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Basically I've started to accumulate fairly large amounts of data, pair that up with multiple PC's and things have kind of become a mess. I'm pretty new to the whole NAS thing but I do want to say that I really want this to be a very minimalist approach so simply building a mATX or ITX computer is not really what I had in mind. It'll be mostly for holding movies, lossless music and various other media files. Speed isn't a huge deal but still nice to have of course because i'd like to do some streaming off it (I imagine something like 20MB/s should be fast enough). I'm still not sure if I should go with a 4 drive solution or just a 2 drive. I'd like to think I could get away with 3TB with redundancy but that might not be the case in 5 years lol. For cost I guess anywhere from $200 to $400 plus the cost of hard drives of course. I was looking at a couple from QNAP and Synology and they seem somewhat pricey. So any information or advice would be wonderful.
Well i figured with a dual drive solution i'd run raid 1, and with a 4 drive i'd do raid 5. But I haven't thought about backing up the entire NAS somewhere else.
Ok so ones i was looking at: Seagate STAR401 Black Armor 400 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6747446&CatId=207 Synology Disk Station DS213 http://www.computervalley.ca/ds213/synology-nas-server-ds213-2-bay-25/35inch-sata/ssd-20ghz-cpu-retail Thecus N5550 5BAY http://ncix.com/products/?sku=74067 Synology Disk Station DS413 http://www.computervalley.ca/ds413/synology-network-ds413-nas-server-4bay-ddr3-4x35inch/4x25inch-sataii-usb-retail Some of them are looking a little bit pricey in the $500+ dollar range before drives. But I guess that's the cost to play the game.
I own two of these: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2188379&CatId=136 I store all my blu ray's on these drives and stream to multiple tv's around the house. Great speed and stable drives!
Any other advice or pointers? Right now i'm leaning towards the Synology Disk Station DS413 with Western Digital Red 3TB HD's. Going to cost a little over 1K total for the 4 drives with the NAS.
Just keep in mind that most NASes won't transcode video for you, so make sure that's not needed if you're going to be streaming your content to say iOS devices for example. If you need transcoding, and it won't even be real time, an Atom powered NAS would be the minimum you'd need. Apparently, at least according to some reviews, the DS-413 only uses one of its two CPU cores, which suggests you're getting less than what you're paying for http://www.amazon.com/review/R2GFBQ...e=UTF8&ASIN=B008U69HOG&nodeID=541966&store=pc
Well, I don't have any iOS computers or devices at the moment and I shouldn't have to transcode any video, which is good because that would really really spike up the price. That is weird about the only using 1CPU though, however when i look at actual benchmarks for it, it MUST be using more than the single core otherwise it wouldn't be getting the transfer speeds it gets. Also feel free to make more NAS suggestions. Nothing is set in stone yet.
As you know, RAID is a redundancy solution to mitigate problems from hardware failure and is not a backup solution. In RAID1, if one drive gets corrupted so does the other. RAID 5 is not without its own problems either. If the data is important to you, you WILL want a backup solution of some sort.
Well, unless i'm looking at it wrong, with RAID 5 I should have redundancy as long as only 1 drive fails. If 2 drives fail at the same time then I lose all my data. Given I'm also getting more reliable drives in it (the Western Digital Reds) I'm hoping that should be enough. It wouldn't be a disaster if I lost my data but it would certainly be pretty terrible. If I wanted more redundancy it would definitely bump me up a few price points and I'm not sure if i'd be willing to spend into the $1300+ range for it.
