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A new study by the online real estate brokerage Redfin finds people are doing just that.
They may take longer to sell, but the study finds that homes less than 50 feet away from a graveyard sell for more money.
And if you live here in Philadelphia, you're in luck! Philadelphia has the second-most homes for sale near cemeteries.
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Fast-food workers uniting to strike on Aug. 29
Among their demands is a $15 per hour minimum wage. Retail workers will also likely join in.
The strike, organized to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for civil rights and Labor Day, is designed to raise awareness of the plight of workers in fast food and other low-wage industries such as retail. It's scheduled for Aug. 29. Among the workers' demands are a $15 per hour minimum wage and the right to form a union.
Historically, fast-food workers have been teenagers, but that's no longer the case. The average age for these employees tops 28. Many of them have families and are forced to work two jobs to make ends meet.
"Fast food is a $200 billion a year industry and retail is a $4.7 trillion industry, yet many service workers across the country earn minimum wage or just above it and are forced to rely on public assistance programs to provide for their families and get health care for their children," according to the AFL-CIO's website.
The National Restaurant Association, which says it welcomes a debate on fair wages, argues in a statement to MSN moneyNOW that protestors are unfairly signaling out its industry.
"In fact, only 5 percent of restaurant employees earn the minimum wage and those who do are predominantly teenagers who are working part-time jobs," says Angelo Amador, the association's vice president of Labor & Workforce Policy, echoing criticisms made by others such as the conservative Heritage Foundation.
Supporters of raising the minimum wage dispute this characterization. According to the liberal Economic Policy Research Institute, 80% of the workers who benefited from a hike in the wage in eight states last year were at least 20 years old.
Willietta Dukes, 39, of Durham, N.C., a mother of two, told The Washington Post she plans to walk off her job at Burger King on Aug. 29. Her highest salary after working for 15 years in the industry is $8.65 per hour. Rarely is she scheduled for a 40-hour week.
"I am good at what I do," she told the paper. "Yet after working all day, I do not earn enough to even pay for the basics. I don't want to be in poverty forever."
As MSN moneyNOW's Aimee Picchi noted on Tuesday, strategists at trading firm ConvergEx estimate it takes U.S. low-wage workers 34 minutes to earn enough to buy a Big Mac, about the middle of the pack of the countries they studied. Interestingly, McDonald's workers in Australia need to work for only 18 minutes to afford the burger because the minimum wage there is $A15 per hour ($13.64).
Employees at retail chains such as Macy's (M), Dollar Tree (DLTR) and Sears (SHLD) are also expected to participate in the job action, which is being organized through social media, according to The Post.
President Obama has called for the minimum wage to be raised to $9 per hour from $7.25, which is slightly ahead of the $8.69 per hour median wage paid fast food employees. Industry groups have argued they can't afford to pay $15 an hour and sustain their businesses.
Whether the coming job action will lead to higher wages is hard to say. But the organizers have scored one success already: People are now at least thinking about the cold economic facts behind their cheap, hot meals.
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If I owned a fast food joint and any of my employees walked out, I'd fire them on the spot and get someone else to replace them.
Minor correction: "yet many service workers across the country earn minimum wage or just above it and CHOOSE to rely on public assistance programs to provide for their families and get health care for their children"
Ahhh, much better. After all, nobody is holding a gun to their head making them work at a fast food establishment, or preventing them from seeking a better job with a higher wage...
This is crazy, you can go to college get multiple degrees and barley make over 15 a hour! Seriously get your butt out there and find a better job for you and your family. Like are you kidding me fast food all they want to do is give you sloppy, greasy food with "FAST" service come on that's a joke on top of it I never get out of there with the right food and that's with a simple order. I disagree with these people on strike. Better your life and this won't be a problem. So annoying!!
If you are trying to raise a family while working at Wendy's, you need to switch jobs. There are many better paying jobs out there for those willing to learn a new skill and work hard. Fast food is low pay because it's low skill. You push a button labelled "Double Quarter Pounder" for 8 hours. That's not hard, skill wise.
In the time these workers spent striking, they could have learned a new profession that pays above $7.15 per hour they make now.
BUT... fast food positions are entry level jobs. These positions require no education and no prior experience. People with bachelor's degrees don't necessarily start a position in their career field at $15.00 an hour! Pay is usually reflective of education level, experience, tenure, etc. - NOT "minimum wage isn't enough to live on so please pay us more." We all know minimum wage isn't enough to live on. But is it really fair to pay an entry level position that much above minimum wage when positions requiring experience and education do not start out that high?
I just received my bachelor's degree in accounting last year and the position I found only started at $10.00 an hour. Pay is not high in my area and this is actually considered a decent starting wage. But I will tell you - if fast food workers were to get paid $15 bucks an hour around here, I'd be livid! Why did I bother racking up a huge debt for a degree to better myself when I could have just flipped burgers for good pay?
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Excellent pre-clean online customer service. With live chat I was able to figure out exactly what I wanted done would cost and got the price down to something I was comfortable paying. Very patient and helpful staff.
The cleaning itself was also excellent. My flat mates and I wanted a thorough spring clean and were a little nervous about not getting the quality we expected for the price but I was impressed with all the positive reviews. Now our flat is cleaner that it has ever been, including when we moved in. We have two cats and the cleaners managed to clean all the fur out of the carpet (which our cats will promptly fur-ify again but at least we got to see it pristine for a weekend!). Also our oven was a complete disaster due to a spilled treacle and the woman who cleaned it just laughed and didn't complain or look put out at all. I would definitely ask them back for spring cleans or end-of-tenancy cleans in the future.
I was recommended them by a friend that had accidentally spilled some red wine on my beige carpet!
I used them for carpet cleaning before leaving the flat and they offer a good value for money, precise and punctual service.
the online chat is very helpful to arrange the cleaning service and to figure out costs and times exactly. the staff is very patient and helpful. Also, the possibility to pay by card after the cleaning has been done was helpful as I was not living in the flat they cleaned anymore!
good job!
On the back of recommendations from YIK (Yelpers I Know), I booked a standard cleaning service with Fantastic Cleaners for my house. It was much needed, but that's not to say that our place was a pile by any means. Just needed a good cleaning that neither my partner nor I had time to do. Enter Fantastic Cleaners.
The fee agreed and paid was reasonable for a three bed house including bathroom, kitchen, living and dining rooms to be cleaned. Overall, the house was cleaned to a good standard, but not what I would call immaculate. I've used other cleaners at other houses/flats that have wowed me.
To be honest, it didn't look terribly different than if we had spent the time to do a good clean of the house. Am I likely to use this company again? No. I was essentially auditioning them to be regular cleaners, but it just wasn't proven value for money, even though I was given a reasonable price for the work.
From the other reviews, and my experience, it seems their expertise is in End of Tenancy, but I'll leave that to others to discuss.
