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Andrew Jackson Obol vividly recalls the first time he walked into Happy Harbor Comics.
Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada will reveal whether it will hear the Baby M case. In May of 2012, M's parents, immigrants from Algeria, were charged with aggravated assault. The couple had a three-year-old son and two-year-old twin daughters, M and her sister.
There are two ways to look at Canada's oil wealth, found mostly in Alberta's oilsands deposits. One is to be amazed that we're sitting on more than 170 billion barrels of oil — an immense resource by any yardstick.
As global climate talks continue to flounder, it's time to try another model — a smaller group of countries with a history of co-operation, the 53-member Commonwealth, says Edmonton policy consultant and writer Satya Das. Alberta, with the largest fossil fuel reserves among the former British colonies, is well placed to show some leadership, Das said Friday.
It is a humanitarian crisis perhaps unlike any other. Refugees are fleeing from war not on foot but by taxi. When asking for help they do it by cellphone. Their refugee tents sometimes even come with satellite TV.
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In Toronto, they're known as the Dixon Bloods. Or the Dixon City Bloods. Or the Dixon Goonies. Many — though not all — are Somali-Canadian. According to Toronto police, the gang has been "networking with associates" in Edmonton since 2006.
Don't let the name snake plant scare you. These houseplants aren't domiciles for slithering reptiles, nor do they contain snakelike toxins.
It was when we couldn't find the flufftail that I realized the full extent of Madagascar's challenge, when it comes to ecotourism.
The Southern Pride is on the move. In the menacing darkness, a dozen hungry lions circle a large herd of impala.
"Afro-Continental" covers some pretty vast territory, both geographic and culinary. So one could be forgiven some uncertainty around a first trip to Koultures, a newish restaurant on 118th Avenue that defines its menu with such a broad adjective.
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With horns beeping and people waving, it felt a little like walking with a rock star.
An Edmonton Journal contest offering a prize of free tickets to the Diana, A Celebration exhibit prompted a flood of memories, poignant reflections and praise from Journal readers for a beautiful, dedicated mother who died before she could see her boys into adulthood.
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Anglo-Saxon surname Tennies came from the baptismal name for the son of Dennis, which was originally derived from the Latin Dionysius. In the religious naming tradition surnames were bestowed in honor of religious figures or church officials. In Europe, the Christian Church was one of the most powerful influences on the formation of given names. Personal names derived from the names of saints, apostles, biblical figures, and missionaries are widespread in most European countries. In the Middle Ages, they became increasingly popular because people believed that the souls of the deceased continued to be involved in this world. They named their children after saints in the hope that the child would be blessed or protected by the saint.
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Oxfordshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
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Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Tennies family name include Tennyson, Tenison, Tennison and others.
Tennies Early History
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tennies research. Another 161 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1636, 1715, 1694, 1685, 1714, 1809, 1892, 1636, 1715, 1673, 1735, 1642, 1705, 1697 and 1698 are included under the topic Early Tennies History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Tennies surname or a spelling variation of the name include: John Tennison arrived in Philadelphia in 1850; John R. Tenison settled in Pennsylvania in 1850.
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Nil Temere
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The Madison County Clerk's Office has sent out about 12,000 ballots to be returned by mail, and there have been 5,000 returned. Madison County Clerk Debbie Ming-Mendoza said there have been 5,000 mail-in ballots returned, but her office may accept ballots until Nov. 22, as long as they are dated by Nov. 8.
She said the voting process has gone smoothly so far, and her employees have been busy answering phone calls from voters.
Many are asking if they are properly registered, while some election judges are checking to see if people registering on election day are properly listed in county records.
She said some calls have been from judges who say that some people are passing leaflets too close to polling places, but, so far, it has not caused any conflicts. The leaflet-passers are simply asked to move back, she said. She said no serious conflicts have been reported.
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office (Lord Sewel): Forestry is an important part of the rural scene in Scotland. Its importance will grow as timber production doubles over the next 15 years and Scotland's forests and woodlands become more valuable for recreation and wildlife. We believe that it is important to have a strategy for forestry in Scotland which will provide a context for forestry policies and programmes. This will ensure that forestry integrates well with other aspects of the rural economy and plays its full part in the future well-being of Scotland.
Clearly, the Scottish Executive will want to determine the form and content of a Scottish forestry strategy. Nevertheless, we consider that it would be helpful to prepare an issues paper which could form the basis for consultation on a strategy.
I have therefore asked the Forestry Commission to set this work in hand, in liaison with other relevant Government departments and agencies, with a view to publishing an issues paper early next year.
Lord McNair asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Amos: The Nuba Mountains are a conflict zone and civilians are being subjected to abuses from troops of both sides. In opposition-held areas there is diversion of humanitarian supplies leaving little for local people. There has been a large movement of people to the relative security of Government of Sudan areas, many of whom are held in "peace villages", set up by the government, where their freedom of movement is consequently restricted.
We remain concerned at the Government of Sudan's continued refusal to agree access to the Nuba Mountains
Lord McNair asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Amos: We understand from the UN that on 9 June 1998 a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy and its police escort were attacked in South Kordofan, close to the Nuba Mountains, in territory held by the Government of Sudan (GOS). Three Sudanese personnel were killed, two from WFP and one from the Sudanese Red Crescent (SRC). Three more SRC personnel were injured. The incident occurred about 60 kilometres north east of Kadugli between the villages of Arie and Hadab. The WFP team had been returning from a food distribution to internally displaced people. They were not part of the OLS assessment team promised by Operation Lifeline Sudan as part of the Nuba Mountains access deal, which GOS had earlier agreed but subsequently refused.
Delivery of food aid is always adversely affected in instances of high insecurity currently prevailing in the Nuba Mountains and its surrounding area.
Lord McNair asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Amos: The Sudanese personnel who were attacked on 9 June 1998 were not members of the assessment mission. They were delivering food aid to internally displaced people in South Kordofan as part of the UN World Food Programme's Emergency Operation for Sudan, the funding of which was provided by donors, including the United Kingdom.
Lord McNair asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Amos: The Government of Sudan has offered the use of airports in the north of the country for relief flights to the south for some years. Northern air strips were used this year for the first time. The difference in cost is not yet known, but a major independent study of Operation Lifeline Sudan, undertaken in 1996, concluded that savings from
Real savings for the relief effort will come from maximising land routes, including rail, for delivery of humanitarian assistance to vulnerable areas of southern Sudan. We are pressing the UN to make progress on this.
