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the fact that a new viaduct would violate numerous state and federal environmental and growth-management laws
"the fact that a new viaduct would violate numerous state and federal environmental and growth-management laws;"
As I understand the law, this is probably not the case. Exceptions to the Shoreline Management Act are easily made for essential (and, unfortunately, not so essential) State facilities, and I think Federal laws have similar loopholes. With regard to the GMA, if anything, the requirement for transportation concurrency would imply that tearing the AWV down and not replacing it would be a far great GMA violation than rebuilding a road that has been there for over 50 years.
The City can pass whatever guidelines it wants to say that rebuilding the AWV is against City policy, but the fact remains that the State will trump them every time.
Also, the fact that Peter S. is pushing for a multistory waterfront hotel to be part of the Coleman Dock redevelopment plan makes his arguments that rebuilding the AWV would violate SEPA and the Shoreline Management Act ring hollow, indeed.
Does the voter pamphlet description of the tunnel option indicate how many express transit connections to and from the downtown business district it would permanently eliminate?
Mr X -- on the money. A good game of Land Grab is in the offing if the Fucker comes down.
Smarm--the tunnel description does not include information about the number of transit connections that will be eliminated. However, it does include misleading claims that the tunnel lite would
1) permanently make 3rd Avenue bus-only during rush hour (this isnt even connected to the Viaduct decision at all)
2) provide funding for additional bus service hours (mitigation may provide this, but would do so equally for the elevated option)
Somehow, these goodies didnt get included in the elevated option.
Or maybe theyre just talking about a parallel universe here, the one where the tunnel only costs 49 cents.
Somehow, the elevated has to be 50% wider so that big wide shoulders can be added to meet federal safety standards, yet theyre claiming the tunnel doesnt need shoulders at all during rush hour?
Am I the only one who smells a rat?
Mr. X is correct.
I was the very first planner hired by the City fo Seattle to work on Shoreline Management. Yes that was a long time ago.
The plans and regulations which "prohibit" a Viaduct are both easily changed and also trumped by Statewide needs.
And the idea that Peter Steinbrueck (I assume, not Sherwin?) is pushing for an overwater hotel is funny (are you sure he is for that?) as that idea has been around since 1975 (at least) and was rejected by the City in the very first Shoreline Master Program. I remember Jon Runstad arguing for it before the City Council but they said "No thanks."
Personally I think that some of the Shoreline regs go a bit too far but they are there and if Peter Steinbrueck truly thinks that they should be changed for an overwater hotel then I can't imagine that they couldn't be adpted to accept a new Viaduct.
No the argument against a Rebuild is simply that it is a waste of money when we can Repair the existing one at much lower expense.
#3 Not only doesn't the underlining resolution speak to the transit changes it basically doesn't say anything - the only information is in the whereas statements - in defeating my ballot title appeal the central argument they made was that the title they had written could be right because there are almost no details in the resolution and only the resolution and referred to documents could be used to contest the titles - so Frank Chopps letter couldn't be used - statements that money wouldn't be available made by various state officials couldn't be used etc.
Not even Nickels statement that the safety shoulders will be used during peak hours could be used -
Advisory votes are totally without value and Carr's statement on what a yes vote means should have been changed to the truth - one word - nothing
"The city attorneys inclusion of this one anti-tunnel fact, and the omission of so many others that would have benefited the tunnel over the new viaduct, seems like an awfully political move for an office that claims to be above politics."
If they would have included more anti-tunnel facts it would have helped the tunnel over the viaduct? Is EB saying that Carr supports the viaduct?
BTW - I understand that the newest plans for the rebuild (which I oppose, NO-NO vote) will keep some lanes open during construction and the final design may well be more attractive than the drawing the pro tunnel people have put out (Consultants, Nickels, SCC)
Also if four lanes work for a tunnel why not for a viaduct - which means it could be a single level structure with center supports - still not my preferrence
The surface-transit option has a number of onerous conditions. Unfortunately, its greatest problem is the multi-lane boulevarding of motor vehicle
traffic on Alaska Way. Much like the current Viaduct, this will restrict the public from the waterfront and reduce the availability of open and buildable space in the corridor.
The only reasonable alternative is still the cable stayed bridge..provided it is viable. Estimates of about $1.8 billion in build costs coupled with the fact the central waterfront and current Viaduct can remain in situ during construction likely make it the least destructive in terms of cost to existing businesses and citizens utilizing the corridor. Cable stayed bridges generally have a short build times and most of the construction can be accomplished off site and ferried to location. This proposal will provide more open space than tunnel light, surface-transit or a viaduct rebuild or repair. This will allow for additional housing and businesses to utilize the corridor, and it will provide the space necessary to adequately include future transit capabilities.
