 181). Two years later, Johnson published The Book of Negro American Poetry, in which he introduced the poetry of Anne Spencer and Claude McKay (Johnson 375).
At the height of the Harlem Renaissance, Johnsons major poetic accomplishment God's Trombones appeared, which consisted of seven poetic sermons in free verse (Pettis, 182). He had written conventional poetry in verse form, meter, and rhyme. His anonymously published novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912), which was later credited to him, also proved to be a significant work. Johnson's last collection of original poems, St. Peter Relates an Incident: Selected Poems appeared in 1941 three years after his death in an automobile accident (Pettis 183).
Works Cited
Johnson, James Weldon. Along This Way. New York: Da Capo, 1933.
Pettis, Joyce. African American Poets: Lives, Works, and Sources. Westport: Greenwood, 2002.
Tolbert-Rouchaleau, Jane. James Weldon Johnson. New York: Chelsea, 1988.
Study Questions
1. Does Johnson's high degree of Euroamerican acculturation deflect from his African-American altruism?
2. Is he rightfully classed as a Victorian in terms of middle-class prudery and respectability?
3. Do you agree with George Kent's view that "his cosmopolitanism always extends his reach and his grasp" (In Blackness and the Adventure of Western Culture, 1972, p. 30)?
4. The editors of The Conscious Voice (1965) suggest that the poem is the rendering of experience- which also suggests "the intricacy of the poet's involvement in the world." Does Johnson use a suitable aesthetic distance from his subject matter in the poems: "Lift Every Voice" (1900); "Fifty Years" (1853-1913); and "Saint Peter Relates An Incident" (1930)? (Refer to outside sources for the latter two poems.)
5. How can one justify the author's use of the compensatory Christian ethic in "Lift Every Voice," "Bards," "Listen Lord"--a prayer--and the sermons in Trombones, when he himself is an agnostic? (Refer to outside sources for the latter two poems.)
6. Three reigning poets influenced Johnson's development as the second outstanding African-American poet: Rudyard Kipling, English; Walt Whitman, American; Paul Laurence Dunbar, African-American. How?
7. Racial violence in the poem "Brothers" (1916) is attended with a plea for brotherhood. What is its advantage over literary dialect?
8. How does the longevity of the oral tradition substantiate its worth in the use of black idiomatic expression in African-American literature?
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