Do you have an old computer? I almost went the route you are thinking of going. That was two years ago, but fortunately I ran into a different solution. http://lime-technology.com/download Now 10 drives and 17tb later I am glad I did. If you plan on storing movies the solutions you are looking at will run out very quickly. My unraid server can handle a total of 23 drives before having to expand to another tower. The power requirements are very low so an old computer works just fine. There is a free version of 3 drives, 1 parity and 2 data drives if you would like to try it out. 103.06 - Feature Introduction - unRAID - YouTube It is a headless server you log in from your regular computer and the screen looks this. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Bought the DS413j. It's price range is between 400 and 350. 4 bays, and it has enough specs for single user. I looked into Thecus, but it looksl ike they have reliability problems, firmware corrupting or dropping the array, etc. They said they fixed it, but my gut feeling is to trust synology more. My friend has a synology too and its going strong for 5 years. As for complete backup, I think what most people here say, is you would need a 2nd NAS, and backup regularly your first NAS to the second. And that 2nd NAS should be in another location (so the backup would happen over the internet). Which could be a slight problem if you don't have unlimited internet :/
I don't think the miss' would like having another tower around the house lol. I thought about just doing the old computer route or putting together my own little atom build but i really want something that is very small with power usage below 40 watts at full load. To be honest I could probably get by with a 2 bay solution but I really wanted a somewhat safe backup of my data and that extra space because I know i'll end up using it. All that is really quite impressive though!
Sorry for hijacking the thread, but this is actually interesting... So you loggin via the browser like a NAS right? And then just transfer files via the windows network and windows explorer? I've seen they have 12bay and 15bay towers, tho their registration key can handle up to 21. Would you need to buy your own tower? Also, what kind of redundancy does unRAID support? In the video they talked about only 1 redundancy drive, and that is totally un-appropriate for 12 or 15 drives. It should have at least 2 or 3 redundancy drives.
No need to apologize, I'm treating this whole thing as a learning experience. So if i wanted to build my own NAS (and keep it low power) would I have to build an atom system then on (I think it's ITX) standard?
This is true. It's also true with RAID1. RAID5 gives you more space because you have more drives. Neither of these are any protection against data corruption though. If I felt that losing my data would be "pretty terrible", I'd make sure to have a backup solution. Not necessarily. If you have 2x3TB drives in a NAS in RAID1 (total usable space of 3TB), you could simply buy an external 3TB drive (USB or whatever) and back up the NAS to it. You could leave it off and only fire it up when you wanted to back-up the NAS, so it would be using very little power over a given time period. It's of course up to you Magibeg, but it's better to spend a bit more and have some piece of mind than to be ripping your hair out in the event the NAS fails. Just my 2 cents.
Is data corruption really that common? especially for still files. could see it happening in a database, but media, steam backups, etc? I've yet to see it when keeping my stuff on an external drive/NAS. In the event the NAS itself fails, basically you'd have to buy an identical one to replace it. granted with a mirror, you can mount the drive anywhere and it will have the data for you.
No, corruption is not that common although it does happen. I have 2x320GB drives in RAID0 on my main rig and back it up to a NAS that is 2x320GB in RAID0. I only back up what I care about and since it resides on both system either could fail and I would still have my data. If the NAS fails there is the possibility of it corrupting the drives, which would suck if you have no back up. Remember gents, I'm an IT Manager so backups are high on my list of things to absolutely have.
I manage backups at work myself. But for myself, its hard to justify the cost. I have a mix of media, personal data and steam games that adds to a little over 3tb on my NAS. I spent $960 on the NAS with 4 drives just a couple months back. I could get an external 3 or 4tb drive for a reasonable price and copy that stuff. but if my data gets bigger than that, would effecitively need another nas or USB storage unit to hold it. just a fair bit of money to spend on these small what-if scenarios. its not like enterprise usage scenarios where theyre being constantly hammered by I/O requests. so chance of corruption/failure is less. but its always what-if
Alright so at this point in time given the information I have I'm going to go with the following: Western Digital Red hard drives x4 The synology DS413 Any other last minute information would be fantastic
RAID6 will rebuild with two failed drives, but you also lose more available storage capacity (50%) due to it doing double parity information.It's similar to RAID1+0 with 4 drives, but is better if you have more. I think you should be good with a RAID5 setup as it will give you 9TB if you use 4x3TB drives. There is so much data on the likelihood of RAID failures that it makes your head spin. Just go with what you are comfortable with (and can afford) and you can always modify your setup in the near future if you feel the need. With 9+TBs of data backing the data up to somewhere else will definitely add expense. I suggest going with the lowest common denominator and using floppies. (just kidding)


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Here's an obvious but sometimes forgotten social media factoid: the most successful services of the past several years have been created by upstarts.