None of the other proposals can reclaim
as much property as the construction of a cable stayed bridge and accomplish it at a comparable cost.
Often when the City Attorney's (and not only this current City Attorney) advice is called out as politically motivated on a capital project their response is to say that they are performing a risk management function for the City and taxpayers.
I am making the distinction here of legal advice on a *capital* project, as opposed to legal arguments supporting a policy-objective of the the City Attorney. The reason is, by the Charter, the City Attorney can promote his/her own policy objective and make arguments to the Council that advance those objectives. In these cases, the Council is assigned another City Attorney to give independent advice, and the advice this attorney gives to his/her client, the Council, is not supposed to be influenced by the policy objective of the City Attorney. There are many examples of policy objectives of the City Attorney, that are supported with what some may call "politically motivated" legal arguments that focus more on the objective that the City Attorney supports and less on the legal risk because the objective is deemed worth the risk. The structure of the City Attorney's office permits this dual role - but the City Attorney is not acting as the Council's counsel when s/he is promoting his/her policy objective.
In the instance ECB writes here about, of the legal arguments supporting the Viaduct ballot measure he wrote, I believe the City Attorney would say that the decision to only include established and certain facts in the ballot measure is to minimize the risk of a lawsuit because capital projects change dramatically in each cost, design, and impacts over the life of a project. The City desires the flexibility of ballot measures that offer little specifics because in this way they can limit voter expectations and, in turn, reduce the likelihood of lawsuits when these project costs, designs, and impacts change.
People often think that the Law Dept. - when advising the City - advises primarily according to case precedents, or according to who would win. But they don't just advise according to who would prevail in a lawsuit, they do it to minimize the chance that voters will say - "this isn't what I voted for..." Sound Transit is a perfect example when the flexibility to make changes wasn't built in. Subsequently, when the length of the line and the cost changed, lawsuits were filed. Sound Transit prevailed. This is partially, I believe, why the Law Dept. made the arguments they have in this instance. I believe, they aren't worried about winning in court, rather they want to minimize the likelihood - again, by lowering voter expectations in the ballot titles - of going to court at all.
It's an interesting interplay between what happens when 1) policymakers don't make policy according to the public's understanding of their own best interests, 2) policymakers send these decisions instead to the ballot, and 3) the Law Dept's promotes a conservative legal approach to keep the City out of court. The result of this interplay is that - just like Peter Sherwin wrote above - the measure ends up meaningless and accountability gets even more illusive.
I honestly don't know what the answer is. I support an advisory vote on the viaduct because I believe that a greater harm would be done if the City pursued an option that large numbers of people would actively oppose. The greater harm would be "no" votes when it comes time to vote on paying for an unpopular project, because a lot of funding for other good projects would go down with the Viaduct funding in a voter-approved bond measure.
The response of some to this dilemma (particularly those that support the tunnel and surface, cuz money is already in hand for the elevated) to this scenario is - "then maybe the City just shouldn't fund the Viaduct with any voter-approved money."
If this is your response, then understand that the remaining options are Council approved debt and utility rate funding. Relying on the former - for a project this size - is financially irresponsible and the latter is legally risky because the City has lost over and over in court when using rate payer revenue for projects w/o limiting it to a direct one to one dollar relationship to the *utility* impact of the project that is using rate payer revenue as a funding source.
Note: What I have written here is ENTIRELY my speculation. I have not read any opinions of the City Attorney on this topic. As a city employee, to do so, and write an analysis on SLOG of what those opinions say would be a disclosure of attorney-client privileged information. A big no-no.
Princess Caroline--
A cable stayed bridge could only be permitted if there are no other reasonable alternatives, due to the chinook salmon endangered species listing.
WSDOT says the towers would need to be 800 feet total, with 600 feet for foundations, so I'm suspicious of the low cost projection. I agree though, it would look pretty cool.
Which subspecie of Chinook are we talking about here? WSDOT conveniently didn't bother to inform us.
It's highly unlikely permitting would have been allowed for Pier 66, Seattle Aquarium, the city's seawalls, a Coleman Dock rebuild, etc. if there was a negative impact on Chinook. Consequently, I think WSDOT is throwing up a smokescreen. FWIW, it is impossible to measure or even suggest adverse impact when you don't have a bridge plan in hand.