Lord McNair asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Amos: The major effort made by humanitarian agencies in southern Sudan this year has succeeded in stabilising the situation. Mortality rates have fallen in some of the worst hit areas in the south. But it is clear that this year's harvest will not be sufficient to pull the region out of its difficulties. The UN World Food Programme confirms that it has sufficient resources until the end of March 1999; but beyond then we expect there to be a need for further substantial humanitarian assistance for at least another year. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation is finalising its annual food crop assessment for Sudan which will predict food aid needs for the coming year. This will be incorporated into the 1999 UN Consolidated Appeal which will be released early in the new year.
Lord Evans of Watford asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn): The assisted prison visits scheme exists to help prisoners maintain contact with their close relatives and partners. The scheme was established in 1988. To qualify for assistance in meeting the costs of travel to and from the prison the visitor must be in receipt of a low income benefit as administered by the Benefits Agency.
The scheme does not distinguish between married and non-married partners, but financial assistance is extended to same-sex partners only at the expense of support for a prisoner's family members. In
The Government are keen to encourage all prisoners to maintain family ties, and believes that same-sex partners should be treated fairly by the Prison Service. Therefore, both partners and relatives will, in future, be able to receive assistance with the cost of visiting, within the qualifying conditions of the scheme.
Lord Lester of Herne Hill asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Williams of Mostyn: We have no plans to do so. As we explained during the passage of the Human Rights Bill, we believe that the best forum in which to raise issues concerning the compatibility of a Bill with the convention rights is the parliamentary proceedings on the Bill.
As to what will appear in the explanatory notes concerning Section 19 statements, I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 25 November (columns WA 1 to WA 2).
Lord Clement-Jones asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Williams of Mostyn: Work on the joint review by the Prison Service and the Department of Health of the organisation and delivery of prison health services was completed at the end of October 1998. Department of Health and Home Office Ministers are considering carefully the review's findings and recommendations. I expect to be in a position to make an announcement early in the New Year.
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Junior language programmes are a growth market for many destinations and our own annual language school survey statistics show that numbers of junior students have increased by 61 per cent globally between 2010 and 2015. Language schools specialising in this sector are having to become more proactive in order to cater for demands for 'something different' and today's programmes are likely to include an extensive range of outdoor activities, football skills tuition by a professional football club or in-depth academic instruction in a subject such as science or computing, as well as classroom-based language tuition.
Liverpool School of English www.lse.uk.net in the UK is one provider that is currently expanding its range of junior offerings in response to demand from students. Maria McDonnell, Director, says, "We have offered junior language courses here in Liverpool since 1999. We have responded to the growing demand for English plus courses with the introduction of English plus Football, as well as an exciting English plus Science programme. So many schools offer standard English and activity courses these days and we find that this is simply no longer enough to capture the imagination of our clients."
Recent statistics (see StudyTravel Magazine, July 2016, page 5) on the UK's English language teaching industry reveal that the junior market accounted for 49 per cent of overall business for language schools in 2015, up from 30 per cent in 2011. In a market that has seen a downturn in student numbers recently, many language providers in the UK are looking at ways to develop their junior programmes in the face of increasing competition in this sector.
Karen Russell at Kingswood www.kingswood.co.uk in the UK says that they specialise in offering junior programmes that take the learning environment outside of the classroom. She believes that they "focus on developing and strengthening a student's life skills, such as social, emotional and personal, to better aid them in their professional development in future careers and in networking in social situations". As this type of education is strongly supported by the British government's current education strategy, Karen says that the programmes offer a "true British educational experience" and as such are very popular. "We have seen an increase in demand for these types of courses recently and I feel this is because agents, parents and schools are looking for different programmes and more educational benefits," she says.
In Australia, Ben Mack, Director of Recruitment & Marketing at Browns English Language School www.browns.edu.au, says that there is currently an increase in global demand for junior student programmes in Australia. "We have been offering junior programmes for over 10 years now and our work in this area initially started due to demand from the Japanese market to send their under-18 students to the Gold Coast over their summer holiday break," says Ben. The school has recently opened a new campus dedicated to teenage and pre-teen students and Ben says it has a growing reputation for junior student specialisation in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
The school has also developed new programmes to meet demand, including "a year-round high school preparation programme pathwaying into Queensland's government and independent schools, along with school uniforms, junior development programmes, extra-curricular activity programmes, and with physical facilities in our new campus, which includes recreational computer games facilities", relates Ben, who adds that the largest nationalities for junior programmes are Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Demand for more academic programmes within the junior sector is something that is also noted by agents who work with juniors and their parents (see pull out boxes). At F+U Academy of Languages www.fuu-languages.com in Germany, Katja Tenkoul says that the popularity of junior programmes in Germany has increased in line with the country's reputation as offering a high-quality, inexpensive education. "This is certainly an incentive for many parents to send their children to German classes as early as possible, so they can study there later on," she says, adding that their largest student markets are Italy, Russia, Spain, France, Germany, China, USA and Poland.
Tobias Langenstein from another German provider Humboldt-Institut www.humboldt-institut.org agrees and reveals that the school's junior academic pathway option has seen good growth in recent years. "A few years ago, we started with 10 students and now have almost 200 long-term students that will be admitted to one of 30 German boarding schools with whom we cooperate after those students have succesfully completed their German course," he says.
Programmes that cater for families and very young students are also becoming more popular. Marie Duvert from BMA Biarritz French Language School www.bma-biarritz-school.com in France says that demand for their BMA babies course for children aged between four-and-10 years has been growing in the six years that it has been offered. "We decided to open workshops for children as Biarritz has an enormous influx of tourists in the summer and is a popular holiday destination for people from all over the world," she says. "The children spend three hours practising French."
In line with the trend of children travelling to learn a language at a younger age, Hannah Lindsay from St Giles www.stgiles.co.uk, which offers junior programmes in the UK, Canada and USA, says that family language programmes are a growing part of the sector. "Over the past few years it has become one of our fastest growing programmes across the group," she says. "The demand has been so strong that we have opened up lots of new family locations, which has led to us being able to offer courses in London, Brighton, San Francisco and New York in 2017."
Other developments in the junior sector, according to Hannah, are increased demand for English plus options - including English plus University Studies and English plus Performing Arts - as well as a new programme starting in 2017. "We will run our 'Explorer Tours' for the first time; a fantastic chance for our students to take a one-week tour around the north of the UK, taking in sights such as York and Edinburgh," she says.