Microsoft, Yahoo and even Google? They haven't had much luck building a homegrown success. The big names in social media, from Facebook to Twitter and MySpace to YouTube, were all created by little guys.
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As Facebook's unbelievable growth continues unabated, the company is increasingly finding itself scrutinized by critics who are asking a simple question: 'where's the money'?
Even though Facebook is generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, its costs are growing rapidly and there are various unsubstantiated rumors that the company is on a potentially disastrous financial path.
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It used to be that you do a decent job of protecting your brand by registering the domain names that incorporate your brand name.
Not anymore. Thanks to social networking sites and other online communities, consumers are increasingly interacting on third party services that have become targets for brand hijackers, impostors and opportunists. Their MO: snap up usernames that are related to major brands (and prominent individuals).
by Patricio Robles 21 April 2009 14:35pm 2 comments
We've written about the potential of using social media for customer service, or at least monitoring and responding to customers' comments and complaints, and here is a great example of how valuable this can be.
Naked Wines, which launched last December, was very quick to get involved in social media; it has a Twitter account as well as a Facebook group, and this example shows the value of monitoring and responding to customers' concerns where they are talking about you.
by Graham Charlton 21 April 2009 11:44am 14 comments
There are lots of articles about how brands should use Twitter. They all give good sound advice to the budding corporate tweeter: listen before you dive in, have something relevant to say, or learn from cases like Motrin or Skittles.
This is all very generic though, so let me try to give you my random insights and observations as @guy1067, a corporate tweeter for Carphone Warehouse.
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After the damage inflicted on its reputation by the YouTube video of its employees' unsavoury conduct, Dominos President Patrick Doyle has responded with a video of his own in an attempt to reassure its customers.
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Keeping an eye on mentions of your brand / company on Twitter is important, and pretty easy to do, with the range of Twitter search tools available, but one measure of your success on the site is the number of retweets you are getting.
I've just come across a useful tool (though it has been around for a few months) that allows you to see how many retweets you are getting on Twitter, as well as tracking the most popular Twitter users.
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Facebook made an offer, but it was turned down. And recently rumors have been circulating that Google might have an interest in the microblogging startup.
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Twitter, the wildly-popular microblogging service that's the topic du jour amongst digital marketers these days, had a really bad weekend.
First, on Friday it came to light that a Twitter-oriented advertising network called Magpie was being used by affiliates to promote spammy affiliate links on Twitter. The affiliate links were presented as 'testimonial' tweets and the users who sent them did not directly disclose that their tweets were paid.
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Not a fan of PA. Have never used it on my gentoo boxes, and I routinely have to work around it on my wife's desktop.
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Not a fan of PA. Have never used it on my gentoo boxes, and I routinely have to work around it on my wife's desktop.
Im really looking solution for this problem and i hope it ends up better pulseaudio support for wine. Why someone asks. Well im currently running setup where i output sometimes my music from apps and game sounds from wine via tunnel-sink and its pretty annoying when it gets latency. My network speed isnt the problem its the alsa-pulseaudio problem here. Almost every other app work flawless like html5 sound from youtube and native linux games vlc etc... (flash plugin isnt working and its very choppy but ya).
So less latency is always better as it makes things working. And i think that in this point it would be best to seal pulseaudio support as i think its now mature enough to handle all the audio needs for near lets say 5-10 years in future and lets hope that other audio driver will overcome in time that can handle everything in one layer.
I also started to use pulse audio like year ago as it got enough mature. But case you dont need the pulse audio you will be fine just using alsa. Thou many packages are being merged depend on pulseaudio so it cant hurt much to give it a try.
