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Economy of London
London is the world's leading financial centre for international business and commerce and is one of the "command centres" for the global economy.[1][2][3]
According to Brookings Institution, London has the fifth largest city economy in the world, after Tokyo, New York City, Los Angeles and Seoul with an estimated GVA of £309.3 billion ($546.4 billion) in 2012, and a per capita GVA of £37,232 ($65,768).[4] By way of comparison, London's economy is roughly the same size as that of Sweden or Iran.[5]
With an estimated 8,308,369 residents in 2012, London is the most populous region, urban zone and metropolitan area in the United Kingdom.[6] London generates approximately 22 per cent of the UK's GDP.[4] 841,000 private sector businesses were based in London at the start of 2013, more than in any other region or country in the UK. 18 per cent are in the professional, scientific and technical activities sector while 15 per cent are in the construction sector. Many of these are small and medium sized enterprises.[7]
Although London is home to numerous companies within the United Kingdom, government statistics show how important it is to other nations. For example, the most recent data estimates that London exports approximately £92billion worth of products every year while its GDP is greater than the economies of Belgium and Switzerland.[8]
- 1 Service industries
- 2 Manufacturing and construction
- 3 Transport
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Service industries[edit]
London shifted to a mostly service-based economy earlier than other European cities, particularly following the Second World War. London's success as a service industry and business centre can be attributed to the aggregate effect of several specific factors:
- English being the native language and the dominant international language of business
- its former position as the capital of the British Empire
- its location within the European Union, since the EU has a population and GDP larger than the US
- the special relationship between the United Kingdom and United States and the United Kingdom's close relationships with many countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, particularly those in the Commonwealth of Nations
- its location in a central time zone that allows it to act as a bridge between US and Asian markets
- English contract law being the most important and most used contract law in international business[9]
- relatively low taxes, particularly for foreigners - non-UK domiciled residents do not get taxed on their foreign earnings
- a business friendly environment (e.g. in the City of London the local government is not elected by the resident population but instead by business - the City of London is a business democracy)
- good transport infrastructure particularly its aviation industry
- a high quality of life for the average resident
Currently, over 85% (3.2 million) of the employed population of greater London works in the service industries. Another half a million employees resident in Greater London work in manufacturing and construction, almost equally divided between both.[citation needed]
Business districts[edit]
London has five major business districts: the City, Westminster, Canary Wharf, Camden & Islington and Lambeth & Southwark. One way to get an idea of their relative importance is to look at relative amounts of office space: Greater London had 26,721,000 m2 of office space in 2001.
|Business District
|Office Space (m2)
|Business Concentration
|The City
|finance, broking, insurance, legal, fund managers
|head offices, real estate, private banking, hedge funds, government
|Camden & Islington
|creative industries, finance, design, art, fashion, architecture
|Canary Wharf
|banking, media, legal
|Lambeth & Southwark
|accountancy, consultancy, local government
A useful guide to the distribution of wealth across London is the cost of renting office space. Mayfair and St. James's are historically and currently the most expensive areas - approximately £80.00 per sq ft per annum. The least expensive commercial districts are Waterloo & Southwark and East London Tech City, a new, but growing hub of start up technology companies, also known as Silicon Roundabout - approximately £33.00 per sq ft per annum [10]
Domestic and international corporate headquarters[edit]
More than half of the London Stock Exchange top 100 listed companies (the FTSE 100) and over 100 of Europe's 500 largest companies are headquartered in central London. Over 70% of the FTSE 100 are located within London's metropolitan area, and 75% of Fortune 500 companies have offices in London.
Financial services[edit]
London's largest industry remains finance, and its financial exports make it a large contributor to the UK's balance of payments.[11] The city is home to exchanges, banks, brokers, asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds, private equity firms, insurance companies and reinsurance markets.
A second financial district has developed at Canary Wharf to the east of the City, which includes the global headquarters of two of the world's largest banks, HSBC and Barclays, the rest-of-the-world headquarters of Citigroup and the headquarters of the global news service Reuters. London handled 36.7% of global currency transactions in 2009[update] — an average daily turnover of US$1.85 trillion — with more US dollars traded in London than New York, and more Euros traded than in every other city in Europe combined.[12][13][14]
Professional services[edit]
Many professional services firms are located in London including the big four accountants and major management consulting firms. London is the headquarters for four of the world's six largest law firms.[15]
Media companies are concentrated in London (see Media in London) and the media distribution industry is London's second most competitive sector.[16] The BBC is a key employer, other broadcasters also have headquarters around the city. Many national newspapers are edited in London, having traditionally been associated with Fleet Street in the City, they are now dispersed across the capital. Soho is the centre of London's post-production industry.
Tourism is one of London's prime industries, and London is, by a considerable margin, the most visited city in the world by international tourists, with 15.6 million international visitors in 2006, ahead of second placed Bangkok (10.4 million international visitors) and third placed Paris (9.7 million).[17] Tourism employed the equivalent of 350,000 full-time workers in London in 2003,[18] whilst annual expenditure by tourists is around £15bn.[19]
A growing number of technology companies are based in London, notably in East London Tech City also known as Silicon Roundabout.
London is a major retail centre and in 2010 had the highest non-food retail sales of any city in the world, with a total spend of around £64.2 billion.[20]
Manufacturing and construction[edit]
For the 19th and much of the 20th centuries London was a major manufacturing centre (see Manufacturing in London), with over 1.5 million industrial workers in 1960. Manufacturing suffered dramatic decline from the 1960s on.[21] Entire industries have been lost including shipbuilding (which ended in 1912 after hundreds of years with the closure of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company), consumer electronics, aircraft manufacture and most of the vehicle construction industry. This trend continues, with the loss of the pharmaceutical manufacturing sites of Aesica (formerly Merck Sharp and Dohme) at Ponders End in 2011 [22][23] and Sanofi-Aventis (originally May & Baker) at Dagenham by 2013.[24]
Today one of the last substantial industrial plants remaining is Ford Dagenham, the largest diesel engine manufacturing site in the world.[25] Food and drink manufacture remain in places, for example baking at Warburtons in Brimsdown, biscuits at United Biscuits in Harlesden, brewing at Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick, manufacture of coffee and chocolate by Nestlé in Hayes, and refining of sugar and syrup by Tate & Lyle in Silvertown. At 2.8%, London was the region containing the lowest proportion of employees engaged in UK manufacturing.