I also think there has been an attempt on the part of WSDOT to dissuade city and public interest in the cable stayed bridge because they have invested an incredible amount of time, money and political capital in Tunnel One and a Viaduct Rebuild. Frankly, I think they are burned out and frustrated.
As far as I understand, the towers heights and foundation sizes were based on some pretty old bridge technology
and using a best guessed estimate of soil conditions. I don't believe WSDOT has commissioned any soil studies to date, which I will admit is pretty hard to accomplish because there is no definite site or bridge plan per se. Again, their focus has been Tunnel One and Viaduct Rebuild. I suspect the towers a towers and footings would be much smaller than what WSDOT suggested.
As I understand,the cost is a rough estimate at best and based on recent costs of bridges that have similar seismic, environmental and construction concerns. AFAIK, we would likely have to import the engineering and designers. I think the closest are to
be found in Vancouver B.C.
Lastly, I agree a cable stayed bridge would be a magnificent structure. Certainly it could be structure that could frame the city on a scale, which some people have suggested, of a Sydney Opera House. I too wouldn't be opposed to opening it up to a worldwide design competiton.
Princess Caroline makes sense.
FYI and FWIW, about a month ago I submitted a Public Disclosure Request to WSDOT for the studies and reports on which it based its conclusions about the "bay bridge" option.
It will be interesting to see what they find.
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"It will be interesting to see what they find."
Good job, David. Do let us know when you receive it. I do hope your request doesn't get buried.......
I will post progress on my blog, Jensen.
I was told by WSDOT to expect some stuff this coming week.
It's a good thing Carr doesn't live in West Seattle. Oh, wait, he does.
Never mind.
Visions of being trapped underwater in a lahar and subsequent tidal wave spring to mind ...
"Unfortunately, its greatest problem is the multi-lane boulevarding of motor vehicle traffic on Alaska Way. Much like the current Viaduct, this will restrict the public from the waterfront..."
Don't you mean "more than the current Viaduct"? Because it's awfully damn easy to walk to the waterfront right now. The Viaduct is over our heads! But a surface option -- now *that* is going to cut off the waterfront from downtown.
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None of the available registry hacks or customisation tools appear to be able to increase the number of rows I have available in the Metro start interface.
I'm running at 1920x1080 but only have 3x rows of tiles.
Any way of increasing this?
eg: http://www.onebitzero.com/change-the-number-of-app-rows-displayed-in-windows-8-start-screen-how-to/
when changed some of these revert to "3" on log out/log in
OK this is crazy; at 1776x1000 I get 4x rows; at 1680x1050 I get 5x rows; at 1920x1080 I get 3x rows
Guess that's why they call it a "Preview"...

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In organic chemistry, a carbyne is a general term for any compound whose molecular structure includes an electrically neutral carbon atom with three non-bonded electrons, connected to another atom by a single bond.[1] A carbyne has the general formula R-C3•, where R is any monovalent group and the superscript 3• indicates the three unbounded valences. Carbynes are named after the simplest such compound, HC3•, the methylidyne radical or (unsubstituted) carbyne. Bulk carbyne (−C≡C−)n is also called linear acetylenic carbon.
Electronic configuration[edit]
Carbyne molecules are generally found to be in electronic doublet states: the non-bonding electrons on carbon are arranged as one radical (unpaired electron) and one electron pair, leaving a vacant atomic orbital, rather than being a tri-radical (the quartet state). The simplest case is the CH radical, which has an electron configuration 1σ2 2σ2 3σ2 1π.[2] Here the 1σ molecular orbital is essentially the carbon 1s atomic orbital, and the 2σ is the C-H bonding orbital formed by overlap of a carbon s-p hybrid orbital with the hydrogen 1s orbital. The 3σ is a carbon non-bonding orbital pointing along the C-H axis away from the hydrogen, while there are two non-bonding 1π orbitals perpendicular to the C-H axis. However the 3σ is an s-p hybrid which has lower energy than the 1π orbital which is pure p, so the 3σ is filled before the 1π. The CH radical is in fact isoelectronic with the nitrogen atom which does have three unpaired electrons in accordance with Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity. However the nitrogen atom has three degenerate p orbitals, in contrast to the CH radical where hybridization of one orbital (the 3σ) leads to an energy difference.