The pulse audio networking isnt too hard to figure out but it totally lacks good documentations maybe. I used various wikipages to get my setup(openwrt,gentoo,archlinux). I guess the hardest part is to realize how it should be configured to handle the audio. Maybe some pictures with flow-chart should easy it up a but i guess :\
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I agree on a) (and god knows It was a bumpy ride when PA was forced down on people too early), but not about b). WHY should an average desktopuser have to read documentation about how to manually set up their sound card driver and mid level sound system with a texteditor??? That is something geeks and sound pros only should ever need to even think about. Average Joe expect sound to always just work, and that is how it should be on a modern system.
Except that because it isn't just an enhanced ALSA, it can be used on multiple platforms. The added flexibility is a benefit even if it doesn't help Linux users directly and AFAIK there is no downside.I do agree. But you're forgetting that ALSA-lib was created to handle all the userspace stuff. ALSA has two parts, one in kernel space, one in user space. PA is trying to replace the user space part of ALSA. It would make more sense to enhance user space ALSA instead of replacing it.
PulseAudio is a sound server. The whole point of creating it is to abstract away the various sound APIs, hardware, and multimedia backends from each other. This means that in the future when any new number of those are created, they will be invisible to the end user who will continue to use PulseAudio to manage everything.There's two approaches to fixing something. a) try to fix the existing code and b) rewrite the existing code. PA did neither. It just threw another API in there. So when something turns up in PulseAudio that doesn't work well in the future, let's create yet another one. We'll call it NewAwesomeAudio which replaces PulseAudio. And later, when problems with that turn up, we'll go for yet another new API.
No. If there's a problem, fix it.
Can anyone explain to me why Pulseaudio is bad? From what I can see it is an excellent solution to the problem of the Linux audio stack not having feature parity with its commercial bretheren.
To me, Pulse Audio is a well-intentioned piece of software that just doesn't work. I have had close to 0 problems running Alsa and the very instant Ubuntu introduced Pulse Audio, it's been nothing but hell. Not ready for prime time is true. But is it just my bad memories of Pulse Audio? Hardly. To this day, it still gives me hell and I have better things to do than fiddle around with this bullsh*t.
I've had zero problems with PA, but then maybe that's because Mageia and Mandriva before it have good defaults and its all tied in together
1. I've been using PA exclusively since Fedora 9-10 (?) on >10 desktop machines, with zero issues.
This of-course doesn't necessarily negates your experience, but its just as valid.
2. It's time to give it a rest. PA won, Alsa-clean lost. You may enjoy tweaking alsarc and dmix on a per-application basis, but a vast majority of the Linux user-base don't (hence the exponential increase in PA aware distributions and software).
Granted, you may find like-minded people and find PA-free distributions, but in the current rate of affairs, the selection is rather thin and will only get thinner.
As I doubt that you truly believe that repeating the same rant over and over again will cause Ubuntu or Fedora to drop PA (and I'm not talking about you specifically), you're left with one of two options:
1. Learn how to get PA working for you, or 2. start marking preparation to switch to BSD.
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Kristina earned her BA in English from Stanford University and a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of British Columbia.
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Lynn Boyden joined Web Services in 2010 as information architect. Lynn also teaches information architecture as an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Los Angeles, and her information architecture practice has encompassed heading the Los Angeles office of FatDUX, as well as working at other agencies, institutions and corporations. Her previous experience includes serving as a user experience designer for Yahoo!, information architect for Symantec and as administrator of UCLA's Moving Image Archive Studies program.
Lynn earned her B.A. from Rice University and MLIS from UCLA with a specialization in information systems and organizations of information. She is a member of the American Society for Information Science. She is published widely and is a frequent speaker in the field of information architecture—including organizing and presenting at the annual Information Architecture Slam workshop since 2004.
Ellen Castillo
Since 2006, Ellen Castillo has been administrative services coordinator for Web Services, where she provides a wide range of administrative support for the group. She joined USC in 1998 as part of the Center for Scholarly Technology, which housed Web Services at that time.
Ellen earned her bachelor's degree in accounting from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Before joining USC, she worked for the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.