Office development in London is at a four-year high in 2013 with 9.7 million sq ft across 71 schemes under construction.[26]
A multi-billion pound 10-year construction programme has begun in Nine Elms on the South Bank of the river Thames in central London. This will develop the area from a semi-derelict, light industrial zone into a modern residential and business district. The programme includes regeneration of Battersea Power Station, construction of new embassies for the United States and the Netherlands, and regeneration of New Covent Garden Market which is the largest fresh produce market in the U.K.. Transport improvement plans include two new Northern line tube stations, riverbus piers, new bus services and a network of cycle lanes and footpaths. A new bridge across the river Thames will link Nine Elms to Pimlico on the opposite bank. Around 25,000 permanent jobs will be created once the new buildings are occupied and around 16,000 new homes.[27][28][29]
Other large construction projects include Kings Cross Central and Paddington Waterside.
London has an integrated public transport system operated by Transport for London under a single electronic ticketing system, Oyster card. The city's network successfully provided transport for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[30][31] It includes the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway, London Buses and London River Services. A ring of 18 railway stations provides train links to cities, towns and villages around the country as well Paris and Brussels via the high-speed Eurostar. The Thameslink rail network is undergoing a £6bn programme to upgrade and expand the line.
Crossrail, due to open in 2018, will be a new railway line running east to west through London and into the surrounding countryside. It will run on 118 km (73 mi) of track with a branch to Heathrow Airport.[32] The main feature of the project is construction of 42 km (26 mi) of new tunnels connecting stations in central London including a branch to Canary Wharf in east London. It is Europe's biggest construction project with a £15 billion projected cost.[33][34]
London is served by six international airports which are the world's busiest city airport system by passenger traffic. These are Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City, and Southend.
Once the largest port in the world, the Port of London is today the second-largest in the United Kingdom, handling 48 million tonnes of cargo each year.[35] The port is not located in one area - it stretches along the tidal Thames, including central London, with many individual wharfs, docks, terminals and facilities built incrementally over the centuries. As with many similar historic European ports the bulk of activities has steadily moved downstream towards the open sea, as ships have grown larger and other city uses take up land closer to the city's centre. Today, much of the Port of London cargo passes through the Port of Tilbury, outside the boundary of Greater London.
London Gateway, the UK's newest container port, opened in 2013. The £1.5bn facility at Thurrock, Essex, is 20 miles (32 km) down the River Thames from London. It is expected to be able to handle 3.5 million containers a year. The development is forecast to create 27,000 jobs in London and the South East and contribute £2.4bn a year to its economy.[36]
See also[edit]
- Economy of the United Kingdom
- Agriculture in London
- Economy of Croydon
- Economy of Europe
- List of companies based in London
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- ^ http://www.atkearney.com/documents/10192/dfedfc4c-8a62-4162-90e5-2a3f14f0da3a
- ^ .http://www.longfinance.net/images/GFCI14_30Sept2013.pdf
- ^ a b "ONS Regional GVA 2013". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "CIA World Factbook". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ According to the European Statistical Agency, London is the largest Larger Urban Zone which uses conurbations and areas of high population as its definition. A ranking of population within municipal boundaries places London first. However, the University of Avignon in France claims that Paris is first and London second when including the whole urban area and hinterland, that is the outlying cities as well
- ^ "Business Population Estimates 2013". Department for Business, Innovation & Skills. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "Facts about London". One Heddon. 19 June 2014.
- ^ "English Common Law is the most widespread legal system in the world". Sweet & Maxwell. November 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ "Office Costs In London: Office Rental Guide", FindaLondonOffice, 15 Nov 2006. URL accessed on 30 Dec 2006.
- ^ "Financial Services", UK Trade & Investment, 11 May 2006. URL accessed on 3 June 2006.
- ^ "Research and statistics FAQ". The City of London. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ "Triennial Central Bank Survey" PDF (259 KiB)
- ^ "Key facts", Corporation of London. URL accessed on 19 June 2006.
- ^ "The Global 100: Most Revenue 2009". American Lawyer. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "London's Place in the UK Economy, 2005-6" PDF (960 KiB), p19, Oxford Economic Forecasting on behalf of the Corporation of London. Published November 2005. Accessed 19 June 2006.
- ^ Bremner, Caroline (11 October 2007). "Top 150 city destinations: London leads the way". Euromonitor International. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
- ^ "London is the HR centre of opportunity in the UK", PersonnelToday.com, 15 February 2005. URL accessed on 3 June 2006.
- ^ "The Importance of Tourism in London", Visit London. URL accessed on 3 June 2006.
- ^ Potter, Mark (17 February 2011). "London tops world cities spending league". Reuters. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ "Deindustrialisation 1960 to 1980". Exploring 20th century London. Museum of London. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Pharmaceutical plant under_threat of closure". Enfield Independent. 2010-09-02. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ "Complete Plant Closure of Aesica Pharmaceuticals Enfield, UK Facility". PRWeb. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ "Sanofi pulls out of Dagenham". InPharm. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ "Ford Dagenham at 80". Ford Motor Company. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "London Office Crane Survey – winter 2013" (Press release). Deloitte Real Estate. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "NineElms Future". Wandsworth Council. Spring 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Nine Elms on the South Bank". Wandsworth Council. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Nine Elms London".
- ^ "2012 Olympics transport strategy hailed a success". BBC. 13 Aug 2012. Retrieved 11 Aug 2013.
- ^ "The TfL Olympic Legacy: Measuring the Unmeasurable". 29 Jul 2013. Retrieved 11 Aug 2013.
- ^ "Crossrail Regional Map". Crossrail Ltd. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Crossrail's giant tunnelling machines unveiled". BBC News. 2 January 2012.
- ^ Leftly, Mark (29 August 2010). "Crossrail delayed to save £1bn". The Independent on Sunday (London).
- ^ "Provisional Port Statistics 2010". Department for Transport. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "London Gateway 'super-port' welcomes first vessel". BBC. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
External links[edit]
- Transport for London - The London 2012 legacy Official website
- TfL Olympic Legacy Slideshow


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Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that children who are exposed to chemotherapy or radiotherapy while in the womb suffer no negative impacts on mental or cardiac development.