A carbyne can occur as a short-lived reactive intermediate. For instance, fluoromethylidyne (CF) can be detected in the gas phase by spectroscopy as an intermediate in the flash photolysis of CHFBr2.[2]
Carbynes can act as trivalent ligands in many complexes with transition metals[3][4] connected to a metal by the three non-bonded electrons in the -C3• group. Examples of such coordination compounds are Cl(CO)
3,[5] WBr(CO)2(2,2'-bipyridine)≡C-aryl and WBr(CO)2(PPh3)2≡C-NR2.[6] Such a compound can be obtained by reacting tungsten hexacarbonyl W(CO)6 with lithium diisopropylamide to form (iPr2N)(OLi)C=W(CO)5. This is then reacted with either oxalyl bromide or triphenylphosphine dibromide followed by triphenylphosphine. Another method is to treat a methoxy metal carbene with a Lewis acid.[6]
- ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "carbynes".
- ^ a b Ruzsicska, B. P.; Jodhan, A.; Choi; H. K. J., Strausz, O. P.; Bell, T. N. (1983). "Chemistry of carbynes: reaction of CF, CCl, and CBr with alkenes". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 105: 2489–2490. doi:10.1021/ja00346a072.
- ^ Furno, F.; Fox, T.; Berke, H. trans-W(CMes)(dmpe)2H: a W+ H− ion pair (PDF). EURO-HYDRIDES 2000.
- ^ Details of their reactivity and that of the related carbenes is shown at http://www.thieme-chemistry.com/thieme-chemistry/sos/info/include/pdf/sc02.pdf.
- ^ Ernst Otto Fischer, Gerhard Kreis, Cornelius G. Kreiter, Jorn Miiller, Gottfried Huttner, and Hans Lorenz (1973), trans-Halogeno[alkyl(aryl)carbyne]tetracarbonyl complexes of chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten - a new class of compounds having a transition metal-carbon triple bond. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, volume 12, issue 7, 564--565. doi:10.1002/anie.197305641
- ^ a b Jaeger, M.; Stumpf, R.; Troll, C.; Fischer, H. (2000). "Novel hepta-coordinated molybdenum(II) and tungsten(II) carbene complexes by oxidative decarbonylation of Mo(0) and W(0) carbene complexes". Chem. Commun.: 931–932. doi:10.1039/B002228O.


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"I'm out of a job," Miramax co-chief Harvey Weinstein famously called out after last month's Cannes premiere of Fahrenheit 9/11. Michael Moore's rousing attack on the Bush administration may burn the final bridge between Miramax and its parent company, Disney, which forbade the New York-based subsidiary from releasing the film. Now being distributed by a consortium of industry players, including the brothers Weinstein, Lions Gate, and IFC Films, Fahrenheit 9/11 is not the first movie to stick a wedge between Michael Eisner's "Mouse House" and the Weinsteins' East Coast studio, but it might be the last.
Many in the film business believe the Fahrenheit 9/11 hubbub may be a carefully orchestrated Weinstein scheme to leverage Miramax's position with Disney, as its contract is up for renegotiation in 2005. "The Weinsteins are using this to widen the rift," explains one industry observer. "It serves their purposes, whether it's because they need to renegotiate their contract, or it's because they want to get rid of Eisner, or they want to buy their company back. If they're hot, if they're getting Palmes d'Or, and if they're making money, and Michael Eisner is beleaguered and reviled, why smooth things over? Why go quietly and hand your film over to strangers when you can make the biggest possible stink about it and, at the same time, sell tickets to your movie and turn a corporate political situation to your advantage?"
Disney purchased Miramax in 1993, after the Weinsteins hit their stride with The Crying Game, Strictly Ballroom, and 12 Academy Award nominations. But the marriage was one of power-hungry convenience, and as Peter Biskind notes in his book Down and Dirty Pictures, many in the film business "predicted it would end in a messy divorce." "On the face of it," he writes, "it would be hard to imagine two companies more ill-suited than the white-bread, wholesome, Burbank home of Mickey and Donald, and the two slobs from Queens with their ragtag, anything-goes company in Tribeca."
In 1995, the companies clashed over Antonia Bird's Priest and Larry Clark's Kids. The story of a gay Catholic clergyman, Priest drew vociferous ire from the conservative watchdog Catholic League. The movie was originally scheduled to open on Good Friday to maximize the controversy, but Miramax, caving in to the parent company's wishes to curtail the controversy, shifted its release date three weeks earlier.