The opportunity to mix with local children while on a junior camp is a new selling point identified by ILSC Education Group www.ilsc.com, a global provider that has offered junior language programmes for over 16 years. "In 2017, we'll be introducing an activities programme provided by UBC Camps so our students will connect with local Canadian youth in their afternoon activities," says Andrew Goulding, Director of Junior Programs.
Other recent developments from ILSC include the ESL-High School Bridge programme introduced in 2015 in Vancouver and Toronto, which supports and prepares international students intending to go on to a high school term or terms in Canada, and new family programmes available in Vancouver and San Francisco. Andrew adds, "As the junior sector matures in North America, many young clients are seeking an experience that brings more than the traditional combination of language lessons and activities.
As a response to this, we have been focusing on collaboration with domestic camp programme providers that allow our students to experience specialised propgramming with domestic students."
The junior sector brings with it a number of unique challenges, not least of which is safeguarding. Many providers in this market offer and encourage their junior students to stay in residential accommodation as this offers them a greater ability to provide 24-hour supervision. Deirdre Rochford at the Irish College of English www.iceireland.com in Ireland says that their junior summer camp in Malahide, Dublin, is gaining in popularity as agents and parents view it is a safe destination. "Malahide itself is an ideal location and sells very well," she says. "Our biggest nationalities are the traditional markets of Spain, Italy and France, but we see an increasing number of Russian, Chinese and Eastern European clients each year." Deirdre adds that the school will offer residential accommodation at Glenstal Abbey, a local boarding school, from 2017, which should increase bookings further.
Catering for a range of cultural, linguistic and religious backgrounds can also be a challenge when providing courses for this age group, and many providers find that having a diverse range of multicultural staff members can be helpful. Katja says that they find that introducing cultural activities helps address some of the issues. "For example, we had Chinese calligraphy and yoga classes this year," she says.
The increased focus on safety also means that agents have a greater role to play in this sector. Tobias at Humboldt says, "Competent counseling and guidance through agents plays an important role in the booking process." Andrew at ILSC agrees that using agents to book their course can add an extra layer of confidence for parents. "Many parents appreciate third-party support and expertise when sending their children overseas," he says. "The support of having someone local involved in the process of selecting a quality provider provides a lot of comfort." firstname.lastname@example.com
How has demand for junior language programmes changed for your agency's clients in recent years? Gerald Soubeyran, Effective Linguistique, France"The global trend is to see a decrease of group travel, while the individuals business is increasing. Today's parents are the ex-teenagers of the '80s and they have done the 'language holiday in a group of French kids'. From our point of view, it is crucial for summer operators to offer increased value for money, more results-driven courses. Innovation pays. It is a longer process and while it may be satisfying in the short term to stick to a basic-but-profitable offer, it is not, I believe, [long-term] viable." www.effective-linguistique.comCatherine Visan, Camp Experts, France"The USA is growing as a destination for juniors. They want to be totally immersed in an activity camp and US school children are on holidays for the whole of July whereas UK school students break up later. A sector that is developing for us is short-term courses in boarding schools in the UK. Courses can last from three weeks to three months. This is new in France and is popular." www.campexperts.com
Miguel Amigo, STEP Language Services, Spain "The number of junior students travelling overseas from Spain has obviously decreased since a peak at around 2009/2010. The effect of the economic crisis that began in those years was very clear. We in STEP, based in Bilbao, send mostly Basque students and have not suffered too much from this, but agencies in Madrid, for instance, have seen decreases of over 40 per cent in some years." www.steptravel.net


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I am an American planning on traveling through all parts of Europe from December 26th to mid-February. I will start my journey in Lisbon with my girlfriend, and travel through Spain and France. Those are my initial plans, and I hope to do this within 2 weeks. After the two, I have no idea where I'm going or what I'll be doing.
I need help deciding whether to by a Eurorail pass or to plan to just by airplane tickets. If I were to do the latter, I am afraid of needing to pay check-in bag fees. This brings me to my next question: for a month and a half of traveling, what size backpack should I purchase? I was looking to by a 55 liter, but my friend will let me borrow his larger 85 liter. Should I borrow his backpack, or is it too big?
Finally, what shoes should I bring along? I was thinking water-proof hiking boots and a pair of sneakers. What are your thoughts?
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I need help deciding whether to by a Eurorail pass or to plan to just by airplane tickets>
Unless you give what specific itinerary you are pondering no one can tell - but trains do go everywhere and there are many overnight trains such as in Spain and France - cover loarge distances at night and save on the night in a hotel to boot!
For 2 weeks in Spain and, Portugal and France take the train - if you want then say head up to Amsterdam vis Paris then from there fly to Greece.
But with such a large time frame you can take trains from city to city and overnight trains say from southern France to Paris or in Spain like from Seville to Barcelona or Lisbon to Madrid or the French border at Hendaye - if you do such travels by train then perhaps a Eurail Select railpass could be your best ticket - are you under 26 - if so the Eurail Select Youthpass is much cheaper.
If you do the Eurail Select (Youth or not) Pass you can have it valid in Portugal, Spain, France and Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as one country for this purpose) - cheaper than a Global Eurailpass - a flexipass good for an overall time frame of two months but you select your unlimited travel days as you go along.
If taking overnight trains you put the next day's date on - thus you can travel from 7 pm one night thru the following day's midnight - take a night train from Lisbon to the French border and then gthe pass is valid to go anywhere in those countries the next morning - you can cover a lot of ground and use just one day on a pass.
Anyway some great sources for European train trip planning: www.budgeteuropetravel.com; www.ricksteves.com; www.seat61.com.
One thing for sure you do not want to buy train tickets as you go along - walk up fares can be dauntingly steep - if not doing a pass, which allows you to chose which trains to take once there - be sure to pre-book weeks in advance for a specific train on a specific day discounted tickets (which typically may not be changed nor refunded - but such tickets are sold in limited numbers and can sell our weeks/months before the train.
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A couple of notes:
You can;t see Portugal, Spain and France in 2 weeks. You can see 4 cities - 5 if you really rush - but more than that is just going to be a tour of rail stations.
Not sure why you need a back pack at all versus regular luggage. Backpacks are very easy to steal from (thieves just cut through the back and take what they want while you are wearing them) and are a pain to haul around on trains.
As for clothing - you need to adapt for the weather where you are going - if the mountains or northern/central europe you need to be ready for cold and sleet or snow - they have a real winter. Portugal and Spain temps tend to be more moderate - but there is skiing even in the mountains in southern Spain and Madrid is on a high plateau and snow in winter is perfectly possible.