Tributes pour in for late comedienne Joan Rivers Sep 5, 9:07 am
London, Sept 5 (ANI): Tributes for comedian Joan Rivers poured in on social media when she took her last breath at 81 after being on life support post cardiac arrest in New York.
Washington, Sep 03 (ANI): Joan Rivers' daughter Melissa Rivers has recently revealed that her mother is still on life support even after five days post suffering from respiratory and cardiac arrest during a medical procedure.
Former Attorney General Goolan Vahanvati passes away Sep 2, 7:50 pm
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Your face can reveal your heart disease Aug 30, 11:45 am
Washington, Aug 30 (ANI): A new study has revealed about the technology that is developed for detecting atrial fibrillation, a treatable but potentially dangerous heart condition, by observing a person's face with the help of a web camera and software algorithms.
Newly discovered cardiac molecule help prevent heart failure Aug 11, 12:19 pm
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Washington, July 29 (ANI): A study has revealed that heat strokes are ten times more life-threatening than cardiac events for runners in races over 10 km.
Gurgaon, July 12 (ANI): Jehangir Pocha, Editor-in-Chief of television channel News X, passed away on Saturday in Gurgaon following a cardiac arrest.
News X editor passes away, PM condoles death Jul 12, 9:44 am
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): Jehangir Pocha, Editor-in-Chief at NewsX channel passed away in Gurgaon this morning because of a cardiac arrest.
Washington, June 24 (ANI): Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a self-powered artificial cardiac pacemaker that is operated semi-permanently by a flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator.
London, May 19 (ANI): Britain's top heart surgeon has said that statins is a good cholesterol drug and should be made sold over the counter.
London, Apr 29 (ANI): Former Arsenal footballer Fabrice Muamba has hailed Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho as the best manager of his generation.
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New blood test could detect heart attacks early Feb 26, 11:46 am
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First leadless pacemaker in US implanted into patient Feb 9, 10:29 am
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Islamabad, Jan. 27 (ANI): Arizonian interventionist cardiologist Dr Ismail Bokhari, who examined Pakistani former president Pervez Musharraf on his health condition, has reportedly said that the General's chance for a serious cardiac disease is very low.
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Disadvantages of cce patern in cbse
no disadvantage in my views.
Posted by
Sanhita Saxena(student)on 8/4/12
Some of the students consider the CCE to be mayhem in the studies. As every students have their own strength and weakness, students who are shy or some ward introvert will not speak well in the oral test, were as these students will be able to express themselves in the written test pretty well. Students are some times over loaded with various assignments and projects.
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Akshat Tiwari(student)on 8/4/12
The biggest disadvantage of the Central Board of Secondary Education Continuous Comprehensive Learning programme is the grading system that it uses. [ Students scoring 90 marks and 99 marks respectively will still both attain an A* grade, so it could be described as unfair for the student scoring the higher mark. One other shortcoming is the fact that huge numbers of students are grouped together. For example, last year there were 348 students in Navi Mummbai at Universal Tutorials all scoring more than 90 per cent. It is possible that a scenario will emerge wherein all students scoring above, say, 91 per cent in all subjects will have the same cumulative grading. This poses the problem of how do you rank them? What will the admission process for the Standard XI based on? In an attempt to address the problem a percentile mark has been introduced by the board. The percentile of a student indicates the position or rank of the student in percentage form. The top ranked student will get a percentile of 100. This is calculated by the formula, 'Number of students below student X 100 divided by (total no of students -1). However, this in itself brings its own setback. The grading system may actually lead to more stress and disincentive to performance. In addition to CBSE, Secondary School Certificates by state boards and those governing the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education are also conducting exams for Standard X and continue to follow the marks system and percentage of mark in each subject. Marks percentage and percentile are not comparable. This leads to an open ended situation particularly for the Standard XI admission process and those seeking admission from CBSE to other boards. This issue is still to be resolved and a decision needs to be made regarding how it will be tackled. source: blurtit ]
Posted by
Ashima Dhall(student)on 8/4/12
no disadvantage only advantages ...
Posted by
Rohit Sood(student)on 10/4/12
For average students its good but real scorers are mentally touchered.
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Rithm Dwivedion 14/4/12
lots of project work.
As a result, less reading time
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Ranbir Singh(student)on 16/6/12
I am personally under this cce system of cbse for 1 year and I feel it has many demerits. It was aimed to reduce stress on students whereas it has done just the opposite ! It was aimed to make cbse similar to international educating policies, I am not sure if cbse has managed to do so. Under cce students are continuously graded for academic as well as co-scholastic qualities, and to do so regular tests are taken and projects and activities are given. Completing these projects take lots of time which could be used for studying and therefore students get lesser time to study for the main exams (which still accoun for 80% of total result) Students are continuously under stress because they now have to tackle 6 exams throughout the year( 4 Formative Assessments And 2 Summitive Assessments) Many may have opposite views but I have presented not only my personal views but the views of other students I know from my school as well as other schools.
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Nandini Bansal(student)on 3/7/12
If it was changed gradually I suppose it could have been better
If it was changed gradually I suppose it could have been better and it has no advantages rather only disadvantages
Posted by
Vigneshbabu(student)on 26/6/13
i dont like this cce
but i like it........


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Don Miller
China Rate Increase a Responsible Move to Tame Inflation
China yesterday (Tuesday) accelerated its campaign against surging inflation by raising interest rates for the third time since mid-October in advance of reports expected to suggest prices are racing ahead at the fastest pace the nation has seen in 30 months.
The benchmark one-year lending rate today will increase to 6.06% from 5.81%, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said on its Website. The one-year deposit rate will rise to 3% from 2.75%.
The move was hardly cheered by investors, but most analysts believe it was the appropriate action to take considering the country's torrid inflation.
Cocoa Prices Skyrocket As Ivory Coast Election Dispute Spawns Export Ban
Political turbulence in the Ivory Coast yesterday (Monday) shot cocoa prices higher, as Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized leader of the country, called for a one-month ban on exports.
The export ban by the world's largest producer of cocoa beans comes as the new leader hopes to choke off funding for the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to concede defeat.
China's Yuan Policy will be the Source of Much Discussion, but Little Change During President Hu's Visit
It's unlikely U.S. President Barack Obama will make much headway in his efforts to influence China's yuan policy when he meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Washington this week. President Hu made that abundantly clear on Sunday when he rejected U.S. arguments that allowing the yuan to appreciate against the dollar would help the government in Beijing tame inflation.