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As Miramax has grown into a Hollywood-on-the-Hudson juggernaut, the company's disagreements with Disney have shifted from sex and blasphemy to even more contentious disputes over cash. At a conference at the Waldorf Astoria in early June, Michael Eisner reportedly said, in the wake of Miramax's near $100 million productions like Gangs of New York and Cold Mountain, "We are attempting to take capital out of Miramax. They were a little boutique making independent films. They are now more of a major spending a lot more money." In the midst of budget overruns, Miramax's production efforts have slowed and rumors of massive cost-cutting layoffs hit the presses late last week.
No one in the film business expects the Weinsteins to return to their indie past. "Under any scenario, I expect them to thrive," says Bowles. "I don't think they'd be wanting for suitors if they left Disney. There would be a line out the door to fund them." Or as one film exec puts it, "You had to see it coming; people like Harvey Weinstein can't have bosses."
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"Prince Bishop Petar II Petrovic Njegos" Lovcen Travelogue by KonstantinII
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Petar II Petrovic Njego? (November 1st 1813-October 10 1851) - Serbian poet, ruler of Montenegro, vladika (bishop) of Mitropoly (Bishopy) of Montenegro and seaside.
Born in Njegu?i, educated in monastery of Cetinje, he became ruler of Montenegro when he was 17.
Seeing the necessity for Montenegro to become a modern state, he reconciled quarelling Montenegrin tribes, established Senate, government and courts, started collecting taxes, strengthened the borders of Montenegro, built roads, first school and printing works (just after the first one was built by . And while doing that, he wrote his poems; Mountain wreath is most famous of them.
Njegos was recognized by the chiefs of the people as the successor of his uncle. He became monk and then archimandrite, and changed his name, according to the custom of the Eastern Church.
Rade became Petar, in memory of his uncle.
His desire was to be made bishop by the Russian Church, but circumstances were such that he had to postpone his journey to Russia for few years.
Njegos went to Russia, where he was made bishop in the presence of the Emperor.
The visit to Russia had a great influence on him. He saw the culture of Vienna and Petrograd, brought back many books, and published his first book of poems.
He died in Cetinje in 1851, at the age of thirty-eight.
His favourite poets were Lamartine, Byron, Dante, and Petrarch. He knew Russian and French well. English he did not know, although an English grammar in Italian and an English-German dictionary were found among his books.
When he died among his things there were Byron's works in a Leipzig edition, and those of Shakespeare in a French translation.
Ossian in German. Scott's Life of Napoleon in Russian, and Ivanhoe in a Leipzig edition, as well as Hume's History of England in French, were also among his books. It is known that he possessed Milton's Paradise Lost in Russian, full of his own marks and notes, but this has disappeared from his library. Although Njegos's poem on the Fall of Man, The Light of the Microcosm is an original creation, there are points of contact between it and Paradise Lost, and the loss of his Russian copy of Milton is regrettable.
The body of Njegos reposes on the topmost peak of Lovcen, the highest mountain in the region, more than 5,500 feet above sea-level.
There he had built a little church and a tomb for himself.
Now there is a great mausoleum in his honor built after the II WW. The monument is work of a Yugoslavian artist Ivan Mestrovic (also the author of Belgrade's Victor, Young Horses in front the parliament building in Belgrade and "the Monument in gratitude to France" in Kalemegdan Park in Belgrade, also the "Monument to the Unknow Soldier" on mountain Avala, Belgrade).
From Lovcen's peak where Njegos is buried can be seen the whole of Montenegro and parts of those other Serbian lands whose freedom was the dream of Njegos.
"A hundred times I've gazed at floating clouds,
Sailing as, phantom ships high off the sea,
And casting anchor on this mountain range!
Now here, now there I've watched them break away,
With darts of lightning and with rumblings dread,
And sudden roar of all the sky's artillery!
A hundred times have I watched from these heights,
And quietly basked beneath the genial sun,
While lightnings flash'd and thunders peal'd below:
I saw and heard how they did rend the skies;
Downpours from heaven of most hostile hail
Robbed Mother Earth of her fertility."
These words of Bishop Danilo in "The Mountain wreath" must represent an actual experience of Njegos, but they are charged with deeper, symbolic meaning: at the time of Bishop Danilo, Montenegro was the only Serbian land on which the sun of freedom shone; all the others were overhung by heavy clouds of servitude.
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When you're in a book store looking at one book, the next book you see is going to be what the bookstore chose to place nearby. It is not random, it is what they thought belonged with the surrounding books.