Suggest you get a good map, look at some guide books to figure out what you want to see and how long it will take and look at bahn.de for realistic train schedules for all of europe. (The schedule won;t be the same as when you're there but the amount of time will be realistic.)
To figure out if a pass will make sense for you, you need to compare with costs for an actual itinerary.
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>> traveling through all parts of Europe<<
You are essentially talking 6 - 7 week. You can't see 'all parts' of Europe in that short a time.
If you just mean the 5 countries tagged you can do it (though you'll need to take a few flights since some of them are far apart). But if you really mean all over Europe, then what other countries are you considering?
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I think the OP means he knew he wanted to start with Lisbon, Spain and France, and then for the rest of his time, wanted to go all over Europe. Or as much as possible, I guess. That's 6 weeks. You just have to pick some countries you are most interested in and that make sense. I'd think the first part (Lisbon, Spain and France) should take up at least 3 weeks. Of course you could spend more depending on how many cities in his country you want to see. IN fact, if it's only Lisbon, sure you make only want 4-5 days there, but I'd reserve at least 10 days each for Spain and France. So that's about 4 weeks total. Then you have 2 weeks, you can add 1-2 other countries. If you end up in Paris, you could add the Netherlands and Belgium. Or maybe even Germany. none of that sounds so appealing in winter, though, but it's up to you. You could go to Italy instead, that's not a bad idea. Or you could go from France to England. If you wanted to see it, who knows.
As for backpacks, if you can get by with the smaller one, of course do it. The smaller the better. I would think you could get by with a 55 l as that is about the size of a 22" suitcase, I think. It will be tight for 6 weeks in winter especially, but if you can, great. An 85 liter pack may be a bit big, though (that's about the size of a 29" suitcase), something in the middle might be good.
I don't know about shoes, only two pair for 6 weeks isn't a lot but if you can do it, again, great. I hope those sneakers are pretty substantial, though.
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This trip covers the midwinter period in Europe and you're going to have to be selective in where you go. Resort areas in the countries you mention will be largely closed at that time and the odds are that you will need to stick to towns and cities.
The key clothing-wise is layers:take what suits where you're heading for, which is the first thing to do. Most airlines won't allow large backpacks to be used as carry on luggage, so you'll have to check it in most cases.
Lay out your itinerary first, then decide what you'll need to wear, especially in respect of what standard of accommodation you'll use. Hostelling doesn't demand dressing up and even good hotels don't mind jeans and trainers (sneakers) these days.
If you're intending to do some hiking, then be careful of where you go as conditions can change quickly on hills and mountains.
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First of all, thank you all for the quick replies and thanks for the site suggestions, i'll check them out. I want to backpack since that is part of the lure of coming in the first place -- almost as a wonderer.
Allow me to be a little more specific, since I was a little vague to start. I plan on traveling with my girlfriend from Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona, San Sebastian, Bordeaux, and Paris. From there I plan to meet a few of my European friends in Amsterdam. From Amsterdam, my friend will take me to his home in Hamburg then we will go to Berlin. At this point, I have no idea where I will go. I assume at this point it will be around January 20th or 25th, roughly. From here on I will have about two weeks and would like to go to Budapest and Prague, possibly Copenhagen.
Tentative timetables:
Lisbon (12/26-12/28)
Madrid (12/28-1/1)
Barcelona (1/3-1/5)
San Sebastian (1/5-1/7)
Bordeaux (1/7-1/9)
Paris (1/9-1/12)
As of here, I am not sure as the next week of plans is dependent on my friends in Europe, but as mentioned we will most likely head from Paris to Amsterdam and from Amsterdam to Hamburg, Hamburg to Berlin, Berlin to Copenhagen, Copenhagen to Budapest, Budapest to London). The bellow timetable is very tentative and open for suggestions. If there are must do's during winter in europe, please let me know.
Amsterdam (1/12-1/15)
Hamburg (1/15-1/17)
Berlin (1/17-1/20)
Copenhagen (1/20-1/23)
Budapest (1/23-1/27)
Should I add more time in each city, or add more cities?
So this is where my confusion comes into play: will the Eurorail suffice? And if so will it be cheaper?
Secondly, are there any specific suggestions to shoes/boots to wear?
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"Should I add more time in each city, or add more cities?"
If you want to see anything of any of these places, you need to add more time in each place. You have forgotten to figure in your travel time. It will take at least a half a day and often a full day to get from one place to another (figuring from checking out of one hostel and into the next). So if you spend two nights in a place, you will have one day to explore; if you spend three nights, you'll have two days to explore.
So it appears that you have one day in each of the places you've mentioned. And remember, it will be dark early in many of these places at that time of the year, so you won't have a lot of hours of daylight to explore.
Take a look at www.weatherbase.com for historical weather patterns.
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Sneakers will get ruined fairly easily in unexpected rain (and be an nuisance to carry around wet). Hiking boots are going to be unsuitable for some walking surfaces and restaurants. Also just too heavy after a while. You will feel it.
What you really need is at least one really really comfortable pair of waterproof shoes with very very good traction on the soles. This will be crucial in Lisbon -- your first stop, where you don't want twist and ankle or fall. You need anti-slip shoes for the very slippery, steep streets of Lisbon.
If you think you need another pair of shoes, especially to deal with snow and ice in colder places, please bear in mind you are not going hiking anywhere. You are doing urban walking on icy, snow streets. If you have a good shoe store near you, pay it a visit and talk to some people who really know something about shoes. Sports shoes might be good, but not necessarily hiking books.
I would give up on the idea on the idea a backpack is romantic. It is probably very useful for the kind of trip you are taking, but you need to figure out where you are going to be doing some laundry and budget time for that -- plus pick a backpack big enough to get you to that first laundry load (but no bigger!)
Lastly, you are traveling at an exceptionally difficult travel period for Europe. You start out with the holidays -- which mean mayhem at transportation points and a lot of things being closed -- and then you very quickly start getting into the bad weather window where it is typical for Europe to get some spate of travel disrupting storms. It would be amazing if the six weeks you are traveling saw no weather related-travel disruptions.
I suggest that you look very closely at the reasons you are going to Portugal and Spain during the holidays and figure out if what you want see there is open, whether that is sights or restaurants or what have you. (Might be. Don't know. But don't assume.) The holidays in Spain last until Jan 6. If most of the things you want to do are going to be closed, drop the destination.