I am a brand new dog owner and now I truly understand why all those people with dogs won't stop talking about their pets. My Sarah is just adorable (bragging time!) and my excitement's been over the moon through the past weeks - I was constantly with her. However, I guess I didn't really think this through - she's a golden/brown English Cocker Spaniel and apparently, she loves fooling around, and rolling, and sleeping all over the carpets and furniture. If you're not familiar with the breed, all you need to know is that she has really long, curly hair, especially on her floppy ears and legs.
The carpet quickly turned into a hair-filled mess over the past week and I thought I'd seek professional help. Of course, I made my research and browsed yelp just to find Fantastic cleaners. I managed to book a service for the next day in the morning. It was really convenient for me that they managed to fit me in. The job was small but important as the carpet really was a nightmare and I needed it done.
Their guy was not exactly what I expected - I though I'd have to put up with some bloke who'd be grumpy and not that happy with his job. Instead, there was this really nice guy who showed up and began working almost immediately. First he looked over the whole carpet area through the bedroom and living room. Then, he collected most of the fur with a brush, kneeling and crawling all over the place. I was already impressed. He finally plugged in his machine and went again through the carpets.
You know when a job's been done professionally when the guy places special pads under the furniture's legs so they won't drop any colour on the carpets. The whole thing cost me 69 quid and he was at my flat for about 1:30 hours.
I used them for a move out cleaning and was sorely disappointed.
They didn't come prepared with the cleaning equipment they needed--I had to take them to the store.
They barely spoke English.
They broke the shower door.
I forced them to stay longer because as I was inspecting the place I kept on finding dirt and places where they didn't clean.
After they left I re-cleaned the flat.
They were expensive and then continued to send marketing texts. Oy vey.
Not recommended.
Absolutely amazing. I booked them for my end of tenancy cleaning after seeing good reviews on here, and I am SO GLAD I did. I did have some trouble getting in touch with them, though, which is why I knocked a star off my rating. I had to phone them several times to get anyone, and it added a bit of stress.
The cleaning itself went super smoothly. My one bedroom flat with separate kitchen and hallway was £158 to clean, including steam-cleaned carpets. The place was spotless and the landlord was really impressed. Even the oven and and insides of the cupboards were clean! We were booked for 9:00am but got stuck in traffic en route. They were happy to meet us at the flat about 15 minutes later and were very professional about it. They took 2.5 hours to do the place, no issues and no last minute fees tacked on.
They also guarantee their cleaning, so if the landlord isn't happy with it, they'll redo it for free. Always a good thing. I highly recommend them, and they are worth every penny when it comes to saving your sanity while you move!
I needed to book in an end-of-tenancy cleaning for my flat and didn't really know where to start. So many people had given me warnings about cleaning services - I'd heard a lot of horror stories about ineffectual cleaners, and given the state of my "professionally cleaned" flat when I moved in, I was even more wary.
I did some Googling and came across Fantastic Cleaners. Being part of the internet age and wanting everything to be handled swiftly and seamlessly online, I figured it wouldn't hurt to get a quick quote.
After I filled out the form online someone called me back promptly. I gave more details about my flat, and was quoted a price of £155 for my large 1-bed, which sounded pretty damn reasonable to me. The guy I spoke to on the phone asked if I had booked movers (which I hadn't yet), and offered to give me a quote for that (£92). He wasn't pushy at all, and I figured I needed the movers anyway, so bish-bash-bosh I booked in for that too. Simple.
I got all the confirmation emails, and closer to the day I got confirmation text messages. Everything was on track. This put my stressed-out moving-mind at ease slightly.
On the day, the cleaners were supposed to arrive between 2pm and 3pm. I got a call just before 2pm from someone who told me they were on their way but that they would arrive closer to the 3pm mark; I appreciated this communication very much since I was just sitting around in my empty and cold flat otherwise.
A guy dropped off two women along with a vacuum cleaner and their cleaning supplies. They got to work promptly and chatted away in the front room in Polish (I think) as they cleaned all the wooden blinds. After a while, I asked how long the service would be, and they quoted me a finish time of about 3 hours later. I asked if I could leave and come back, and they obliged.
I left, but realised it was a bit silly for me to hang around the area for 3 hours, so I came back and asked if I could just pay the cleaners and get a receipt - and if they could just show themselves out at the end. This wasn't a problem for them, and they gave me a receipt happily.
I was a bit wary, haven given money for a service before it was completed with no way to check up on it - but this worry turned out to be completely unfounded. When I returned to the flat the next day for my check-out inventory, the place was spotless. Everything was sparklingly clean, and nothing was overlooked. The refrigerator and oven looked practically new. Even the washing machine's grimy soap tray (that I never personally bothered to clean myself because I'm disgusting) was in good nick.
The boiler in the flat was broken, so I had to turn on the immersion heater to get the cleaners some hot water. I asked if they could turn it off before they left ('cause that shit's expensive), not really holding out hope that this would happen (because I'm a cynical bitch) - but when I came back the next day, I found they even remembered to do that!
My new flat needs a good professional clean before I move into it, and I'm not going to hesitate to recommend my new landlord choose Fantastic Cleaners. I'll probably even use them for my bi-weekly domestic cleaning service in the new place if all their cleaners are like the ones I got!
I booked these cleaners for an end of tenancy cleaning on the basis of Larissa's review below, and I'm super glad I did.
The entire process was smooth, and easy. I was quoted £130 which included such pesky things as cleaning of the ovens, inside windows, and shower screens (three chores that are not in my talent bank when it comes to house work). You could add on additionals such as carpet cleaning, outside windows and wall washing, but I didn't think this would be necessary for an end of tenancy cleaning. If it was my own place and I wanted a thorough spring clean, then I'd definitely consider this as I think it was really good value for money, especially considering I didn't need to lift a finger to clean anything. SO GOOD. I love a clean house, and I feel like I'm constantly running around cleaning mine, so to not have to do this was such a treat!
They give you a time slot for arriving (I guess in case their other slot runs over), and we were happy with their prompt arrival. I also asked if I could leave and not arrange to come back at the end of the cleaning process as I was hungover and I really didn't want to hang out for 3+hours. They were fine with this, and agreed to shut and lock the door after themselves.
We did go back to inspect the next day, and everything was super clean, and super sparkly - and our landlord is giving us our deposit back in full, so it is all good!
Highly recommended. I will use again.
Fantastic Cleaners can solve all of your home cleaning and maintenance needs, from weekly cleaning to professional services like End-of-tenancy cleaning, specialty carpet and upholstery cleaning and many more. Great customer service, flexible booking times and we guarantee our results - your home will look fantastic and your wallet will thank you.
Established in 2005.
The Scandinavians brought us Style, design and great TV dramas -- now a Scandinavian is in charge of the largest Cleaning Company in London.
The idea started when Rune saw an opportunity to bring Scandinavian style and quality to the cleaning industry in London: a gap in the market for one company that could provide all of the services home owners, renters and agents need with a single phone call. Having worked as a chef in a Michelin-starred restaurant, Rune developed high expectations for service quality in addition to his Danish penchant for design and organization.