In response to written questions from The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, Hu said he favors greater cooperation with the United States on economic issues but he called the present U.S. dollar-dominated currency system a "product of the past," the newspapers reported on their Web sites.
The Chinese president said his government is fighting inflation with a package of policies, including interest rate increases, and that rising prices can "hardly be the main factor in determining the exchange rate policy," according to a transcript of the answers.
Housing Crisis Could Peak in 2011 as Foreclosures Rise to Record
The housing crisis could peak in 2011, as the number of homeowners receiving foreclosure notices climbs about 20%, putting a further drag on prices, according to the latest forecast from RealtyTrac Inc.
As high unemployment persists and banks resume seizures after a moratorium to correct paperwork snafus, the market will see a steady increase in volume this year, the tracker of housing data reported.
"We will peak in foreclosures and probably bottom out in pricing, and that's what we need to do in order to begin the recovery," Rick Sharga, RealtyTrac's senior vice president, said in an interview at Bloomberg News headquarters in New York. "But it's probably not going to feel good in the process."
Properties receiving notices of default, auction or repossession rose 2% from a year earlier to a record 2.87 million in 2010, the Irvine, California-based data seller said yesterday (Thursday). Actions against homeowners in default jumped despite a plunge in filings in the latter part of the year – including a 26% drop in December – as banks were forced to review their practices.
Shipping Prices Sink as Mining Companies Rack Up Record Profits
As big mining companies are set to book record profits the shipping companies that deliver the precious raw materials are plagued with the lowest freight rates since 2002.
Average leasing costs for capesizes, the 1,000-foot-long ships hauling iron ore and coal, will drop 34% to $22,000 a day this year, according to a Bloomberg News survey of eight fund managers and analysts.
When prices last plummeted that low, China's economy, the biggest consumer of the minerals used in steel and power, was 75% smaller and the benchmark Standard & Poor's GSCI commodity index stood 67% lower, Bloomberg reported.
This time, the problem isn't a potential economic meltdown, which caused shipping prices to tank in 2008-2009, but a glut of new capacity coming to the world's shipping lanes.
About 200 capesizes, spanning some 35 miles end-to-end, will leave shipyards this year, expanding the fleet by 18%, the Bloomberg survey showed.
While Clarksons PLC, the world's biggest shipbroker, expects seaborne trade in iron ore and coal cargoes to surpass 2 billion metric tons for the first time this year, the 7% increase won't be enough to overcome the glut.
Hot Stocks: Vestas Wind Systems A/S (PINK:VWDRY) Could Bounce Back in 2011
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S (PINK ADR: VWDRY) has been racking up an impressive number of new orders lately – especially in the burgeoning Chinese market. Combined with several new manufacturing plants that will increase capacity in the United States, the surge should boost the company's performance in 2011.
Vestas, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines, said last week that its orders from China last year reached a record high.
"In 2010, Vestas has announced almost 1,000 megawatts (MW) worth of orders in China alone, which is a record high order intake for Vestas in this competitive market," the company said in a statement announcing an order from Chongli Construction Investment Huashi Wind Power Company Ltd.
Vestas got an order for 58 turbines with total capacity of 49.3 megawatts from Chongli China and logged multiple orders from Germany in the past week.
Motorola 4G Phone Comes to Verizon – Will the iPhone be Next?
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) last week struck a deal to make Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) the first handset maker to enter the market using the carrier's new, fourth-generation (4G) high-speed network.
The network, which employs a technology called Long-Term Evolution (LTE), is designed to provide wireless Internet connections fast enough to compete with land-based cable modems or fiber optic technology.
"We've got LTE smartphones on the horizon," Stratton told The Wall Street Journal in an interview. "Motorola will be right there."
China Auto Market Will Continue to Drive Sales for Western Manufacturers in 2011
The world's largest carmakers, including Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE ADR: TM), General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Volkswagen AG, expect China's red-hot economy to keep auto sales rolling at a record pace in 2011, making it the third year in a row the Red Dragon will top the U.S. in car sales.
China's vehicle sales jumped 46% in 2009, dethroning the United States as the world's largest auto market and ending more than a century of American dominance that started with the Model T Ford.
The nation's sales of passenger cars, buses and trucks rose to 13.6 million in 2009, the fastest pace in at least 10 years, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. At the same time, U.S. sales tumbled 21% to 10.4 million, the lowest level since 1982, according to Autodata Corp.
Will New iPhone Give Boost to Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Shares?
The buzz surrounding the long-awaited release of a Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) iPhone is reaching a fevered pitch as it appears the telecom giant is ready to bring the device to market.
Verizon is expected to confirm it will start providing service for the iPhone early next year, according to a report last week in The Wall Street Journal.
January may be a strange time to launch the much-anticipated product, but AT&T (NYSE: T) reportedly convinced Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) to give it one last holiday season as the iPhone's exclusive U.S. provider, according to a report in Tech News World.
With millions of frustrated AT&T network users making noise and millions of loyal Verizon customers anticipating the iPhone's release, investors are wondering if the iPhone could give shares of both Apple and Verizon a shot in the arm.


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1 lb bag of lentils
1 aseptic box Chicken Broth - 4 cups (or whatever broth you desire)
1 15 oz. can of diced tomatoes
4 cans water
4 medium carrots or 2 canned carrots
4-6 potatoes, peeling and cubed
1/4 c. finely chopped onion
2 garlic cloves or 1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
2 Tbsp. Olive oil
1 Tbsp. dried Basil
1 Tbsp. dried Parsley
1 14 oz. pkg Turkey sausage (or sausage of your choice, you could also use ground beef or pork!)
Place all of the ingredients except the meat, onion and garlic, into your crockpot. Cook the meat with the onion and garlic and then place them into your pot. Simmer all day on low until you're ready to eat! Yield 10-12 servings.


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Fresno, CA (Sports Network) - Jamaal Franklin recorded a double-double with 20 points and 18 rebounds, as the 16th-ranked San Diego State Aztecs opened Mountain West Conference play with a 65-62 victory over the Fresno State Bulldogs.
James Rahon and Deshawn Stephens added 16 and 13 points, respectively, for the Aztecs (13-2, 1-0 MWC), who are the two-time defending conference champions.