At any online retailer, the related/similar items they show you are chosen by someone or some algorithm because they too are thought to belong together. There are actually even greater opportunities for serendipity online, because multiple avenues of similarity are possible: subject, author, genre, date, reading level, etc. Physical shelves can only group books by one dimension.
It's actually far more random to mistype a subject or title or author title while searching, or just get a list of search matches for similarly titles that span a large range of subjects. And random crap is more likely to annoy you than inspire you.
I only checked it out for a couple of minutes, but it was more fun than browsing at Amazon...
Even though I was drunk, and at that point probably stoned, I remember talking about that with you a few months ago at Slog Happy. Yay Sturgeon's Law (or Revelation, depending on who you ask).
Neat website. Just going through the top-300 I found a lot of interesting stuff.
it's totally sturgeon's law. and he was right!
his writing is beautiful too.
Elenchos, you write that like someone who doesn't spend enough time in real bookstores or libraries. Shelf browsing in a properly organized place is incredibly serendipitous, in a way that online browsing COULD be, theoretically, but never is in practice.
Amazon's data entry standards are abysmal, and their categories are shockingly lame. If they have a category you want, it has hundreds of thousands of items in it, too many to browse; and if they don't, as is almost always the case, you'll never find what you want unless you're lucky. To give an example: Australian Aboriginal Art, a special interest of mine. You could spend weeks poking around Amazon and not be able to identify the key works in the field, amid all the dross you will be forced to look at, at the speed of molasses.
That's another factor: speed. I can browse a library shelf from end to end in seconds; it's a specialized skill, but it can be developed. I can pick the misfiled book out of ANY library shelf in less than a minute, whether I've seen it before or am familiar with the subject or not. At Amazon, I have to wade slowly and painfully through oceans of horrible Flash garbage. Even on the miracle chance that I've hit a stretch of Amazon that isn't completely filled with data entry errors, it's ridiculously slow -- and getting slower all the time, because the faster the typical connection speed, the more gunk they are able to load onto the pages. Amazon is slower for me now, on a cable internet connection, than it was when I first looked at it many years ago on dialup.
And they show you ten books a page. Seriously, in a well-stocked library (i.e., not a branch of SPL) I can gather an armload or two of material from ten different call numbers by shelf-browsing in the time it takes to track down and order three books at Amazon.
Interestingly, the only part of Amazon that really works are the automated social-networking bits, the "other people who bought X also bought Y" -- which works, sometimes, for things that are very popular. But it has a LONG way to go.
A while back I was looking for books in the general category of "memoirs of growing up in the Grim North of England (or Scotland) in the 50s, 60s or 70s", along the lines of Stuart Maconie's "Pies and Prejudice". A good library or bookstore will provide virtually every known example in no time; Amazon.co.uk fares moderately OK; and Amazon.com is abysmal. Even at finding books I already know about it fails, so I know it's failing on others I don't.
No substitute for shelf-browsing. Never will be. It expands the mind much in the same way reading the thesaurus does.
I've found good things I wasn't originally looking for online, sometimes even at Amazon. If you've never once had that happen online, I suspect stubbornness. Perhaps for some users, it never will.
But some bookstores are uninspiring, to say the least. So the key is whether it is done well.
When I hear claims that an old medium "expands the mind" and so on, while a new medium makes you dull, it sounds quite familiar to me. They said that about radio, and TV, and recorded music and movies and everything, pretty much. Supposedly the younger generation would be uncreative and unable to solve problems and unemployable. Yet that's not how it turned out.
No doubt something is lost while something is gained. That's change. But I wouldn't go overboard.
@7 something is lost while something is gained....
...in living every day.
Is it "use song lyrics in your post" day at Slog and nobody told me?
I don't care what they do online to make it seem more like a "real" bookstore. Until they add smell and touch it won't seem the same to me. That's not to say I don't use Amazon, because I do, often, as my UPS driver can attest.
Sure you lose something and gain something, but library cataloging is different. It has to do with shades of meaning. ORGANIZED shades of meaning. Go to any library catalog and browse, not by title, but by call number instead, and you'll see what I mean -- you can see the categories shift and overlap as shades of meaning come in and out. The beauty of it is, it doesn't depend on good cataloging -- most cataloging work is piss-poor, actually. But it doesn't matter, because the system is so beautiful that it brings out the meaning anyways. That's why I compared it to Roget's (not those horrible alphabetical thesauruses).
I have sometimes found things I wasn't looking for online. But I find a hundred things I wasn't looking for EVERY TIME I look in a library catalog or shelf.