The result is an operation that finally meets the Scandinavian Standard. Since the beginning, Fantastic Cleaners has grown from two people to a network of more than 500 trained, insured and happy cleaners, handymen, builders, inventory clerks, and rubbish removals, and now with a nice shop for interior products.
The Fantastic Cleaners idea started when Rune saw an opportunity to bring Scandinavian style and quality to the cleaning industry in London: a gap in the market for one company that could provide all of the services home owners, renters and agents need with a single phone call. Having worked as a chef in a Michelin-starred restaurant, Rune developed high expectations for service quality in addition to his Danish penchant for design and organization.
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Chicken or the egg
The chicken or the egg causality dilemma is commonly stated as "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" To ancient philosophers, the question about the first chicken or egg also evoked the questions of how life and the universe in general began.[1]
Cultural references to the Chicken and Egg intend to point out the futility of identifying the first case of a circular cause and consequence. It could be considered that in this approach lies the most fundamental nature of the question. A literal answer is an egg according to some people, as egg-laying species pre-date the existence of chickens. To others, the chicken came first, seeing as chickens are merely domesticated Red Junglefowls. However, the metaphorical view sets a metaphysical ground to the dilemma. To better understand its metaphorical meaning, the question could be reformulated as: "Which came first, X that can't come without Y, or Y that can't come without X?"
An equivalent situation arises in engineering and science known as circular reference, in which a parameter is required to calculate that parameter itself. Examples are Van der Waals equation and the Colebrook equation[citation needed].
History of the dilemma[edit]
Ancient references to the dilemma are found in the writings of classical philosophers. Their writings indicate that the proposed problem was perplexing to them and was commonly discussed by others of their time as well.
Aristotle (384–322 BC) was puzzled by the idea that there could be a first bird or egg and concluded that both the bird and egg must have always existed:
If there has been a first man he must have been born without father or mother – which is repugnant to nature. For there could not have been a first egg to give a beginning to birds, or there should have been a first bird which gave a beginning to eggs; for a bird comes from an egg.[2]
The same he held good for all species, believing, with Plato, "that everything before it appeared on earth had first its being in spirit."[3]
Plutarch (46–126) referred to a hen rather than simply a bird. Plutarch discussed a series of arguments based on questions posed in a symposium. Under the section entitled "Whether the hen or the egg came first", the discussion is introduced in such a way suggesting that the origin of the dilemma was even older:
...the problem about the egg and the hen, which of them came first, was dragged into our talk, a difficult problem which gives investigators much trouble. And Sulla my comrade said that with a small problem, as with a tool, we were rocking loose a great and heavy one, that of the creation of the world..."[4][5][6]
Macrobius (early 5th century), a Roman philosopher, found the problem to be interesting:
You jest about what you suppose to be a triviality, in asking whether the hen came first from an egg or the egg from a hen, but the point should be regarded as one of importance, one worthy of discussion, and careful discussion at that."[7][8]
In System of Nature by Baron D'Holbach (1770, translated into English in 1797), he asks "was the animal anterior to the egg, or did the egg precede the animal?" (part 1, chapter 6).
Stephen Hawking and Christopher Langan argue that the egg came before the chicken,[9][10] though the real importance of the question has faded since Darwin's On the Origin of Species and the accompanying Theory of Evolution, under which the egg must have come first,[citation needed] assuming the question intended "egg" to mean an egg in general rather than an egg that hatches into a chicken. According to Popular Science, the egg came first as it evolved prior to birds.[11]
Responses to the dilemma[edit]
Professor Charito Sulatar and David Quigley, from the University of Warwick, who helped develop a recent study with colleagues from Sheffield University, point out that in fact a key chicken protein, ovocleidin-17, which helps in the formation of the egg's hard shell, actually comes both before and after the egg shell. They say that this chemical quirk actually makes the question of which came first even more pointless than before. As Professor Mark Rodger says, "Does this really prove the chicken came before the egg?" This science does give new insight into an efficient and fast method of crystallization. It will help in research to devise better synthetic bone and research into how to store/sequester CO2 as limestone."[12]
A previous analysis which came to another conclusion. Professor John Brookfield and Professor David Papineau argue since there was a "first" chicken, it must have come from an egg which pre-dated that chicken.[13] An even earlier analysis which also came to another conclusion was made by Roy A. Sorensen in his one-page-article in 1992. He argued that although it is indeterminate which animal was the first chicken, the question of whether the chicken or the chicken egg came first has a determinate answer. Since an animal does not evolve into another species during its lifetime, and since organisms can fail to breed true, it is biologically necessary that the chicken egg came first.[14] Biologist PZ Myers points out a further flaw in the 'protein-argument', in that other birds make use of different kinds of proteins for producing eggs, and that the evolution of ovocleidin was not coincident with the evolution of eggs; ovocleidin developed from prior proteins, which were used to form eggs since before birds branched away evolutionarily from reptiles.[15]
The theory of evolution states that species change over time via mutation and sexual reproduction. Since DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) can be modified before and after birth,[16] it can be argued that a mutation must have taken place at conception or within an egg such that a creature similar to a chicken, but not a chicken, laid the first chicken eggs. These eggs then hatched into chickens that inbred to produce a living population.[17][18] Hence, in this light, both the chicken and the structure of its egg evolved simultaneously from birds that, while not of the same exact species, gradually became more and more like present-day chickens over time.
However, no one mutation in one individual can be considered as constituting a new species. A speciation event involves the separation of one population from its parent population, so that interbreeding ceases; this is the process whereby domesticated animals are genetically separated from their wild forebears. The whole separated group can then be recognized as a new species.
The modern chicken was believed to have descended from another closely related species of birds, the red junglefowl, but recently discovered genetic evidence suggests that the modern domestic chicken is a hybrid descendant of both the red junglefowl and the grey junglefowl.[19] Assuming the evidence bears out, a hybrid is a compelling scenario that the chicken egg, based on the second definition, came before the chicken.
This implies that the egg existed before the chicken, but that the chicken egg did not exist until an arbitrary threshold was crossed that differentiates a modern chicken from its ancestors. Even if such a threshold could be defined, an observer would be unlikely to identify that the threshold had been crossed until the first chicken had been hatched and hence the first chicken egg could not be identified as such.
A simple view is that at whatever point the threshold was crossed and the first chicken was hatched, it had to hatch from an egg. The type of bird that laid that egg, by definition, was on the other side of the threshold and therefore not a chicken—it may be viewed as a proto-chicken or ancestral chicken of some sort, from which a genetic variation or mutation occurred that resulted in the egg being laid containing the embryo of the first chicken. In this light, the argument is settled and the 'egg' had to have come first. However, whether this was defined as a chicken egg or proto-chicken egg is debatable. So technically the egg came before the chicken, but the chicken may have come before the chicken egg. So it depends on whether the question is "What came first, the Chicken or the egg" or "what came first, the Chicken or the Chicken egg"
The creationistic theories give two opposite answers to the question, both of them easily solve the dilemma, because the creator either creating the adult chickens, or creating the eggs, and then finding a solution for the hatching, avoids the problem of the regress to the infinite.