Jason E. Cauwels
Jason Cauwels is a senior developer for Web Services. He specializes in custom web solutions, marketing, and designing for online implementations. He spent seven years as developer and owner of LimeTreeMedia, where he created custom content management systems and marketing microsites for a variety of clients. He has also been a project manager for Harpo/Oprah.com, senior/lead front-end web developer for Sears Holdings, and front-end web developer for Leapfrog Online.
Jason received a BA in journalism and mass communication from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Samantha Chilton
Samantha Chilton is director of design and development for Web Services and leads the group's team of designers and developers. Since 2001, she has managed the group's website projects to ensure that they are successfully completed—on time and within budget. Samantha also serves as an information architect for the group, specializing in organizing information in ways that result in meaningful user experiences.
Before joining Web Services, Samantha worked as a program manager at the Getty Education Institute, working on one of the Getty's first websites, ArtsEdNet, an online community for art educators.
Samantha holds a B.A. and Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies from Leicester University, England and an M.A. in Educational Technology from Pepperdine University.
Robert Doiel
Robert Doiel is a software engineer for Web Services and focuses on web application architecture and implementation. He has been at USC since 1992, writing applications in diverse languages, implementing database architectures, and expanding software development methods and practices for various departments.
Robert's work emphasizes front- and back-end integration through web service architectures and design patterns. He has developed a number of open application programming interfaces (API) for Web Services, such as the central USC Events Calendar.
Robert earned his B.S. in computer science at USC and his M.A. in humanities at Mount Saint Mary's College, Los Angeles.
Dan Heller
Dan Heller is a senior designer for Web Services. Over the past six years, he has developed successful designs for a wide range of organizations at USC. His design work incorporates cutting edge interactive functionality, visual aesthetics, and Ajax techniques. Dan is committed to creating an online user experience that is engaging and user-friendly.
Dan received his bachelor's degree from USC.
Louise Marks
Louise Marks is a software engineer for Web Services and focuses on the development of custom PHP/MYSQL applications to support the special content publishing needs of USC customers. Louise has considerable expertise in search engines, including Google search appliances.
Louise earned her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Paola Rico
Paola Rico is a designer for Web Services, helping schools and units across USC enhance their branding and web strategies by combining effective design with leading-edge interactive technology. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, she earned a master of visual arts degree from Javeriana University.
As art director for Andres Carne de Res, Paola conceptualized events for Gwen Stefani, Bjork, Marilyn Manson, and Moby, as well as developing brand images for corporate clients including Visa, Mazda, and Renault. Paola also served as lead designer for Nikki Beach Worldwide and creative director for the travel company Limited Edition Leisure.
Kit Warchol
Kit Warchol is a junior web developer who builds and maintains websites for Web Services' clients throughout USC. She also provides support, from troubleshooting to WordPress training, with the goal of helping clients create and manage effective, engaging websites.
A multitalented designer with specialties in Adobe Creative Suite, HTML5, CSS3, marketing campaigns, and social media, she also has an eye for correct and creative copy. She was previously a product and web designer for online ticketing firm Flavorus Inc. and visitor services lead for the nonprofit Annenberg Space for Photography.
Kit received a BA in English and comparative literary studies from Occidental College.


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Unfortunately it's not possible to make reservations for this hotel at this time.. Click here to see nearby hotels Auberge De L'OurRue de la Gare 35, 9420 Vianden (Show map)
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Auberge De L'Our is a charming design hotel on the bank of the Our River and in the heart of Vianden. The restaurant has a panoramic view of the village's medieval castle. The rooms either overlook the river or the old city with its St. Nicholas Church. They have a flat-screen TV. The restaurant serves traditional Luxembourgian cuisine with French influences. There is also a lounge and terrace bordering the river where you can have a light lunch or a romantic dinner for 2. The castle and the Victor Hugo Museum are within walking distance of Auberge De L'Our. There are various walking routes in the surrounding area. Hotel Rooms: 11 Unfortunately it's not possible to make reservations for this hotel at this time. OutdoorsTerrace, Sun Deck Food & DrinkBar, Restaurant With Dining Menu InternetFree! Wi-Fi is available in all areas and is free of charge. ParkingFree! Free public parking is available at a location nearby (reservation is not possible). GeneralFamily Rooms Languages spokenFrench, English, Spanish, German Check-in2:00 PM - 9:00 PM Check-out7:30 AM - 11:00 AM Cancellation/
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Its position.