Second, I would try to put some air and buffers into your tight schedule so you can do some laundry, adjust for weather delays and allow for some serendipity for your lark. That means aiming a fewer fixed destinations so you have time to take a day trip or something unexpected or just hang out with new friends who may want to show you something you otherwise never would have thought to choose on your own.
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was looking to by a 55 liter, but my friend will let me borrow his larger 85 liter. Should I borrow his backpack, or is it too big?>
If taking trains smaller is better - one tactic I have with a heavy backpack when staying only a night or so in a city is to leave my heavy bags in a station locker, just taking light essentials to my hotel/hostel, etc. And many lockers cannot accommodate the larger packs - less is indeed more in many ways - even on crowded trains wading thru congested aisles can be a problem and finding space in overhead luggage racks problematic with the bigger packs.
I witnessed a young gal once in Nice's train station get her way too hevy bag out of a locker and after putting it on actually fell backwards on her rear - lighter is better in many ways - you can buy what you will need once there - do not take the kitchen sink with you.
The old adage: Pack your bags then empty half of it and leave it home - another - 'bring twice as much money and twice as less baggage.
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If you enjoy carrying your possessions on your back, then by all means take a backpck. I'm not too keen on doing that when hiking. For cities, I prefer a rolling ( carry on size ) suitcase.
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The right size of a backpack really depends on the person wearing it. I've seen big men carrying giant backpacks without any problems. I'm a small woman and prefer something much smaller and lighter.
Borrow your friend's backpack for a day. Pack it full of everything you think you will need to bring. Put it on. Walk around with it on for a couple of hours. Walk up and down two flights of stairs with it, like you may have to do in a cheap hostel. Take it off and lift it over your head, like when putting it in an overhead bin on a plane.
If you can do those things without problem, ok.
If you can't, you should get a smaller backpack. Or a small wheeled bag.
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The suggestions above are good but don't go far enough. Walking up two flights of stairs is nothing. Walk up ten (seriously - you might not have to climb 10 flights all at one time, but in the course of a day you will - or more.)
Lifting an 85 liter backpack won't help cause it won't be carry on size for flights. Look at the fees for checked baggage on some of the cheap intra European airlines (like Ryan Air or Easy Jet). See how much you can get into the 55 liter size. It's not just clothes. Are you bringing a laptop, a camera, lenses, phone, chargers, kindle, etc. Clothes are the easy part actually - bring layers, get silk long underwear (tops and bottoms).
Is money a concern here at all? Cause all that moving around is going to cost. If you are staying with friends or in hostels or inexpensive hotels, the daily cost won't be that bad, but all those train/plane trips - and don't under estimate the cost of getting from airports to city centers when you are figuring costs.
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Take it off and lift it over your head, like when putting it in an overhead bin on a plane. >>
YOu won't even be allowed to carry on something that size, so that part is irrelevant. There are no planes or trains most likely where you will be able to store something that big in the overhead racks. It will have to be checked and in trains, go on the floor/end storage area. And I don't agree that you will have to climb 10 flights of stairs a day with your bags. I never have, not with my baggage, anyway. Even if in a metro/train system, at the most I've walked maybe 1-2 flights with baggage. If you have a hotel with no stairs (not very common), I suppose it is possible but it would have to be a very tall hotel.
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I love my backpack that also has wheels - I can carry it on my back or usually when possible easily wheel it around - even for miles at times.
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Either a backpack or a wheelie, otherwise you're carrying extra weight when it's a backpack. I traveled for a decade with a backpack . This is the current version: http://shop.eaglecreek.com/rincon-vita-65l/d/1003_c_116 - so 47L for the main bag plus 20L for the day pack. I now travel with a wheelie. The wheelie is better if you're not staying close to your transport. The backpack is better for coping with stairs. It has nothing whatever to do with romance, it has to do with which is more practical, and with how strong you are.
About the most important travel advice around is to pack light, but that's more difficult in the winter. At least you'll be wearing most of the weight - I'm currently traveling and finish in London in December, so am carrying winter clothes I don't currently need....
I also strongly urge you to slow down. What's the point of going to Lisbon for two nights, which is one jet lagged day? And if you're going to Budapest do it before Copenhagen, not after, but realize that it will be cold. And dark. I'm there right now and it's already getting dark not long after 5:00 pm.
Oh, and shoes? I travel with hiking boots for ankle protection, a pair of Ecco sandals and black flats for evening. Since you seem to be a guy you can skip the black flats, lol. Maybe flip-flops instead - I could have used those at the thermal baths this afternoon.
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My backpack with wheelie almost is never used as a backpack - wheels can go up and down stairs too but I use it as a backpack only in crowded areas or stairs - nice to have that option and yes it may weigh a few pounds but not that much more overall.
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Most of my traveling life, I have just used a canvas bag with a shoulder strap, sometime supplemented with a secondary small bag (which usually begins the trip stuffed into the first bag). You really do not need to carry much with you if you have already perfected the art of knowing what can be washed in a hotel sink and dried in the room overnight. I have made trips to Southeast Asia for 3 weeks with only about 6 kilos of baggage.
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When traveling in places with snow and ice (and slush), figuring out what kind of luggage will work best is a challenge. I think dragging stuff around wet muddy pavements can be a problem (especially if you are going to then wear the same dirty-bottomed bag as a backpack). It's a different kind of problem to have a backpack or duffel that is packed so heavily it might keep you off balance, or just get soaked in terrible weather.
I agree that in cold weather one really does not need to pack a lot, but for any long trip, it is important arrange time to do laundry rather than try to carry around enough clean clothes for the duration. You do need enough warm clean socks.
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"Arrange time to do laundry"
A few minutes in the bathroom sink every other evening....
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But clothes need to dry, and the itinerary outlined above is very brisk, constantly on the go, and it covers a long period of time. For the depth of cold in the places visited, it would be fairly impossible to go without some heavier trousers, socks, and shirts/long sleeve tops. Outer garments and sweaters can go the whole distance , but enough winter clothes for a month can't.
If I wash any clothes in a sink, I try to do it as soon as I check in to give maximum drying time. Clothes don't always dry well hung in bathrooms or rooms. They can't be hung outside in Jan & Feb. Personally I would rather just get my clothes washed and dried professionally, all at once. For a trip this long, I would want to track down a mid-trip opportunity to do a full load of wash and get it dry as well.