Judeo-Christian writings indicate God's creation of birds along with the rest of the universe. The Judeo-Christian story of creation describes God creating birds, and commanding them to multiply, but makes no direct mention of eggs. According to Genesis 1:
19 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.[20]
A literal historic account of Genesis would place the chicken before the egg.
In Hindu writings, creation of birds (and other life forms) by God through superhuman beings is stated in Purāṇas[21] and Dharmaśāstras.[22] However, if one broadens one's definition of "an egg" to include non-chicken egg, the Hindu mythology also mentions a "cosmic egg" from which the universe as known to humans originated. In this sense this supreme egg comes before all creatures, including chickens and chicken eggs. This egg is known as Brahmanda ("Brahma, creator" and "anda", egg). The primordial egg is also depicted as a Lingam.
A world egg or cosmic egg is a creation myth of many cultures and civilizations linking the egg to birth. It embodies the idea of a silent universe, all at one bursting into activity and chaos. The yolk in some stories forms the ground and its white the sky (or vice versa). The first written record of the cosmic egg occurs on the Hindu Vedas[23][24]
Cyclical view of time[edit]
In Buddhism, Hinduism, as well as other Dharmic religions, there is the belief of the wheel of time which regards time as cyclical and with repeating ages, as some other cultures such as Mesoamerican (Aztecs, Mayan) and some native American Indians believe. Their idea of time gives a different answer to the question of "who is first." The concept of eternal return, which is well known in the Western culture through the writings of Nietzsche indicates that there is repetition of time. The assumption is that time is eternally repetitive, and therefore, there is no "first" in eternity; there is no creation. The answer then becomes: neither the egg nor the chicken is first. There is no "first" in a cyclical view of time. For further information:
Chicken-and-egg problem[edit]
The term "chicken-and-egg problem" is further commonly used to describe a situation that is not a philosophical dilemma, but one in which it is impossible to reach a certain desired outcome because a necessary precondition is not satisfied, while to meet that precondition in turn requires that the desired outcome has already been realized. For example, it has been argued that the transformation to alternative fuels for vehicles faces a chicken-and-egg problem: "it is not economical for individuals to purchase vehicles using alternative fuels absent sufficient refueling stations, and it is not economical for fuel dealers to open stations absent sufficient alternative fuel vehicles".[25] This is closely related to the economic concept of vicious circle, but in this kind of situation one that becomes a virtuous circle upon reaching a tipping point. Logically the final conclusion can be drawn that the egg indeed came before the chicken, as a bird that was not a chicken could accumulate germline mutations in a single sperm or ovum to produce the first genetically identifiable chicken, but a non-chicken egg is much less likely to produce a non-chicken which accumulates enough identical somatic cell mutations across its cells to create a chicken spontaneously.
References in popular culture[edit]
- In the TV special The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town, the chickens tell a story in a song explaining that "the chicken came first" while retelling the Hebrew Bible story of Noah's Ark and comparing the riddle to who came first: "the pussycat or the fiddle" (a reference to the nursery tune Hey Diddle Diddle), "the fountain or Ponce de León" (a reference to the Spanish explorer known for the legend of the Fountain of Youth), and "the cow or Mrs. O'Leary" (a reference to Catherine O'Leary and her cow, who are rumored to be the instigators of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871).[26]
- At the end of the film Chicken Run, the rats, Nick and Fetcher, can be heard debating this question when they consider starting a chicken farm so they can have all the eggs to eat, but have different ways of how to start said farm. Nick thinks the egg comes first while Fetcher thinks the chicken comes first.
- In episode 8 of the H Series of QI, the riddle was posed as a question to the panelists. During the conversation Sandi Toskvig says, "There's that wonderful old joke about, 'Chicken and egg have just made love, and they're lying there, having a bit of a post-coital cigarette. The chicken says to the egg 'well that answers that old question.'" The 'correct' answer was identified as The Egg, based on the existence of egg-laying animals before the evolution of chickens.
- In the novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Luna Lovegood answers a question regarding the chicken or the egg by stating that "a circle has no beginning."
- In the episode Bret Gives Up The Dream of the TV series Flight of the Conchords, Bret is forced to take a job to supplement his income as a musician. Murray, the band manager, informs him of an upcoming gig, but Bret tells him he can't because he has to work. When Murray asks "how can I get you a gig if you've got this job?," Bret replies "yeah, but that's why I got the job, because there were no gigs." He eventually explains that it is a chicken or the egg scenario. Murray thinks the answer is obviously the chicken, but gets flustered when asked where the chicken came from, ultimately telling Bret: "you're the egg, a bad egg."
- During the The Fairly OddParents episode, "Emotion Commotion", since Timmy has no feeling, he states to Wanda, his godmother, three facts, one of which is that the chicken came before the egg.
- In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Party Pooper Pants," SpongeBob asks his party guests to discuss a parody question, "which came first, the oyster or the pearl?"
- In the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "All Good Things, Part 2," Picard says to Riker, "It's like the chicken and the egg, Will," when referring to the anomaly.
See also[edit]
- Bootstrapping, a technique in computer programming used to avoid chicken-and-egg scenarios where two programs are mutually needed for compiling or loading each other
- Catch-22 (logic)
- Circular cause and consequence
- Cosmogony
- Evolutionary biology
- Feedback loop
- Grandfather paradox
- Omphalos hypothesis
- On the Origin of Species
- Predestination paradox
- ^ Theosophy (September 1939). "Ancient Landmarks: Plato and Aristotle". Theosophy 27 (11): 483–491. Archived from the original on February 2013.
- ^ François Fénelon: Abrégé des vies des anciens philosophes, Paris 1726, p. 314 (French). Translation: Lives of the ancient philosophers, London 1825, p. 202 (English)
- ^ Blavatsky, H.P. (1877). Isis Unveiled. pp. I, 426–428.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Plutarch (1976). Plutarch's Moralia: Table-talk : Books I-III. Heinemann.
- ^ Renaud, Gabriel (2005). Protein Secondary Structure Prediction using inter-residue contacts. pp. 71.
- ^ Pluatarch, Moralia, ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΑΚΩΝ ΒΙΒΛΙΑ Θ, ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΑΚΩΝ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΝ, ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑ Γ: Πότερον ἡ ἄρνις πρότερον ἢ τὸ ᾠὸν ἐγένετο, 635e-638a.
- ^ Smith, Page; Charles Daniel (2000). The Chicken Book. University of Georgia Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-8203-2213-X.
- ^ Macrobius, Saturnalia, VII, 16.
- ^ "Archives: Meeting Dr. Stephen Hawking". The Bridge School. 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-12-30. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ^ Christopher Michael Langan (2001). "Which Came First...". Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe. megafoundation.org. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
- ^ Engber, Daniel (2013). "FYI: Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg?". Popular Science (Bonnier Corporation) 282 (3): 78. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Researchers apply computing power to crack egg shell problem".
- ^ "CNN.com - Chicken and egg debate unscrambled - May 26, 2006". CNN.
- ^ Roy A. Sorensen. 1992. The Egg came before the chicken. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Chickens, eggs, this is no way to report on science. Pharyngula.