I'm still sticking to my Australian Aboriginal Art example, because it demonstrates what I mean: on Amazon, searching for that term results in a complete mishmash of useful and practically-worthless books, and NONE of the ones that are the real stars of recent scholarship are anywhere near the top. It's a terrible, terrible search result.
On this Zoomii thing, you get "no results"; and if you broaden it to just "art" you get a page of horsecrap that has nothing to do with art, including a book by Antonin Scalia (WTF?), "The Art of War", "The Art of Public Speaking", "The Art of Raising A Puppy" and "Champions Body For Life". It is, apparently, complete shit.
OK, here's the thing: Zoomie has what looks like a thousand books or fewer. It's worse than your average mall B. Dalton. Yuck.
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I liked Junior! Sad news if true!
Great player. Very sad if true.
"The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering." Pope John Paul II
I'm surprised ESPN isn't all over this (watching it live, they're still talking about the Saints suspensions). TMZ broke the news, he leaves behind 3 kids and an ex-wife. Terrible.
Permanent solution to a temporary problem.
still not many outlets picking it up. kfan just gave update, found by housekeeper, gunshot wound to the chest
What a shock!
anything on twit?
Jeez... that's terrible, if true.
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I would give my life for anyone one of them as i would my own family. -Pops
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must be a curse on that 1994 chargers team....
Tragic...three young children now without their father.
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Mining bill expected to pass after GOP takes control of Senate
South Milwaukee - The state's largest business group is pressing its case for new mining legislation, and recently led a tour of two mining industry giants - Caterpillar Inc. and Joy Global Inc. - to underscore the importance of mining to the Wisconsin economy.
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce introduced more than 30 legislators and aides to mining companies' operations Thursday.
WMC's point: Mining is more than a controversy about a proposed mine in northern Wisconsin. The industry also employs thousands of people in metropolitan Milwaukee.
With Republicans picking up a seat in the Senate on Nov. 6, WMC says it's ready to move forward in January with the framework of legislation that passed in the Assembly but failed by a single vote in the Senate in March. When the new Legislature takes office, Republicans will have control of the Assembly and Senate.
"We hope to pick up that ball and run with it quickly," James Buchen, WMC's vice president of government relations, told lawmakers after a tour of the Caterpillar plant, the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment.
"We're throwing a lot of worry into something that has been demonstrated to be fairly environmentally benign."
Caterpillar employs more than 1,500 people in South Milwaukee. At Joy Global, the company's surface mining group, known as P&H, has more than 1,000 employees and 7,500 vendors in 32 Wisconsin counties, the legislators and aides were told.
After the tour, Rep. Mark Honadel (R-South Milwaukee) said, "a lot of people do not realize that southeastern Wisconsin is like the Silicon Valley for mining equipment."
Sen. Tim Cullen (D-Janesville) said many Republicans have tried to paint the mining debate as jobs vs. the environment, but it's not the case. He is chairman of the Senate's Select Committee on Mining, which is controlled by Democrats until January.
He said mining companies with an eye on Wisconsin deserve a more predictable regulatory climate, especially in regards to the time it takes regulators to finish their work. But he said Republicans' push to speed up the process by years "is completely unrealistic - that's what the experts are telling us," and it ignores the fact that other regulators such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers also will be involved.
Sullivan to testify
On a separate front, Tim Sullivan, former chief executive officer of Bucyrus International Inc., is scheduled to offer Cullen's committee his much-anticipated testimony Nov. 29 on how mining laws should be revamped. (Caterpillar completed its $8.8 billion acquisition of Bucyrus in 2011.)
Sullivan also will present a report from an international consultant that has analyzed mining laws to see how Wisconsin stacks up with other states. The report by Behre Dolbear Group Inc. was commissioned by the Wisconsin Mining Association, which Sullivan chairs.
Behre's analysis may offer a different perspective than a report often highlighted by WMC from the Fraser Institute, which ranked Wisconsin near the bottom in overall attractiveness of its mining policies.
In recent months, Sullivan has talked about his behind-the-scenes work to strike a compromise, and he predicted passage of a bill in 2013 because of the economic potential of a mine.
Democrats and environmentalists said the 2012 bill rolled back environmental safeguards. Republicans and the state Department of Natural Resources said it did not.
In a letter written in July, Buchen cautioned Sullivan and the mining association not to discuss legislation with Democrats and environmentalists until after the election, when presumably Republicans would gain control of the Senate again.