Kevin Foster ended with 18 points and seven boards for the Bulldogs (6-8, 0-1), who made their MWC debut after coming over from the Western Athletic Conference. Kevin Olekaibe donated 15 points.
"I was really proud of the effort that we had tonight. Our guys really competed," Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry said. "That was the one thing going into the ball game tonight that I challenged our guys. I wanted to see our guys go out and compete and have each others' backs and be great teammates and leave it all out there on the floor and I thought our guys did that for a better part of the entire game."
Aaron Anderson and Olekaibe made back-to-back 3-pointers to start the second half, pulling Fresno State within one, 33-32.
However, San Diego State created some distance moments later. Holding a 35-34 lead with 16:58 to play, the Aztecs went on a 12-3 run. Franklin tallied seven points during the surge, including a highlight reel dunk, to make it 47-37.
Trailing by seven, 58-51, with seven minutes to go, the Bulldogs went on an 11-3 burst to take the lead. Olekaibe's 3-pointer gave Fresno State a 62-61 edge with 2:51 left.
Franklin went 1-of-2 from the line at the other end to tie the game. It remained deadlocked until Winston Shepard made a free throw with 1:15 remaining to give San Diego State the lead.
Shepard blocked Anderson on the ensuing Fresno State possession. Shepard then pulled down an offensive rebound off Chase Tapley's missed jumper. Franklin followed with a pair of free throws to make it 65-62 San Diego State with 18 seconds to go.
"Winston loves the moment. He loves the pressure of the moment. He played very, very good basketball," San Diego State head coach Steve Fisher said. "He had seven assists and two turnovers. He seized the floor with his size, and he got us some big baskets with his passing, and he made a couple of really nice plays down the stretch with the block and a big defensive rebound to help us come out with a tough, tough hard-fought victory."
Marvelle Harris missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
San Diego State led for the majority of the first half and took a 33-26 lead into the locker room.
The Aztecs hold a 55-48 advantage in the all-time series. San Diego State and
Fresno State met for the first time as conference members since February of
1999, when both were in the Western Athletic Conference.
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As neighborhood groups increasingly seek to roll out the red carpet for movie nights in San Francisco parks, the Recreation and Parks Department is looking to cut the red tape. On Thursday, the Recreation and Park Commission's Operations Committee will hold a 2 p.m. hearing in City Hall on a new movie night policy for […] [Read More]
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Amazingly Romney wants a return to Bush policies that produced…debt & no jobs! Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results!
Obama continued many of those same policies…and spent a lot more on them than Bush did….resulting in record debt and still no jobs ! Obama makes Bush look like Ron Paul.
Throw in his poorly targeted, very expensive stimulus that was supposed to keep unemployment below 8 percent….that was not about job creation, but paybacks….and a heatlhcare bill that will fiscally bring us to our knees.
He had his chance….and he failed, bigtime.
Hey, Denise! I'm baaaaaaaack! Bush handed Obama a sheistwurst sandwich of an economy, and a country in 2 simultaneous wars. Obama rescued the world from monetary ruin. He brought the troops home from Iraq. He got Bin Laden. He's bringing home the troops from Afghanistan. Unemployment will be below 7% by November, and the DOW will be above 13000.
So what has the healthcare bill personally cost you? I'm curious. Because I have a feeling it has not cost you one red cent.You should totally vote for Obama. Your Democrat parents might even talk to you again one day.
Well, since you put it that way, I WILL vote for President Obama… the GREATEST President EVER! I have seen the error of my ways. Wanna sing "Kumbaya"?
Ummmmmm….. NoooooooooOKAY!!! Kumbaya, my friend, kumbaya!
If you wouldn't take "Kumbaya" over backbiting and paralysis any day, you need a gut check.
Agreed, Walter. I should note that the 2nd post from Denise was actually me. But that doesn't mean we should abandon the hope of eventual post-partisanship.
If Republicans really want to lower the debt, all they have to do is quit pushing unwanted military pork spending through Congress!
12:33 pm May 16, 2012
thomas mc wrote :
If Republicans really want to lower the debt, all they have to do is quit pushing unwanted military pork spending through Congress!
Actually it is far simpler than that.
Just end the social spending that eats up 70% of the budget.
I am finished listening to this foolishness!
See you in November!
Even this 'Box of Rocks' knows that while Obama was given a poor economy, the reality is that the economy is in far worse shape because of Obama. Obama did not rescue the world from monetary collapse. Bush's policies are what got the troops to leave Iraq. The only reason he is bring troops home from Afghanistan is because he has surrendered to the Taliban and AQ. The only reason why the liberal fantasy of unemployment will be below 7% in November is because we have a guvmint and Obama that lies to the American people – daily. The only reason the DOW is around 13000 is that Timmy and Ben are pumping so they can dump.
As for health care, why is it good that other people pay for my health care?
What is pathetic is that you actually believe the cr*p you spout. Sad, just sad. I was unemployed because of Obama for over a year.
Thanks for the poverty, Obama.
Do you know how many 7-11′s are owned by Indians??!! What's up with that!? I swear it's all Romney's fault.
Bush set the pullout time for Iraq. Obama's war was Afghanistan, and his unapproved war was on Libya, Your guys and Pelosi had taken over about a year before the crap hit the fan, if I remember correctly. Now don't get me wrong…I was appalled by Bush's spending, especially at the end, and the bailouts. That makes me like Obama's spending even less, because in that respect, he is Bush on steroids.
Can you explain to me who set up the intelligence networks that eventually led to where Bin Laden was, can you also explain to me why Obama knew where Bin Laden was almost a year before the Seals went in….and we waited and waited? Can you explain to me why you think that Obama unilaterally killed Osama? You give no credit to Homeland Security, or the Seals. Disillusioned?
He failed by HIS OWN measure on unemployment, claiming that near a trillion of our dollars would keep unemployment below 8 percent, and that has not been the case. You don't know what unemployment will be by November, and if you understood the stock market, you would realize that a depression sized crash is coming, because this administration is artificially inflating the numbers. The DOW is not up because of consumers…it is up because of the gov's spending.
The healthcare bill….will cost us all more in the longrun…well those of us who pay in. My insurance just skyrocketed, and covers less. The expensive and extensive rules and regs will have employers paying the fine instead of insuring their employees…30 percent of businesses plan to do that in the next couple of years. I don't think that people losing health insurance option through their employers is a good idea. Single payer is against American's choice and freedom.