Breakfast rather poor.
The restaurant is outstanding
It is very quiet but this wasnt really a problem
Size of the room and location to the town. The bed was extremely comfortable.
Room was next to dirty and untidy attic room where door left open all the time for people to come & go. Wooden floor very dirty so we had to wash it over, however the rest of the room was clean. Staff argued openly in front of guests when we were checking out.
Beautiful location. Nice room and bathroom both very clean. Good breakfast. Friendly staff.
Quite a lot of street noise at night.
view of castle
We sat for 20 minutes waiting to order drinks & food. The young waiters by-passed us, didn't even stop us when we got up and walked out. We went to the hotel opposite who were very helpful and friendly and ate their both nights. Warning this is an expensive hotel
The food in the restaurant was decent. The breakfast was OK. The bathroom was small, but clean. The WiFi was good.
The room we got (n°26) was way too small (12m² total!?), for 90eur/night, this is ridiculous. The bed was half broken and you rolled off the sides, not very comfy. No place to sit in the room, and the closet was simply unreachable.. At breakfast there were some insects in the sugar dispenser.. so watch out if you need sugar. A lot of flies at the reception, I did not like. We will not be coming back to this hotel.
The rooms were very clean and the bathrooms were spacious. The breakfast was typical Dutch.
The staff was really annoyed. We arrived late and called the number on the door. The woman was clearly agitated which I understand but she was still agitated the next day as was the woman whom we paid.
the staff were very friendly and helpful in all our requests, and put themselves out to make our stay a pleasant one
saying goodby
Proximity to sites
Taking the skilift to the top of the mountain and visit the castle.
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Refurbished room with OK bathroom, nice location at the river in Vianden
Uninterested staff, breakfast was limited choice, many flies in breakfast room
Location of hotel is central, BIG flat screen tv, good standard of furniture, and modern bathrooms
Don't get fooled by the professional photographs or location of hotel. This was the most disastrous hotel we have ever stayed at in our whole life. Staff (except from Hubert who was absolutely fantastic) was unfriendly, and almost couldnt speak english, WIFI didnt work in rooms, only outside the rooms, no reception = long waiting times, very expensive, no value for money, poor breakfast full of flies, rooms are very noisy since hotel is situated right by the main street in Vianden. No ventilation. All rooms have views towards street and not waterside. Watch out for room 26 which is a single room with a cramped double bed, but hotel is renting out as superior room. Upon arrival hotel guests get a voucher for free champagne in hotel's own restaurant. Just to find out it's only free if you order food from their overpriced menu. No parking area. You had to find your own parking space somewhere in Vianden, together with all other tourists and guests in town. We would definately not recommend this hotel to anyone.
Nice small hotel with nice people
Many stairs - but got help with the bag up not down, but I could have asked. WiFi was slow and weak could not work
beautiful location
breakfast was quite small
Location is ideal. Great view of the castle from the terrace restaurant. The kids loved the bunk beds. Walk in shower was beautiful. Food was fantastic!
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A)de ligging en B) het bed
A) het hotel was buiten ons leeg. B) Restaurant gesloten. C) Slechts 2 glazen in de kamer/douche. Verder kunnen we weinig beoordelen omdat we een sleutel van de voordeur en kamer hadden en "in huis"niemand tegen zijn gekomen.
Heel mooi uitzicht op het kasteel heel vriendelijk personeel hele goed keuken!!! mooie ruime kamer
niks eigenlijk..
Uitstekend restaurant! Prijs kwaliteit verhouding ontbijt! Gratis Wifi! Slagerij in het pand met lekkere worsten en hammen! Gratis parkeren op loopafstand van het hotel. Alleraardigst personeel!