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Perhaps go to the fabulous Tamborrada festival on January 19 and 20 in San Sebastian in Northern Spain very close to the French border. Music, drums, dance, literally the best food in Europe, drinks and party for 24 very intense hours. http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/society/holidays/la-tamborrada
Here is the city choir Orfeón Donostiarra leading the crowds on the main square in San Sebastián's Parte vieja (Old town) singing on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of one of the city's most famous gastronomic societies (Gaztelubide) during the Tamborrada in 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhncDjXMeQ4
About beautiful Donostia/San Sebastian, the food capital of Spain if not all of Europe and very popular with surfers.
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I test wash and dry my clothes before they get to travel. I travel for months at a time, and I find it's less hassle to take care of laundry myself.
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I'm w/ thursdaysd. I take nothing that won't dry quickly or at least over night. The only exception is I do sometimes take one pair of jeans (never more -- other fabrics are more practical). But never wear them enough that they must be washed. If they do happen to get dirty - I just stick them in my suitcase and leave them til I get home. Everything else I pack will dry in a couple of hour or over night at the most.
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Do the French ladies still buy and wear tissue paper pants as in the old child's song and which was true after the war and according to my French friends until not too long ago but who knows maybe they still sell em - if so that could be a solution to part of the laundry problem.
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All the girls in France Wear tissue-paper pants. When they climb up a pole ... May also be "toilet-paper pants" for that extra measure of naughtyness.
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Thank you again for all the replies. I have taken all the advice to heart. So far I have decided that a) I need to plan more time between cities -- though I will still be brisk in a few, less major destinations. b) I bought a pair of boots online, http://www.sorel.com/mens-ankeny-mid-boot-1553371.html#fit they seem the most practical for winter walking. Thoughts? c) I need to decide backpack or luggage and the point that i'll be slushing around in the snow makes me lean more towards backpack.
If possible, I would still like some advice similar to kimhe's of events taking place during my travels that are somewhat in line with my itinerary. So far the updated places and dates are listed below. Again, thanks to all for the help thus far!
Lisbon: 26-Dec - 29-Dec
Madrid: 29-Dec - 1-Jan
Barcelona: 1-Jan - 4-Jan
San Sebastian: 4-Jan - 6-Jan
Aquitaine: 6-Jan - 9-Jan
Paris: 9-Jan - 12-Jan
Amsterdam: 12-Jan - 16-Jan
London: Depart February 10th-15thish
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You do list two destinations on the same days - it is better to lay out an itinerary in nights, not days.
what you really have is:
Lisbon: 26-Dec - 28-Dec
Madrid: 29-Dec - 31-Dec
Barcelona: 1-Jan - 3-Jan
San Sebastian: 4-Jan - 5-Jan
Aquitaine: 6-Jan -8-Jan
Paris: 9-Jan - 11-Jan
Amsterdam: 12-Jan - 15-Jan
This is a rush for sure.
Then you are visiting 8 more cities in 7 countries in the next 4 weeks.
That is a LOT to bite off . . .
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Why Zurich? Many flks are nonplussed by this yes nice but modern city - you will not see the real Switzerland in Zurich but in places like the Interlaken-Jungfrau Region - the soaring glacier-girdled Alpine peaks, toylike mountain trains and thrilling aerial cableways going off in all directions, etc.
Janis is right about the first part at least being a little rushed - cut out maybe Hamburg and Zurich (especially in the dead of winter) and add days to Paris and other stops perhaps.
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With stops often very far apart you may of course fly but Europe also has a network of overnight trains linking cities far removed from each other - plus you save on a night in a hotel.
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Is your GF a real "winter, doesn't mind traipsing through all kinds of weather, carrying a backpack" kind of woman? Is she having any input on this trip?
You bought hiking boots for yourself. Good, but does she have proper shoes and clothing yet for this adventure?
Does she want to tote a backpack or use wheeled luggage?
You might consider sitting down with her to learn her expectations for the trip and to make sure she is aware of weather, short days, and longish travel times.
Since she is probably wanting to please you, she may be going along with something she won't really enjoy. Frankly, if that is the case, it is not a good thing. Just saying, it is something for you to think about seriously.
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Thanks for the relationship advice, Sassafrass! You can rest assured she is involved in the decision making (is following this blog post as well), and that I am not a douchebag just because i'm an american.
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Trojan, certainly never thought you were a "d______g" or that the question had anything to do with being American. Just that except for her going, you had not mentioned your GF again, and you might be surprised how often the person planning is so excited about making plans, they can't think it possible that the other person would like something else or might not be prepared for the trip.
An acquaintance got a surprise, last minute trip from her BF. Until they were at the airport, she thought they were going to a beach. He was so excited! He was a sweet guy, wanting to do something nice, but she didn't have a jacket, much less ski clothes, and was miserable.
Sometimes too, people are excited to be going and say they will enjoy anything, but they haven't really thought about it. A friend wanted to go on a trip to Europe with me and insisted they didn't care what we did, to plan anything I wanted. When I presented the plan, they were aghast. What I wanted to do was nothing they had ever envisioned.
So, no reflection on anybody, only to be aware of possible issues.
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Sassafrass, that is fair. I apologize for the defensive response.
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Trojan, all is good.
I have traveled a good bit with other people, so am probably overly watchful of travel compatibility styles.
It is funny to see how different people can be when they leave their everyday life behind. Beach people, mountain people, see everything people and relax at a cafe people, and sometimes, you don't even know what you are until you do it.
Sometimes the idea of something sounds great. Then you do it and hate it. You may learn as much about yourself and your SO when you travel as you do about the places you visit.
I sincerely hope your trip is wonderful.
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Ah yeh - travel can be travail at times for some and an adventure at times for others - either brings you closer or tears you apart often.
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When I was backpacking through Europe in the 90's here's the list of places I visited in a two month period. I tried to list them in the order I visited but I may have a few destinations misplaced: Amsterdam, Dresden, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Berlin, Munich, Krakow, Prague, Budapest, Zagreb, Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Interlakken, Gimmelwald, Genoa, Mallorca, Barcelona, Seville, Paris, Dublin, Galway. It was the best time of my life and looking back I wouldn't change a thing.
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Glad that trip gave you such wonderful memories. Very curious. What time of year did you do that backpacking trip? Did you go mostly by train? By yourself or with friends?
When DD went backpacking with a friend for six months, starting in Ireland, by the third week, they had split, never to see each other again. They found they just liked different things.