The healthcare bill will close hospital doors, and it is not about insuring 47 million that they claimed were uninsured, it was actually less than half of that, and we were lied to. Think about this…..get past your partisan beliefs and use some common sense. They could have extended free medicaid to 20 million, done away with denial of pre-exisitings, and called 26 year olds children in about 10 pages. Yet we have over 2,000 of overreaching rules and regs, intent on doing away with private coverage.
Point is, the right didn't want it…and most of your own moderate Dems didn't want it, don't you remember that they are the ones who kept holding it up?…until Obama pushed them and bought their votes. This is still America….and the truth is, most of our reps, including your moderates, did not want this bill. Where I come from, buying votes is wrong.
Any time Biden gives a speech about anything of substance, he's bound to say something stupid and/or racist.
Did you know Obama is gay? I thought now was the best time to bring this out into the open. Ooops…was I supposed to post this? Darn, I'll bet Barry is mad at me again.
FYI…I'm an idiot and an Obama troll.
Romney is an investor, not a businessman.
@denise: Ok, I'm not going to read all that, because it's just more right-wing, partisan lies. So much for post-partisan, American unity. That didn't last long.
Free Medicaid is already bringing state budget to their knees, and even if we socialize medicine tomorrow, we have something Europe does not have that will break us a lot faster, a huge population who lives on the dole.
Anyone with a brain will realize that until the gov sets some guidelines or limits, and demands some responsibility for it's free, unlimited breeding program, complete with food, shelter, monthly subsidy and free health insurance, things will only get worse.
The payers will not be able to keep up with what the non-payers are producing and growing. Socialism in healthcare will only buy the system a few more years before it implodes. The gov has already mismanaged and bankrupted our Medicare, that we have been forced to pay in, along with our Social Security.
How in the world can they handle EVERYONE's healthcare….when they have already messed up what they started taking from people less than 50 years ago? I had rather stick with my private insurance…but under Obama's socialist plan, that freedom will be impossible.
You can't give MORE to ALL for LESS…..period. Think about it…..you cannot have all of the words in caps, impossible.
Reporters covering Mitt Romney's campaign sent out a volley of tweets on Wednesday, complaining that they had been prevented from asking the presumptive Republican nominee questions at an event in Florida.
Trouble between the campaign and the press apparently started at the beginning of the day. Sara Murray, a Wall Street Journal reporter, tweeted that journalists had been told they would not be asking any questions of Romney. "Isn't that our decision?" a reporter asked.
Then, the press corps was told that Romney was having an off the record meeting with "middle class families." Politico's Ginger Gibson noted that they used to be able to see these meetings happen, but were now having their access cut off.
Things only deteriorated from there. A public event followed the private meeting, and campaign aides tried to physically prevent reporters from asking Romney questions at the rope line where he was greeting voters. The reporters "refused to leave," in New York Times reporter Michael Barbaro's words.
ABC's Emily Friedman said that most journalists were able to get to the rope line, "despite USSS and campaign asking us to leave and stop," but that Romney still refused to answer any questions.
Campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul later emailed Politico, saying there had been an "error" on the part of the staff.
I don't care what you read, but don't make yourself look ignorant by claiming that something you didn't even read is lies. Not to mention, I was merely answering your questions.
You remind me of Obama….the officer was acting stupidly….before he even knew the story.
@1:02 – Duuuuuhh… troll!!! ACORN!!! Hep! Hep me! Trolls is tryin' to steal mah acorns! And welfare moms is stealin' mah monies!
Grow up.
Obama is a community organizer, not a leader.
The Dude apparently does not have a clue about what is going on in America….guess the news he watches does not present current food stamp stats ?????
I did read it, Denise. And yes, it IS all lies. But hey, maybe you're right about the cop who arrested the scary black man for breaking into his OWN HOME!!! Yeah, that was BRILLIANT!!!
Come back to your senses, you are wasting your talents with your conservative silliness, we're going out canvassing and registering voters for Obama.
Join the winning team again, your mom and dad think you are very unhappy.
Since it's inception, welfare and it's programs have had 9 trillion poured into them. That is about $225,000 per person currently considered at the poverty level.
It's not working….it is going the wrong way.
Dude just doesn't get it……
Funny dude, but black people who worked with that officer, supported his decision under the circumstances.
The professor didn't act with much dignity now…did he? He was not "scary", but it is a fact that he was more argumentative than a thinking person would have been. Heck, if it was me, I would be thankful that a neighbor was concerned enough to call if anyone, even if they were not clear that it was me,was crowbaring into my home.
Didn't he later admit being tired and all, from his trip? He could have easily diffused the whole situation had he not been so defensive. I thought he was supposed to be a smart guy?
Guess a president with a drug history and little girl pushing history, automatically sides with the criminal, huh?
Especially if it is his friend….and hey, Obama is the one who admitted that he should have chosen his words more carefully, right?
Oh, well…it showed some of us who he really was, right from the start.
Nearly three in 10 voters say a recent report alleging Mitt Romney had bullied a high school classmate left them with a negative view of the Republican hopeful, according to a new poll conducted for Reuters.
@1:13 – LOL! Now THAT's funny!
Mark Mauer @129,
Did MSNBC, etc, even bother to tell their viewers that Obama bullied and pushed a little girl ????
This is such great fun, but I need to hang out now with some people who are more my kind…smart and conservative.
See you later, dude and anonymous.
He he he is right – "smart and conservative" is an oxymoron; they cancel each other out. Good one!
More free time?
A smart person wouldn't have to tell people she's smart.
Mr. Anonymous,
You must understand that denise, while enjoying the banter, is forced to place herself at a different mental level than you and the dude, as your extremely childish habit of name calling and slander is beneath her very mature sense of what is basic right and wrong.
The lack of a real response in those situations, makes it glaringly obvious that she is on a different intellectual plane than you two, and though she enjoys the diversion, she finds an empty hole, a void if you will in trying to communicate with you in your primal mode.
I see defensiveness and projection, transference too….and hope that you can eventually evolve into creatures who can learn to get along with other human beings without letting your anger at women control your relationships. Why then, you 2 did not like your mothers, remains a mystery. Obama is a piece of cake to figure out on that one.