- ^ Adel, Waleed. "Revealed: Scientists 'edit' DNA to correct adult genes and cure diseases". Steve Connor. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ^ CNN (May 26, 2006). "Chicken and egg debate unscrambled". CNN.com. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ HowStuffWorks. "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?". HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ Eriksson J, Larson G, Gunnarsson U, Bed'hom B, Tixier-Boichard M, et al. (January 23, 2008). "Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken". PLoS Genetics, e10.eor. preprint (2008): e10. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000010.eor. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ^ Genesis 1:19-22 (KJV)
- ^ Bhāgavata Purāṇa 2.10.39, 6.4.1, 6.4.19, 6.6.21-22, 7.14.37, 11.9.28, 12.12.17
- ^ Manu smṛti 1.34-41
- ^ Bindu (symbol)
- ^ http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa021103c.htm
- ^ Saving Energy in U.S. Transportation. U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment. 1994. OTA-ETI-589.
- ^ "The Chicken or the Egg". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-04-03.


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The aim is to produce 50 gestures by Sunday the 17th of October.
- The gestures can be of anything, human, animal, cavorting capybaras.... You can draw full figures, but you can also go for heads, arms, eyes, or anything specific. All media can be used, both digital or traditional. Coloured or black/white. Quick scribbles or long studies. Imagination or referenced. Clothed or nude. Specifics are up to you!
- In addition to this, participants can choose to do an Optional "Head: 3 views" Study, in any medium.
Additional notes on this weeks' Optional Study:
A head, viewed from three sides! This may be from imagination or a study. With or without neck/shoulders. Expression and such do not have to be the same, but make sure the three views belong to the same head. I suspect few people have a bust or plaster cast at home, but there are there are several other options for reference:
- Put on a movie, pause to draw a character 3x. Or alternatively, screencaps from this place: http://www.leavemethewhite.com/index2.html
- 3rd CT scan is a head you can rotate: http://www.posemaniacs.com/tools/handviewer/
- Lots of different views from the same head in this book PDF.
- I'm having trouble loading this one, but I know it has several views of the same pose: http://fineart.sk/index.php?s=24&cat=2
- Make a head using clay. I've been wanting to do this for a long time.
- more suggestions always welcome!
Colour, medium, time frame, any specifics are up to you! Have fun!
50 poses is a challenge, but don't hurry or stress yourself reaching it! Focus on drawing, as practising is the main goal of this exercise.
Critting each other is highly encouraged!! Share constructive criticism, reference and resources!! Let's help each other get better!
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Some time ago, I collected mugshots. A few of them had 3 views of the same head.
I will be mostly away till Friday afternoon but after then I will do my best. For real...
(It's not important but I did a few gestures last week too. mostly dynamic ones, my weak point I added them later)
Hmm... maybe I'll take a picture of my husband or daughter from 3 angles. Would that work well I wonder? This seems like a very very tough optional study... for me at least. I'm excited! I hope I can finish it in time!
No life drawing classes at school lately, so I had to take the open workshop. Thankfully life drawing should return again at the end of the month.
sorry if my posts are too big ;o
this week at class we're just playing with materials and texture, and learning some photography later, not sure what that will entail specifically. It's one of those projects we have together with the advertising class.
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krisCrash: I'm no expert, but I like your gestures and your lines seem to be quite confident.
Here are mine, sorry for the crappy quality, but I've chosen wrong brush size and realized that I can't see a thing when I zoomed out. Some 30 sec - 2 min poses from gesture drawing tool, 30 sec animal poses and hands from life and refs.
And this week's extra assignment. Only 2 because I failed too much. Interesting activity though and I'll have to try it again.
My sketchbook Crits and advice highly encouraged!
Here are my gestures. I barely finished them. It's been one of those weeks!
I *tried* to do some from life while people were moving. I need to work on this a lot more. 30s
Next I did some from online pictures. 60s
Then I did some of my husband while he posed. 60s
I tried the optional study and totally failed. I may have to try it again later. But it won't be done in time. Le sigh.
None from me, I'm afraid. I'll be in 100% this week!
krisCrash; It's interesting to see these after the ones from the course. They're a bit less 'strict'. For example the arms seem to get a bit lazy sometimes, haha. But I can clearly see the things learned in that previous course are still in there. Great to see some longer studies in between. Suddenly it all comes together. Some interesting textures and shapes in that second post.
brambor - these are getting better! Try and keep the organic feel, follow the fluent lines trough the body. The gesture drawing tool has a couple of tough ones though. Interestingly, some poses do work in photograhs but are very difficult to reproduce. I think those heads are actually really nice. You may have mixed up the placement in a few spots in the first one. I think it's great how you 'suggest' a lot of shape, without going overboard on those features, without unnecessary hard lines.
Karshia; all sorts of studies! From life is, from what I can gather, one of the best ways to learn this. Nice going on those. And you even got your own model. Try to draw what you see. For example, instead of drawing an orb where you know a head should be, draw the shapes. Instead of to drawing a figure in the same pose as the one of your reference, draw the shapes and forms of the figure that you can see. I hope that makes any sense. I do like them! great variety, tough ones among them as well.
a la bapsi - Nice posemaniacs. fun to see a lot of poses from crazy angles. Posemaniacs does that, and its great to see you don't avoid them . They're quite accurate, you need few lines to show the pose. Comparing the 30's with the 60's shows - i think - that you've lost just a little livelyness, while gaining more anatomical details and such. Nice heads. I like how you've handled those lines to show the 'direction' of the form.
That does make sense. And I think I will try it this next week. By the way, thank you for hosting these studies, Anthis. I really appreciate it. You're doing a great job.Karshia; all sorts of studies! From life is, from what I can gather, one of the best ways to learn this. Nice going on those. And you even got your own model. Try to draw what you see. For example, instead of drawing an orb where you know a head should be, draw the shapes. Instead of to drawing a figure in the same pose as the one of your reference, draw the shapes and forms of the figure that you can see. I hope that makes any sense. I do like them! great variety, tough ones among them as well.
Haha, thanks for the support! I wish I were better myself so that I could provide more in-depth thought and critique. But I'm afraid I'm still a beginner. See you next week!
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Man the Sinner. preached at KBCF Lighthouse Church on July 17, 2011. Scripture is from Habakkuk 1:12-2:1.
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Man the Sinner. preached at KBCF Lighthouse Church on July 17, 2011. Scripture is from Habakkuk 1:12-2:1.
So we are in the middle of a sermon series based on this book, "What is the Gospel?" by Greg Gilbert a pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC.
Three weeks ago, I started it with an introduction to the book while also covering the first chapter, concerning the Word of God, by preaching out of 2nd Chronicles 34 which is the story of King Josiah and the Old Testament revival that he ushered in during his reign.
The result of that revival was the retrieval of the Book of the Law, which showed Josiah and the people of Judah just how badly they had gone of course in their relationship with God. Our point during that sermon was to show that God's word is the ultimate authority over everything, and so it is the place where we must look in order to be able to answer the question "What is the Gospel?".