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I went from early September to early November in 1994. I was by myself and traveled on trains only (one flight to/from Mallorca). At the time the dollar was strong and food and lodging were cheap for me. I got a two month Eurail pass that was good for unlimited first class train travel in 17 countries and I think it cost 1,500 U.S. dollars at the time. I never pre-booked any accommodation and just showed up in a city, got out my Let's Go Europe book to find a hostel, bought a city map and then walked to whatever hostel and got a place to stay. I met European backpackers on the way and in a few countries stayed with some of the people I met, which was good for about two weeks of free food and accommodation.
I don't think it would be possible to do this today for the cost of what I paid, with inflation and the need to reserve places on TGV trains and food and lodging cost. If you have the money it can be done but as I said, it would be much more expensive. At the time many train conductors just shrugged when they saw my Eurail pass (especially in eastern Europe) as they weren't quite sure what to make of it. Even though I was supposed to pay supplements on TGV trains and make reservations I never did. No one seemed to care. I remember once on an overnight train sitting in a seat trying to sleep when the conductor approached me and asked if I wanted a sleeper cabin. The train was pretty empty so he showed me to a private cabin that was super deluxe and let me stay there for free. Ah, the good old days.
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Yup French Mystique - no free rides any more IME on trains or not paying the supplement, etc.
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Thanks for sharing about your trip. DD went in 1989. Back then was so different from now. I don't think she had a 90 day rule to worry about, and she got several odd jobs along the way, returning to the states with the same amount of money she had when she left. She dug potatoes in Ireland, worked on another farm in England, worked at a hotel in Germany, We never knew where she was at any given time. No internet back then, so only a phone call now and then or a letter, and by time we got the letter, she had moved on. When she learned the Berlin Wall was being breached, she hopped a train and helped, and brought back pieces she tore out.
Travel is easier now, but perhaps not as interesting.
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Be careful, there's a "legionella" epidemic outbreak right now. News report 160 dead. Look up in the news. It's especially bad in the Lisbon area, but I think Portugal is a "no-go" right now, perhaps Spain too.
Perhaps now is not a good time to travel to Portugal.
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News reports give around 90 people with the bug and 1 dead. These appear to be in the Lisbon area only and don't affect the rest of the country. Not to go to Spain is nonsensical.
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I wouldn't worry about the legionella. It's 5 dead and 160 sick. This disease usually comes from a water cooling system of some kind, like air conditioning. I wouldn't worry about it--they've identified the source, so it's now easy to fix.
Anyways, I'm so jealous. I backpacked with a BF around Europe in, get this, 1970-71! For nine months. We carried backpacks, but that was because we did a lot of hitchhiking, as well as taking the odd train and later car. We started in the U.K., then Amsterdam and Paris and southern France, then headed as far south as possible during the depths of winter--we spent a month in the Costa del Sol in Spain, and Morocco, just trying to stay warm. Then we skirted around the Med. and up through northern Italy to Munich and picked up a car (a VW--cost $200, purchase) then did some skiing in Austria. We then hightailed it down to Greece until it warmed up in May, then back up through Italy, France, Switzerland, Netherlands and Scotland.
If I was doing it now, I'd definitely do a rollaboard, not a backpack. And I'd spend some money on clothing--get the best lightweight cold-weather gear you can afford, plus make sure it cuts the wind and the rain. If you are wearing your warmest clothing while you are travelling, then you should be able to pack reasonably light.
I'd also advice skipping Zurich, especially in winter. And try to streamline the trip a little bit and slow down--you're going too fast! In nine months there were all kinds of places we just didn't get to see because we didn't have time!!
Any reason why you're not including Italy?
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Zurich is also very very expensive and leaves many folks, especially in winter I would think, non-plussed.
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You're hitting the cities but none of the quaint villages or towns that can really give you a feel of the country.
Skip Zürich. Fly from Vienna to London. Add a small town along the way.
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Thanks for getting back to me about the sickness, i'll look into it and evaluate if I should adjust my plans. Thanks for sharing your advice, WWanderer. It is interesting to hear other peoples experiences. We are not going to Italy because we went there last summer! I have added dublin, and taken out Zurich from my travel plans. Also, I will be staying with a friend in salzburg and he will take me to munich and inssbruck.
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I've been in Zurich a lot, in winter and I always liked it.
Now Dublin.... horrible city imo, but mileages vary, I understand that.
The area bordering the Limat, West, was run down for many years, but has become very interesting over the last decade.
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In Pennsylvania, the Philadephia city council committee on Public Health and Human Services took the first step toward barring restaurants, food trucks and takeout eateries from using products that contain trans fats.
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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by f1ddy, Jun 22, 2010.
Does anyone know how to install apps to sd card instead of phone memory please?
This is not an option on Android 1.6 on this phone.
Q3 2010 software update to Android 2.1 might fix this but I don't know for a fact.
An option is to use a2sd (app 2 sd) but that needs root access which is not possible at the moment either (see the xda-developers forum for more info on that).
Not possible before either Android 2.2 FroYo, or root.
Let's hope root comes soon!


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Nothing Ever Dies
May 17, 2011 by Paul Cantor
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The image above is so telling. Last July, Prince told the UK's Daily Mirror that the internet was finished.
"The Internet's completely over," he said. "I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can't get it."
He compared it to MTV, that bastion of tastemaking that long ago kissed music programming goodbye in favor of reality shows, docu-style TV and now scripted programming. Too bad Prince was wrong. And so is everyone else who says anything is over. Nothing is over.
The internet is just the most obvious example to use to make that point, because on the internet, everything seems to be over before it even starts. What's the shelf-life of any piece of content online? Unless it goes viral and makes its way to soccer moms in flyover states and little Kim and Nicky start sharing it with their Twilight-watching friends, most things online die within a few hours. A good friend and colleague of mine who runs one of the most popular websites for the 18-35 year old "cool" kid demographic once told me that working on that particular media brand's website was like closing a magazine …. every single day. Which means you've got to keep your site stocked with fresh content every hour on the hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This is virtually impossible, but everyone does the best they can. It's only within recent years that people seemed to realize, "hey, this internet thing doesn't have an 'off' button." But that's neither here nor there.
The reality is, when you're pressed for new content every 30 minutes, the content-cycle moves very fast, and thus logic would predict that only the cream would rise to the top. But that's not really how it works. Are cat videos the cream of the crop? Not necessarily. Yet they're universally seen as the type of content that draws massive amounts of views on Youtube. Most of them are shoddy camera phone-shot videos that capture some short moment of cuteness that you just have to watch to brighten up your life.