A smart person would know that America is hurting because of the government's taking over for dad's and changing a whole culture by telling them that they are not needed.
A smart person would understand what the above link that I posted @ 117 means for our children…and their bleak litle futures.
The government cannot do it all…they are not even succeeding in Medicare and Social Security, much less "fathering" millions of children.
Fraud is more like it, but thanks for the analysis. I feel much better.
bleak little futures….typo
What about 'jobs, debt,' Mitt?
MR: Well, we need 'em. Not debt, that it; just jobs. Gosh, I just love Florida; it's so sunny and warm. 'O beautiful for spacious skies…'
What will you do about jobs and debt, Mitt?
MR: I'll change 'em. More jobs, less debt. This is great; I love the beach, the sand. 'O the East Coast girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear…' Such a great song. I love the Beatles.
Mitt, how will you end the recession and ensure the economic recovery?
MR: Boy, you ask a lot of questions! I'm really just here in Florida to meet people and enjoy the beautiful weather. It's just so nice and warm. Maybe I should buy a home here.
But, Mitt, shouldn't you share some of your plans and ideas with the American people, since you seem so sure President Obama is doing the wrong things?
MR: Well, he is. You'll have to trust me on that. I've been in business and I know it when I see it. Once I'm president I'll change everything. For now I just want to say how much I love Cuban people. Puerto Ricans, too, and Mexicans; all the cleaning people. I just love 'em.
What about overseas, Mitt?
MR: What about it?
What are your foreign policy ideas?
MR: Oh, no you don't. You're a little sneak. I'll let you know once I'm president. Let me say we've got to keep our eye on the Germans and the Soviets. The Canadians are sort of sneaky and I don't trust that Napoleon guy either.
Thanks for… not much.
MR: Ha ha. My pleasure. 'God bless America, land that I love…'
Without the requirement to use one's real identity, these blogs lack the fact based debate WSJ's comment boards usually contain. Frankly, "Dude", "Anonymous" you sound like petulant children attempting to bully others on the playground. Other readers do not pay attention to your nonsense or appreciate the antics you seem to think are cool. Take some time to read something besides liberal campaign propaganda and you'll have something relevant to contribute. Then, grow up and make a positive contribution instead of littering these sites with name calling and degenerate sarcasm.
denise reminds you of Anna O?
Take your extreme superego on a holiday.
Why do you pay attention to the silly petulant kids?
Romney looks weird in that picture.
Anonymous, I agree with "David". You're not nearly as clever as you think you are.
I'm going to guess that he won't answer you because he has better things to do then monitor blog postings for status updates from the ill informed.
Reply if you wish, but I also have better things to do.
Vexilla regis prodeunt inferni
verso di noi; però dinanzi mira»,
disse 'l maestro mio, «se tu 'l discerni».
Come quando una grossa nebbia spira,
o quando l'emisperio nostro annotta,
par di lungi un molin che 'l vento gira,
veder mi parve un tal dificio allotta;
poi per lo vento mi ristrinsi retro
al duca mio, ché non lì era altra grotta.
David and Floyd
You must be Romney supporters.
Dull, pompous, witless and boring.
oh yes, I almost forgot
also like your candidate
This is pathetic commentary. I haven't read a single comment that discussed the actual article.
Petulant Child – Before you prejudge my commnets too, I'm a Clinton supporter and agree that the postings on this page (including yours) are immature. You're not helping with your generalized insults and prejudice of the other postings political affiliation. Calling someone a loser does not make you interesting, humble, witty, and exciting.
The random crazy guy posting in Latin doesn't even seem out of place.
Having Joe Biden present Romney's Bain record isn't the strongest position the Obama campaign can take. I can't figure out why they don't dump him and push forward with Hillary, she's far more impressive on the campaign trail and will coalesce the liberal Democrats and the Main Street Democrats.
Romney's going to hammer down on the economy which is present day. Obama has to find something better then Bain to inspire everyday Americans he's not to blame for the current economy. Bush was 4 years ago and I don't think the general public will make that connection.
Random Crazy Guy?
That is part of Dante's Inferno
another verse means:
"they had their faces twisted toward their haunches
and found it necessary to walk backward,
because they could not see ahead of them.
… and since he wanted so to see ahead,
he looks behind and walks a backward path."
That is a good description of Romney and the Republicans.
Ditto, 414. The GOP is like Islamists, pining for a past that perhaps never was, willing to go to great lengths to drag us all back there, and always, always, sure that it is right.
Thanks. I've read Dante, great poem. I apologize if categorizing your post as being random and crazy was insulting, but you have to admit that your passage from Dante is disconnected from the other postings and has no reference to explain its contribution.
I will disagree with you that it's not a good description of Romney and the Replubicans simply because it is just as easy for them to post the same post directed at Obama and Democrats. Your metaphor is better presented with some connection to the issues presented in the article. I will caution you that doing so may invite quotations from the Bible.
Obama/Democrats/Liberals is like Islamists, pining for a past that perhaps never was, willing to go to great lengths to drag us all back there, and always, always, sure that it is right.
To whomever is contributing under the name Petulant Child or Anonymous – what thoughts do you have about Romney's campaign strategy in Florida. Do you think he'll be able to gain support in a state that is still suffering from the housing crisis. Do you think Floridians will blame President Obama for the current state of the economy or can he link this back to the crash of 2008?
I have train to catch. PC, Anon, and others – hopefully we can pick this up on a different article.
Have a good trip.
A quick answer:
Basically, attributing the responsibility for deficit and debt to the Obama administration and excessive attention to deficit reduction, when the economy requires further stimulus for further growth and job creation, is poor economics.
Romney does not have an economic program beyond the old failed reliance on "supply side" economics.
That strategy is flawed and would result in stagnation and possibly another slowdown.
Obama will benefit from the incipient recovery, the headline numbers on employment, consumer confidence and economic growth will likely improve.
Romney's negative approach will leave his campaign without a motivation. The lack of personal appeal and charisma and his inability to provide a vision will lead him to electoral failure.
Democrats and Obama also have a very impressive organization and enthusiastic support to get out the vote and win the election.
More importantly I slept with lots of black people. I hope that makes you feel all warm n fuzzy inside. By the way I'm a large supporter of Romney.
Freud and David
Unhappy because some are bullying back against your propaganda and attack bully?
Shame on you!