Bed was voor mij te kort door mijn lengte. De vuilniswagen komt al om 6 uur s morgens en die stopte onder ons raam.
knus wel gezellig
beetje klein . geen haakjes in badkamer.
Das Hotel allgemein,die Lage,das neugestaltete Innere des Hotels,für diesen Preis haben wir das bekommen was wir erwartet haben
Das Frühstück, für den Preis von 8Euro sollte man besser zum nächsten Bäcker gehen,absolut lieblos,wir haben nichts besonderes erwartet aber das war nichts !
Le personnel accueillant, la "modernité" de l'hôtel, le charme de la ville, le calme, la nature qui est partout autour de vous...
Nous nous sommes retrouvé dans une chambre familiale car il n'y avait plus de chambre dispo pour 2 personnes. La chambre et la salle de bain sont relativement petites pour un long séjour et surtout une famille mais suffisante pour 2/3 jours et pour un couple.
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Who is the barbarian now? Nato strikes killed Qadhafi's youngest son and three grandchildren in a strike against his home. I continue to discount the so called protective actions to protect protesting civilians rather than the blatant attempt to overthrow a government, no matter how abusive. Where is the concern for the Syrian protestors being shot and killed? The Yemeni protestors? Why didn't we attack China for Tianamen Square? Or Russia for tanks rolling over Hungarians? This is a bad joke. The U.S. cannot be the policeman of the World and act to "change" Governments. What will replace Ghadafi? The same terrorist factions that replaced Saddam Hussein? Muslim extremists? Some countries just cannot handle democracy. The voting could change the balance of power between moderates and muslim extremists which dictators managed to control. The actions are affecting global finance and inevitably affect the ability to assess market direction. Now for some actual information……
Interest Rates: June Treasury bonds closed at 12212, up another 8/32nds this week tied to Fed Chairman Bernankes comments indicating "slow improvement in the unemployment situation" and continued declines in home prices. That led traders to believe there would be no rate increases and yields declined pushing fixed coupon bonds higher. We continue to feel the low interest rates and damaging the dollar further and QE2 not accomplishing anything as related to the U.S. labor situation. This past Thursday a surprising jump in first time unemployment. Mr. Bernanke held the Federal Reserves first regular press conference after a monetary policy meeting. The U.S. Commerce Department data showed GDP slowed to 1.8% annualized rate in the first quarter of 2011 from the 3.1% rate in the fourth quarter of 2010. The Institute for Supply Management, Chicago Inc. reported its business barometer declined from 70.6 in March to 67.6 in April. With the completion of the $600 billion Treasury purchases scheduled for June, we will continue to see price swings in bonds. The confusion as to whether to stabilize the dollar by raising rates or continue to relax rates to help the U.S. economic recovery is posing a dilemma for the Fed. We continue to favor the short side of treasuries.
Stock Indices: The Dow Jones industrials closed at 12,810.54, up 47.23 points and gained 2.4% on the week. The S&P 500 closed at 1,363.61, up 3.13 points and gained 2% for the week. The tech heavy Nasdaq closed at 2,873.54 points, up 1.01 points and gained 1.9% for the week. Earnings continue to provide the impetus for market action with Caterpillar Tractor earnings exceeded expectations. When you consider the profits made by farmers vis-à-vis higher grain prices, new purchases of farm equipment was to be expected. Such purchases are almost certainly tied to replacing old equipment and one cannot overlook the tax write-off benefit. We continue to expect a sharp market decline tied to our assessment of a U.S. economic situation that does not support the contention of an economic recovery. Once again, for the pundits, "an unemployed consumer does not consume and the manufacturers of those un-consumed products will be next to effect layoffs". However, at some point, as I have indicated in prior commentaries, there will be no one left to lay off without closing the doors at some companies. Any decline in first time unemployment will be the result of that condition. Implement hedging strategies or contact us for advice.