Then last week, we started on the book of Habakkuk, which falls chronologically in line with 2nd Chronicles because Habakkuk, a prophet of Judah, the Southern Kingdom, was most likely active during the reign of Josiah, a time of spiritual fruit and maturity, but then he saw the decline and the return to apostasy of the people after Josiah died and his son Jehoahaz was made king.
Now, Habakkuk, remember has three major sections, the first two are complaints that Habakkuk makes to God, and God's answers to each complaint. While the third is a prayer that Habakkuk offers up to God at the end of their "conversation".
We covered Habakkuk's first complaint in chapter 1 verses 2 to 4… then God's answer to that complaint in verses 5 to 11. In these verses, we magnified characteristics of God – his righteousness and his wrath – as a way to make sense of the characteristic of God which most other people today usually magnify… that is, God's love.
We saw that although love and wrath may seem at first to be at odds with each other, in fact, they complement and explain each other.
We cannot know how much God loves us without first an understanding of the wrath that God is saving us from. Conversely, God's wrath, his punishment, is actually a loving act towards us, just as parents punish and reprove their children whom they love.
All of that corresponds to Chapter 2 of "What is the Gospel?" which concerns "God the Righteous Creator".
Today then, we turn to Chapter 3 of the book, "Man the Sinner" and to the next portion of Habakkuk, found in chapter 1 verse 12 to chapter 2 verse 1. It is the 2nd complaint that Habakkuk makes to God, one that he actually makes in response to God's answer to his first complaint. Continue reading


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According to Smith County Fire Marshal Jim Seaton, the fire started in the office area and no accidental cause has been found yet. There was no electricity to the side of the building where the fire broke out, so investigators do not believe the fire was caused by electricity. While Seaton is not ready to call the incident arson at this point, anyone who may have seen anything suspicious on Sunday afternoon is asked to call the fire marshal's office.
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If you're going to have an extra few weeks to explore a city thoroughly, you just will not find a better place to do so than London. I was lucky enough to be staying with the most wonderful family who was willing to drag an
annoying picture taking tourist me around their home city for a week and a half, showing me some of their favorite places as well as the tourist attractions that I would not be able to find time to see in just a few days! Although I could talk about London for years, here are a few of my absolute favorites from this trip. Obviously you just won't want to be in London without traveling the almost obligatory route of Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the London Eye, etc. but if you ever have a spare day or two to explore a little further: this list is a good place to begin.
1. The Victoria and Albert Museum (the V&A): All of London's awesome museums are FOR FREE so let's give a big gold star to London for that, am I right? Your first inclinations will be to hit the British Museum and the National Gallery, but if you are in the least bit interested in anything regarding theatre, art, or design, you just cannot miss the V&A. Located by the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum, it is chock full of awesome jewelry, theatre, tapestry, fashion, and literary exhibits that will blow your mind. Make sure to check out the reading room (filled with original Charles Dickens manuscripts) and the cast courts from when the English were in a phase where they copied Roman monuments in plaster—useful? Not particularly, but still awesome.
2. Oxford University: If you are in the mood for a day trip, head up to Oxford for the day to check out a gorgeous, ancient town housing one of the oldest universities in England. Even if you cannot go into any of the colleges, it is still worth a wander around! I was lucky enough to have a see into Exeter College with a friend who is a current student; it is a little glimpse of history and prowess that will inspire you for months to come. The Oxford Tube runs from London straight to Oxford and is a comfortable, cost-efficient way to travel plus the bus has wifi…so…
3. Portobello Market: For an antique and vintage freak like me, Portobello Market in Notting Hill was HEAVEN. Not only is it in the gorgeous West London neighborhood, there are stands and stands filled with antique cameras, vintage jewelry, and cute restaurants. Take note of the Notting Hill bookstore, featured in the popular movie with Hugh Grant and Julia Robert and for a snack, try a crepe or a cupcake from the famous Hummingbird bakery. Some of my other favorite London markets are found in the winding alleys of Camden Town and the delicious fresh and international foods found at the Borough Market (the latter is open on weekends only).
4. Windsor Castle: If you're all 'been there, done that' when you hear the words Buckingham Palace, take a few steps outside the city to see Queen Elizabeth's weekend home and reportedly favorite residence. The chapel, holding the tombs of King Henry VIII and several of his wives was completely gorgeous and the room containing the elaborate royal doll-houses was also a standout. Make sure to have your ticket stamped at the end of your visit, as you can then come back for free anytime in the next year—not a bad deal!
If you have even more time, do stop by the National Portrait Gallery (just behind the National Gallery) for some really amazing artwork. And for relatively inexpensive and healthy meals, step into one of the numerous Pret a Mangers, marked by their trademark burgundy sign marking practically every block! I can't wait to go back and explore even more.
Have a happy St. Patrick's Day this Saturday! I'll be sending the most Irish of wishes over the sea from Dublin.
A few weeks ago, there was an article written in the Star Tribune about the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. I was lucky enough to be able to hike the crossing this past weekend, and this is how it went.
On Friday, a group of us rented a car and drove up from school in Palmy to Tongariro National Park. The park is the oldest national park in New Zealand, and the fifth oldest national park in the world. Within the park are three active(barely) volcanoes: Mt. Ruapehu, a large snow covered mountain with a ski field for snow sports. Mt. Ngauruhoe, a smaller stratovolcano (and the mountain that was set as Mt. Doom in the Lord of the Rings triology), and finally Mt. Tongariro, a longer volcanoe with multiple craters.
We drove up and got supplies in the nearby town of Turangi, a tourist town geared towards fishing on nearby Lake Taupo (a great place for anyone who likes the north woods and all they have to offer). A friend of mine has a Holiday Home (cabin) in a township called Omori on the southern banks of Lake Taupo, and conveniently 30 minutes from the mountains. We settled in, and set our alarms for bright and early.
We got up the next morning and headed for the park. After struggling for about an hour to find the correct car park, we were finally on our way up the crossing. The crossing itself is a 19.4 km (about 12 mile) hike and is estimated to take between 6 and 7 hours.
As we ascended, the terrain quickly changed from flat plains to a slow ascension until we reached the base of the junction between Ngaurahoe and Tongariro. From there it became a twisted steep ascension around hardened lava flows and volcanic rocks. After 2 hours we reached the south crater, which gave us some level ground to walk on, as one of my friends pointed out, if you didn't know better it would've looked like we were on Mars.
From the south crater the path becomes rather intense. As an aside, we were originally told that this hike was of relatively low difficulty and other than bringing something to eat and a rain coat you really had nothing to worry about. Once we past the south crater, we began to seriously question the credability of these sources. The ascent quickly becomes verticle and loose. Gravel, ash and loose rocks make climbing less of a leisurely experience. However, the view can't be beat. We were lucky enough to reach Red Crater, the highest point on the crossing itself before clouds rolled in. We were able to see Mt. Taranaki (another volcano on the western side of the North Island) and most of the North Islands landscape as well. Past Red Crater, the next scenic stop is the Emerald Lakes, craters formed from quick rapid explosions and filled with water that has since leached it's color from the unique minerals found here.