When looking at a company would Mitt only look at its debt and ignore its assets? What are the Federal assets we are leaving our children? I suspect they are 10 times the debt. If I leave my kids $1 million in debt and $10 million in land, buildings, and other assets they will be happy.
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Wow, another incredible social campaign by the Patriots. First saw this promotion on their FB page, and it links you to their website where you can nominate a police officer, firefighter, teacher, military or healthcare worker, for an all expense paid trip to the Super Bowl. 10 from nominations will be chosen at random. Posted earlier today and it already had over 8,000 Likes, 700 Shares, 500 comments.
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Besides, the writing was on the wall especially after the Titans were caught flirting with Ryan Fitzpatrick earlier last week after he was cut by the Buffalo Bills. Despite being released by the Titans though, Hasselbeck will undoubtedly resurface somewhere in the NFL in a backup role but his days of fighting for a starting job are long gone and the expectation that he's going to be a reliable backup has also faded from the minds of general managers everywhere.


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Croatian Summer Festival in Kraljevica3,682 Views / EMail This Post / Print This Post / Home » Croatian Summer Festival in Kraljevica
Summer festival in Kraljevica, July 12th - July
20th, 2008
Dear devotees,
we would like to inform you that there have been some changes in the schedule of
this year's festival in Kraljevica. It will last for eight days, instead of the
announced fourteen. At about the same time we received the information from
three confirmed lecturers that, due to various reasons, they will make their
stay shorter. We tried to find replacements, but this was not possible. The best
solution that was finally accepted by the organizers is that the summer camp
will last for only eight days.
We will personally contact all the devotees that have already made reservations
for the second week. We apologize for the inconvenience. It was not possible to
find a better solution at such a short notice.
In the following text, you can find all the information about the festival, the
possible accommodation and the festival fees.
HH Bir Krsna Goswami - the entire festival;
Seminar: Empathic Communication
HH Sacinandana Swami - the entire festival;
Seminar: The nectar prayers - learning how to pray
HH Jayapataka Swami - four days, we are still expecting detailed information;
HG Krsna-ksetra Prabhu - the entire festival;
Seminar: Drama Madhyamavyayogam
HH Candramauli Swami - the entire festival;
The Demons of Vrndaban-Removing the Anartas
HG Urmila devi dasi - the entire festival;
Seminar: (we are awaiting the details)
The organizers of the festival would like to help you with accommodation in any
way possible. To insure this, we have reserved several options inside the camp.
All the reservations are made through the devotees. In the following text you
can find all the information about it and the contacts for the devotees who are
taking care of particular accommodation possibilities.
Accommodation inside the summer camp:
1. Tents
- no prior reservation required
- there is a separate location for devotees in the vicinity of the main tent
Prices (a day):
- grownups - 25 kn
- children 6-12 years - 15 kn
- tent - 25 kn
- car - 20 kn
- electricity - 22 kn (optional)
- residence tax - 6 kn
- insurance - 1 kn
- registration for one person - 7 kn (at entrance)
2. Bungalow
- small houses, the size of a tent, 220cm high with two or three beds
- reservation required; must be hired for the entire festival
- possibility of hiring bedding (4 kn/day, a person); needs to be announced
- contact: Nilacala-candra das (email@example.com
cell phone: 098/91 55 032
Prices (a day)
- 2 bed bungalow - 100 kn
- 3 bed bungalow - 130 kn
- car - 20 kn
- residence tax - 6 kn
- insurance - 1 kn
- registration for one person - 7 kn (at entrance)
3. Trailers
- with four beds (2+1+1); an adjoining front tent with a kitchenette, table
and chairs
- reservation required; must be hired for the entire festival
- reservation is confirmed by an advance grant of 200 kn
- possibility of hiring bedding (4 kn/day, a person); needs to be announced
- contact: Nilacala-candra das
(email@example.com cell phone: 098/91 55 032
Prices (a day)
- trailer - 220 kn
- car - 20 kn
- residence tax - 6 kn
- insurance - 1 kn
- registration for one person - 7 kn (at entrance)
Accommodation outside the summer camp:
1. You can directly contact the tourist agency in Kraljevica: +385 51 282
136; email@example.com
Announce that you wish to be as close as possible
to the camp Oštro, where
the festival is held.
2. Another option are rooms at Janko Begovic; two and three bed rooms, 400-500m
from the camp. Two or three rooms share one bathroom. You can contact him
directly about reservations and prices. Telephone number: +385 051 281 367.
3. Pansion Tiffani; just next to the camp. Due to the cancellation of a company
that had hired it, the entire pansion is vacant. They have offered 20 rooms and
4 bungalows. The rooms have been recently redecorated. There are two, three and
four bed rooms, each with its own bathroom. The bungalows have three and four
beds all sharing four showers. There is a small yard at
the back, a children's playground and a car park.
- two bed room - 20 euro / person
- three bed room - 15 euro / person
- bungalow - 12 euro / person
- reservations: Ripuha das: +385 91 25 30 280;
For all additional information about the summer camp and accommodation please
contact Tadgata devi dasi (email@example.com); cell phone +385 91 54 25 858.
Festival fees:
The festival fees are paid at the entrance of the part separated for the main
tent and the prasadam and paraphernalia stands. It enables us to cover the costs
for the travel and accommodation of the preachers, for the organization of the
festival and the installations necessary for the festival. In order to enable
everyone to participate, the prices vary according to the standards of the
country the devotees are coming from. Also, we now have a family ticket, and all
children up to 18 years have entrance free of charge.
Everyone who has the desire to come to the festival will have the opportunity!
All the devotees who wish to attend, but are financially challenged, please
contact us latest to June 15th, so that we can find some acceptable solution.
Festival fees:
Time spent on the festival
8 days
7 days
6 days
5 days
4 days
Croatia and the rest of the world
220 kn
190 kn
165 kn
140 kn
110 kn
Croatia - members and devotees from BiH (-30% )
150 kn
130 kn
110 kn
90 kn
70 kn
Devotees from Srbia (-40%)
135 kn
120 kn
105 kn
85 kn
65 kn
Up to 3 days
Daily ticket 30kn
Dily ticket 20kn
Daily ticket 18 kn
- children up to 18 years do not pay the fee
- family ticket (dependant on the group you belong to) - 10% discount
Your servants from the organization board.
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