Now I'm not saying the entire summation of Youtube or online content comes down to cat videos >>> everything else. VEVO, for example, has trounced many things on Youtube with its pre-roll ad-supported major label videos to the tune of billions of views between Gaga, Eminem and Justin Bieber. Sometimes looking at the view counts on their videos is a mindfuck. Like wow, 378 million people watched the video for "Bad Romance?" That's more people than the entire United States population. Now that Youtube has launched their top 100 chart, it may be even easier to see the discrepancy between professionally-produced content and that of the DIY filmmakers who upload their stuff hoping it may have the slight chance of being seen by one person, or— gasp!— going viral. Charts make a big difference.
Still, that doesn't mean that things that don't chart well don't exist. And that is ultimately the salient point that I'm trying to make here (although admittedly, I think I did a terrible job at it). It's this idea that because one thing has 378 million plays, another thing isn't totally cool with its paltry 1 million. Fuck man, that's still 1 million people watching. Do you realize how many people is 1 million? That's a lot of faces. It would probably take you a month to personally introduce yourself and shake hands individually with 1 million different people.
So we always hear of business models being dead, things not working anymore, so on and so forth, but the reality of it is, nothing ever dies completely. That's not to say that something is still effective or that it makes much sense. I always use the bicycle as an example of this. Say you were making bicycles in the early 1900s. By around 1920, you were basically fucked. Because not as many people wanted bikes anymore. People wanted cars. I'm sure bike production was still high and that bikes still sold, but the automobile industry was certainly on the rise. It's like that with music, with publishing, with anything really. New models come in, the business evolves and whatever it was you were doing starts to look like it has less of an upside.
The Clash said it best though, "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"
That depends on your goals. If you were a manufacturer of vinyl records, you probably would have bailed that business long ago. But here we are in 2011, and sales of vinyl records are up more than 300% since the early 90s, when the compact disc became en vogue. These aren't boom times for vinyl, but someone somewhere is making money off of them.
Which is all just to say, trends change. Things are cool and then they're not cool. Like stocks. Stuff gets hot, stuff gets cold. Are you riding the hype looking for a quick buck or are you gonna be the Warren Buffet type, buy and hold? The internet isn't dead, just like MTV isn't dead. Just because you don't buy records in a record store doesn't mean a whole bunch of people are the same way. Every week soundscan numbers come out, and every week evidence is there to support the fact that someone is plunking down their cash on a physical CD. Are the numbers shrinking? Of course. Just like the numbers of bicycles sold after the automobile was introduced most likely did (don't have any hard statistics on this handy). But bicycles are still selling. Maybe their use has changed. Maybe they're a novelty item. Maybe they're for specialists. But to suggest something is dead just silly. And nobody in their right mind who calls themselves a business person takes a product off the shelf if people are still offering their money for it week after week.
Wanna see the best example of this? AOL. Yes, some people still pay for dial up. Less relevant? Certainly. Dead? Definitely not.


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Online Extra: Four Crimson Tide football players arrested
By JOHN ZENOR
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Three University of Alabama football players have been charged with knocking students unconscious and stealing their wallets, while a fourth player has been charged with using a stolen debit card, officials said Tuesday.
Linebacker Tyler Hayes, 18, and safety Eddie Williams, 20, confessed to robbing a student who was punched in the head and face and kicked in the ribs and back early Monday morning, according to court documents. Williams said D.J. Pettway, 20, a defensive lineman, and Hayes waited in a nearby vehicle about an hour later while he knocked out and robbed another student. Williams and Hayes both admitted to their involvement, according to the documents.
Williams and running back Brent Calloway, 20, both admitted to using a stolen credit card to buy snacks from vending machines inside a dormitory, the documents said.
All four students were indefinitely suspended by coach Nick Saban.
Pettway and Hayes were charged with second-degree robbery. Williams was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card and second-degree robbery. Calloway was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card. Williams was released on $65,000 bond, while Hayes and Pettway were released on $60,000 bond each. Calloway was released on $5,000 bond.
"This behavior is unacceptable for any student-athlete at the University of Alabama and not representative of our football program," Saban said in a news release.
All four players were backups last season for Alabama, which has won two straight national titles and three of the past four. Williams didn't play in 2012. But he was one of the nation's top prospects the previous year and moved from receiver to safety.
The first student reported having his Apple Macbook Pro stolen from his backpack. Both sustained mild concussions, cuts on the face and heavy swelling, and had their wallets taken, according to documents.
University police posted an advisory Monday saying two students reported being approached by two men who asked for a light for a cigarette.
Police also said Williams had been arrested on a charge of carrying a pistol without a permit a day before his arrest on the robbery charges. Tuscaloosa police Sgt. Brent Blankley said in a news release that a clerk at a gas station called police early Sunday, telling officers that Williams threatened that he had something in his trunk after a fight about paying for gas.
Officers who pulled over Williams found a pistol in his pants pocket, the release said. In that case, he was released on $500 bond.
Jail records did not show whether any of the players had an attorney.
Pettway, who was a redshirt freshman, played in 13 games and had 2 1/2 sacks and eight tackles.
Hayes had 14 tackles as a freshman.
Calloway played mostly on special teams but gained 63 yards on 10 carries. He has moved around on the field, working as a linebacker, tight end and H-back since Alabama signed the onetime Auburn commitment.
Calloway was arrested on a charge of marijuana possession in October 2011 during a redshirt season.
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Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has proved his majority on the floor of the Goa Assembly. The BJP-led coalition government won the trust vote by 22 to 16. The coalition government also won the support of NCP MLA Churchill Alemao.
Congress, which claimed it had the numbers, faced another embarrassment as its MLA Vishwajit Rane abstained from voting in protest. Their numbers reduced to 16. As the Speaker announced the trust vote, Pratapsingh tried to ask him how
Speaking at a press conference following the trust vote, Parrikar the vote has debunked the claims of Congress' Digvijaya Singh. Parrikar said a Cabinet meeting will be held at 11 am on Friday to clear the Governor's speech in the Budget session. Parrikar said he will also allot portfolios to a few of his cabinet members and the notification would come out on Saturday. A full council of ministers will be announced only after the budget session is concluded.
Parrikar also said that the common minimum programme that Goa Forward's Vijai Sardesai has insisted upon will be announced in the middle of April. This will highlight the path Goa will take in terms of its developmental policies.
The floor test had been advanced from 15 days to 48 hours after the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that the Governor call a one-day session at 11 am Thursday. This, after the Congress petitioned the apex court questioning how the Governor did not invite the single largest party to form government first.