Once we passed the lakes, we crossed the central crater to Blue Lake, again another crater (Tongariro has erupted a lot in its lifetime) filled with water. Once the crater was past there was a quick descent to the final car park. When I say quick descent, I mean we dropped altitude, fast. The actual majority of our hike didn't even begin until this point, and while it was incredibly beautiful and scenic, we had started to feel a little winded. Once we reached the bottom, we celebrated with what little energy we had left and headed back to Omori. Needless to say, we all slept like rocks that night.
If you have happened to stumble upon my posts in the past, you may be experiencing déjà vu: yes, I was in Paris in December as well. I firmly believe, however, that it is just not possible to visit Paris too many times! So I was not about to pass up the chance to visit a dear friend of mine from (from Wayzata High School as well) during her own exciting abroad adventure in Paris. And I am ridiculously glad that I did.
How I Got There: I flew from Dublin into Paris Beauvais on the popular European budget airline, Ryanair. Since it was Ryanair, Paris Beauvais was an airport a little less actually in Paris then the name would lead you to believe…the shuttle from Beauvais to Porte Maillot, a metro stop in Paris, cost thirty euro round trip and took about 1h15. So if you're willing to make your journey a bit longer, it's not an awful way to save around a hundred euro that you might have paid to fly into Charles de Gaulle! If you enjoy convenient, easy, and non-stressful travel…Beauvais is a hundred percent not a place you will want to step foot in.
Things to Do, People to See: Luckily on my last Paris trip, I was able to do much of the sightseeing that was my priority so this trip was more to enjoy the city itself. On recommendation from a friend, I visited Laduree on the Champs-Elysees for macaroons and it was absolutely, fantastically, FABULOUS! The restaurant was closed, so we picked up our macaroons and ate them on a bench while people watching (which is hands down one of my favorite hobbies anywhere abroad). I also visited the Louvre for the second time, and found a few new areas I had missed previously- make sure to walk through Napoleon's apartments. Especially if you won't have time to visit Versailles, they are a perfect example of luxurious French opulence. Those chandeliers, man….
Chateau Thoiry: ALERT: ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE AHEAD. My friend Maari, currently abroad in Paris, was kind enough to invite me to visit her relatives at their family chateau, Chateau Thoiry (which is about a half-hour train ride from Paris Montparnasse). The chateau has been in their family since it was built in 1559, and currently houses a museum on the first floor and a zoo, opened in 1968, in the backyard. We were able to stay for a night and experience the absolute beauty and splendor of the castle, as well as the kindness of the current occupants! The chateau can only really be explained in photographs, so hopefully the images below will be able to show how absolutely amazing this place is. If you ever have a spare day in France, I absolutely encourage you to take a trip out to a true example of French history; the train ride to Thoiry is also through the rolling French countryside which is not a bad way to spend a half hour! The museum is completely gorgeous, and the zoo is a lovely and natural environment- like, the animals LOOKED HAPPY. It was an unreal experience, and I am so grateful to the family for allowing me to experience it.
Basics: The metro is extremely easy to use, so you won't really need to worry about cabs or buses during your time there. Since I knew I'd be there for a few days, I bought a carnet of tickets (ten tickets for 6e35), and individual rides are 1e70. Eating out in Paris is EXPENSIVE, like Ireland expensive, but buying food in grocery stores is surprisingly cheap and they have a pretty large selection!
Why to Go: Paris is a beautiful place to be, even if you can only stay for a few days. I distinctly remember the moment when I was walking through the Tuileries, passing French men with long baguette loaves in their messenger bags, being able to see the top of the Eiffel Tower in the distance, and smelling the musty, fresh sod from the gardeners re-planting the lavender flowers. And those are the type of times I will remember about Europe- walking, soaking up culture through every pore, and living in the moment.
I have come across most of these tips by accident. But in general that is precisely what travel is; a bunch of unpredicted experiences that can stir you in ways you never knew possible, good and bad. Travel can make you rich and is something I would suggest to everyone for I have grown more in the past 5 weeks than one year of my life (except for my first year of life. That was a pretty major one. You know, walking and being born and stuff.) But yes, we are in college and we do not have the largest disposable income despite the fact that you managed to score that debatably sweet parking attendant job where you can surf Facebook for hours. I hear you, and I am here to say: a few minutes of reading between the lines of reviews on hostelworld can end up saving you a lot of money in the long run. And sometimes the experiences you are going to treasure happen when you are too engrossed with your first sight of the Collosseum to understand the map and find your way to your apartment or on the bus from the Eindhoven Airport to Amsterdam where you get to take in many sights of Holland that you would have missed with a simple flight and taxi ride to your hotel. So without further adieu, here are a few tips to help you save some loot.
Yes, it would be awesome to stay in a 5 star hotel with a breakfast buffet and pool, but honestly do you need it? No. Because all you need is a place to lay your head at night after you've walked 20 miles around a foreign city, which is probably 10 more than you needed to because you got lost. So keep it simple because you're going to pass out whether the pillowcases are silk or scratchy cotton. Therefore:
• Look into hostels. Websites like hostelworld.com and tripadvisor.com are great resources as you can adjust the search to fit your needs. Find hostels with a high rating and more than 2 reviews. In the end all you are going to want is clean sheets and a place to go to the bathroom. You can live without privacy for a few days. Though some hostels do have the option to get a private room with a few friends in which case you can feel free to let it all hang out, if you so please. Generally hostels will have lockers where you can keep your valuables. If you are extremely concerned you can bring your own lock for some peace of mind.
• Research apartments. This is something that is extremely overlooked but definitely a great option! If you are traveling with more than 5 people, you will save a ton of money by getting an apartment together as you will be able to go to a supermarket for enough groceries to last your trip and save yourself from the overpriced restaurants us tourists fall prey to often. (Not that you shouldn't eat out. Definitely treat yourself to the countries native food at least twice.) If you just Google "apartments" in whatever city you will be traveling to a ton of options will come up, and once again you can change up the search to fit your needs. Do keep in mind that you will be splitting the price between however many people are staying there so the price is not as intimidating as the big red numbers you see on the right hand side of the listing.
When it comes to transportation, I tend to just make sure I can get to the country/city and then go from there. When traveling within Europe it is pretty simple to find cheap airfares on ryanair.com and easyjet.com but after some frustrating minutes with your friends where everyone is making the "that's-too-expensive" face you just have to bite the bullet. If you want to go to London and the first weekend in April is your only option then go! Just get there. But of course, there are ways to save once you find yourself starring dumbfounded at Big Ben:
• Walk! Plenty of cities are small enough to walk around. It may take you about 40 minutes to get across all of Edinburgh but then you can get in enough pictures of the sights! I'm learning more and more each day that it is just part of European culture to walk. The streets aren't built for your average SUV, plus traffic in general is crazy. It isn't that difficult, you just need to plan accordingly. Take the bus/metro/tram out to the part of the city where you're going to spend the majority of the day and finish activities there, and then move on to a new area the next day.