Currencies: The June U.S. dollar index closed at 7318, down 131 points tied to Fed Chairman Bernanke's "ambiguous" statement that he was unsure "when monetary stimulus will end". Such wavering showed no intention to stabilize the dollar by raising rates to fight what we see as inflationary food and energy price trends. The June currencies all rallied against the weakening dollar with the Swiss Franc gaining 123 points to $1.1581, the Euro 18 points to 14820, the British Pound 68 points to 18701, the Japanese Yen 58 points to 12330, the Canadian Loonie 59 points to 10582, and the Aussid dollar 65 points to 10913. How much further can the dollar decline? Certainly an unknown but we feel light purchases could be initiated from here. Use stop protection.
Energies: June crude oil closed at $113.93 per barrel, up $1.07, it's highest settlement price since September of 2008. Geopolitical events in the Middle East and North Africa could disrupt supplies and while current supplies are adequate, anticipatory actions could continue to push prices higher. We continue to favor the purchase of put options since selling futures outright is too risky. Option purchases provide some protection by virtue of loss limited to premiums paid.
Copper: July copper closed at $4.1790 per pound, down 8.25c. Concerns over Chinese and U.S. economic growth, something we have been indicating for some time, reduced demand for copper. We continue to favor the short side but through the purchase of put options.
Precious Metals: June gold closed at $1,556.40, up $25.20 while July silver closed at $48.60 per ounce, up $1.06. We are fast approaching the January 1980 all time high for spot silver of $50.35 per ounce
My last weeks comment bears repeating: "While much of media attention is directed at gold, silver has consistently performed better gaining an average of 3 times the daily percentage gains of gold. Since July of 2010 gold has gained 18% from $1240 to $1503 per ounce. Silver however, has gone from $17.60 to $46 per ounce or over 150%. There is really no comparison and why the "gold bugs" are ignoring the better returns for silver is a question of priorities. There is probably a higher dollar commission for marketing gold than there is for silver. Unfortunate for the investing public, in my opinion."
July platinum closed at $1,865.50 per ounce, up $25.60 with June palladium gaining $16.85 per ounce to close at $792.15. My long palladium/short platinum spread continues to work. Stay with it. However, we could be facing the possibility of a correction in gold and silver and I would suggest taking some profits "off the table". Any dollar stability or gain could produce a sharp correction and I see no reason to give back the substantial profits gained. In March of 1980, then Fed chairman Paul Volcker brought an end to gold's rally by raising rates in March of 1980. It took the then holders of gold 25 years just to break even. Could it happen again? Any increase in rates by the Fed could easily prompt heavy long liquidation in precious metals. History can repeat itself…
Grains and Oilseeds: July corn closed at $7.56 ½ per bushel, up 27 1/4c erasing almost all of Thursdays heavy losses. Renewed concerns over poor weather prompted the heavy shortcovering and new buying. We look for continued buying early this week tied to concerns that saturated fields could hamper plantings. July wheat closed at $8.01 ¼ per bushel, up 23 3/4c also tied to weather concerns. We prefer the long side but only with stop protection. July soybeans closed at $13.94 per bushel, up 40 1/2c for basically the same reasons as corn and wheat and with buying spread across the board and continued weakness in the U.S. dollar, demand for U.S. agricultural products could continue to benefit. Do not short "anything that grows" for the time being. July rough rice, our previously recommended buy, closed up the 50c limit on Friday but we have moved to the sidelines so offer no recommendation.
Coffee, Cocoa and Sugar: July coffee closed at $2.9875 per pound, down 1.2c. July cocoa closed at $3340 per tonne, unchanged and July sugar closed at $22.2c per pound, down 5 ticks. London markets, which to some extent affect global pricing, were closed for the Royal Wedding, and the Easter Monday holiday prompting thin trading and wide price swings. We prefer the sidelines for this group
Cotton: July cotton closed at $1.5802 up 6c on heavy trading on short covering after recent heavy selling in front of the weekend and tied to the weak dollar. We continue to prefer the short side of cotton. Add to put positions on any further price gains.
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