• Public transportation. I cannot stress this enough. Taxis are ridiculously overpriced. They do make sense to take if you have a ton of luggage or your heel is bleeding, but try to use them sparingly. Do as the locals do, as it is much cheaper otherwise they wouldn't do it. Cities like Paris and Rome have extremely convenient metro lines that are very easy to use once you figure them out and if you purchase a pass for a few days at a time you'll save in the long run.
• Safety first. Seriously. Even if you aren't a travel novice it is smart to always be aware of yourself and your belongings. Where there are tourists, there are pickpockets. Believe me, I learned the hard way. And I was completely aware of my bag and belongings during the moments leading up to it. That being said, I probably could have thought things through a little more. If you have a credit card be sure to bring a backup and keep it in a different place than your original. That way if you lose the latter you won't be without money for 2 weeks in a foreign country while you wait for your replacement to be shipped across the sea. Also, consider getting a money belt. You might feel silly with a pouch under your shirt but at least you know your belongings are close.
• Always have a map on you. And memorize the address of your hostel or apartment. That way if you do end up getting separated from the group you're traveling with (as I did at a very large Dutch market) you will have a map and thus knowledge on how to meet back up with them. Maps really don't cost that much as plenty of airports, train stations, and souvenir shops have them but if you're really feeling a hole in your pocket I have learned that if you go into a hotel and say you're lost and trying to find a certain landmark, you may end up getting a free map. Of course don't expect to be treated like royalty or even receive one, but it's worth a try.
• Stay positive. Most of your time will be spent mesmerized and in love with the country you're in, but sometimes you'll come across situations that leave you confused or uncomfortable. Don't panic. You're just experiencing another culture, and it is completely normal to feel whatever it is your body decides to. In moments like this though, just stay positive and keep going. It's easy to get homesick or over-analyze the intentions of that street vendor but you don't want those moments to be the ones of your trip you remember. So look up and realize where you are and that this may be your only chance to be standing in that spot.
• Be decisive. It's easy when you're traveling with others to fall victim to the crowd and do the awkward dance that is "I don't know, what do you want to do?" "I don't care. How about you?". If you know you want to see something, don't be afraid to go off by yourself and see it. Just make sure you set a meeting spot. You're not going to please everybody, so sometimes you're just going to have to figure out what it is you want to do and do that.
Traveling can definitely be exhausting mentally and physically, but in such a great way.
Everytime I go home (or back to Italy) from a trip I feel so full of life, and I'm not one who normally attributes such a corny saying to myself. But you can't really help it. I kind of feel like I'm turning into my mom as I Google inspirational travel quotes, but I'm going to leave you with just that: "the world is a book and those who do not travel only read a page".
I have that popular song from the Sound of Music stuck in my head…I also strained every tendon, pulled every muscle, and overextended every joint on my way UP the mountain! This weekend, I climbed my very first mountain. As my Austrian friend would say, in Ireland the land formations are less 'mountains', and more 'large hills', but it doesn't sound quite as awesome to tell people I climbed my first large hill this weekend. So we're sticking with mountain.
If you like to hike or enjoy the outdoors at all (and you happen to be in Ireland), do yourself a favor and head to Killarney National Park to climb Mount Mangerton! Killarney National Park in general is completely gorgeous, full of waterfalls and the neon green wooded landscape that Ireland is famous for. Mt. Mangerton is about a four-five hour hike up and down the mountain, but was still fairly challenging for the average person!
We began at the end of the mountain with blue skies, sunshine, and all-around gorgeous weather. The ground was squishy and boggy (from the melting snow running down the mountain). And you can BET I made sure to get some mud on my hiking boots so that no one could doubt I wasn't an expert hiker- they were looking a little too clean…So naturally since it's Ireland, there was no possible way that weather could last! We made it up to the summit with the sun staying through, and stopped for lunch at the Devil's Punch Bowl, a gorgeous lake in a dip between the hills surrounding it on both sides.
After a lunch of sausage rolls (Weird, right? I made a snap decision at the store and panicked), we headed up the rocky path towards the summit. As we walked up, fog started rolling in, and THICK- soon we couldn't see anything but the path around us. Next up: my first snowfall in Ireland, as massive snowflakes began hurling themselves on us in full force and the wind tended to pick up around that time as well! It was completely insane- prickly cold stung our cheeks, and our hiking boots were covered in chunky clumps of snow melting their way into our wool socks. We took the obligatory picture up top, then started the slippery-slidey descent.
And back about halfway down the mountain, the sun came out, the snow and rain ceased, and we headed down to gorgeous views of the tiny white Killarney buildings and the lakes and mountains all around. Also we walked directly underneath a rainbow and I found NO GOLD. What a joke!
It was a fantastic hike, I'd recommend it to anyone looking for some beautiful views and fresh airs in Killarney!
Headed to Paris tonight to eat macaroons and look at art, so look for more about that next Tuesday!
For being one of the most stunning places I've ever travelled, New Zealand does not make itself easy to get to. I started my journey leaving Minneapolis at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, February 15th and found myself in Wellington at 8 pm Friday, February 17th. After numerous flight delays, a cancellation and a very long walk to a hostel. I was here.
New Zealanders are known as "the nicest people on earth" and coming from a state that prides itself on its niceness, I was skeptical. I worked my way up the hills in Wellington to my hostel and immeadiately collapsed from exhaustion, thirty six hours of travelling will do that to you. The next day though, I hit the ground running. Wandering aimlessly around a town you've never been to is incredibly relaxing, therapeutic even. About six blocks from the harbor, the road instantly shoots upwards and suddenly you're walking on what feels like a ninty degree incline. However, the views are stunning.
Fun fact about Wellington, the Cook Strait, which separates the north and south islands is the perfect habitat for giant squid. I know this, because during my wanderings, I came across the Te Papa museum, which is a natural history museum centered on New Zealand. There, they have on display a female giant squid caught off the coast of Antartica near the south island. A male has never been sited, and likely never will be as the depths they live at are literally bone crushing.
Once my wanderings had ended, I retired back to my hostel and prepared to leave town the next morning. The bus ride to Palmerston North, which is located in the Manawatu region of the north island, is a beautiful coastal ride, and slightly frightening if you've never driven on the left side of the road before.
Manawatu borrows it's name from the Manawatu river that cuts through the plains here, and Massey University is located just outside of town. Massey actually doubles as a botanical garden because of the vast number of plants the campus houses.
For now, it's orientation after orientation, complete with three different farm trips. While it is exhausting, adrenaline has been fueling me for the last few days, and hopefully soon I'll find some downtime to wander aimlessly here as well.
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Odell Williams, 70, is charged with two counts of threatening the life of a public official, according to the news release from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
The charges are felonies and Williams could face up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $5,000 or both, if convicted.
The incident originally occurred following the March 10 meeting of Chester City Council where Williams allegedly confronted Chester Police Chief Andre Williams and another officer in the city hall restrooms.
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