"Compromise might be necessary at some point, but, as you know, timing is everything when it comes to striking a deal with the Legislature," Buchen wrote.
The Senate will be controlled 18-15 by Republicans in January.
With the help of the Wisconsin Club for Growth, WMC says it spent $2 million in ads that attacked Sen. Jessica King (D-Oshkosh) for her vote against the mining bill. She was defeated by Republican Richard Gudex, president of the Fond du Lac city council. King conceded the loss Tuesday after a canvass was completed.
Earlier this year, during the mining debate, Republicans had a slim 17-16 advantage. That's when lawmakers stumbled over streamlining the law to give mining companies more certainty during a review process.
Gogebic could reconsider
The collapse led Gogebic Taconite of Hurley to abandon plans to construct a massive $1.5 billion open-pit mine employing hundreds of workers in an area straddling Ashland and Iron counties. Gogebic is a unit of Florida-based Cline Group, which has extensive interests in coal mines. The company, however, said last week that it would reconsider the mine if a bill passes that it can accept.
Bill Williams, president of the company, said in an email that Gogebic is "looking for clarification and definitive decision timelines within the law" but does not favor requirements that will be "affected by 'delay' or 'stall' tactics."
Gogebic spent $347,449 on lobbying expenses on the bill in 2011 and 2012, according to records filed with the state Government Accountability Board.
Sullivan told an audience at Marquette Law School in September that the poisonous atmosphere of recall politics contributed to the mining bill's defeat.
Sullivan was unavailable for comment late last week.
But in discussions he's had with Sullivan and others, former DNR Secretary George Meyer said changes that Sullivan believes are necessary are things he could agree with.
Meyer is executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation.
Sullivan and the mining association "raised areas that are legitimate concerns, and it's a matter of sitting down as to what the alternatives are," Meyer said.
"Their ideas are things that probably might work."
One person who has testified on behalf of the mining association has been Stephen V. Donohue, a hydrologist and director of mining sector services with Foth & Van Dyke of Green Bay.
"The basic reason there is no investment in the state from the metallic mining industry is due to regulatory uncertainty of the permitting process and ambiguous rules," he said Sept. 25.
However, Donohue also said that "objective environmental protection standards do not need to be relaxed to attract mining investments in the state."
Among his recommendations, Donohue suggested:
Ending a requirement that prohibits the DNR from issuing a mining permit if sulfides are found in deposits. Wisconsin law now places additional requirements on a company if sulfides, which can cause acid mine drainage, are found.
Providing a timeline for review by the DNR that is comparable to Michigan's. In Michigan, the state has about a year to conduct its review, but the overall timeline is about four years, with two years of field work by the applicant.
Allowing for the possibility of a quasi-judicial process known as a contested case hearing only after the DNR has issued a permit. In Wisconsin, that now occurs beforehand and could stretch out the process.
Cullen said he hoped his panel will be able agree on keys to a new mining bill before the end of the year to counter Republicans.
"I'm a lame duck, but not a dead duck," Cullen said.
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Mary L. Scheele, 81, of Lincoln, died Aug. 5, 2013. She was born on May 15, 1932 in Blue Springs to Leslie and Bertha White (Shelley). Mary was a teacher in one room schools in and around Nebraska City and Fremont.
She received a master's degree in Library Science from the University of Nebraska. She became a children's librarian in Fremont for approximately 15 years. Mary was active in the Christian Churches (DOC) in both Nebraska City and Fremont, serving in many roles.
She was an avid quilter later in life. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mary and husband, Don, loved to travel after retirement.
She is survived by son Mike (Dana) Scheele of Holton, Kan.; daughters Patricia (William) McReynolds of Manhattan, Kan., and Pam Wendelin of Crete; 10 grandchildren: Heather, Don, Richard, James, Suzanne, Andrew, Eric, Jill, Lori and Erin; nine great-grandchildren; brothers Eldon White, Les White, David White and Sam White; and sisters Becky Picolet, Verna Clement, Betty Gritz and Karen Collins.
She was preceded by husband Donald, son Gregory Scheele, and infant brothers Marvin and Bobby Wayne White.
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Skip to comments.Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan
Posted on 03/22/2008 8:40:05 AM PDT by RightWhale
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2008 NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation will appear in the March 21 issue of the journal Science. "With its organic dunes, lakes, channels and mountains, Titan has one of the most varied, active and Earth-like surfaces in the solar system," said Ralph Lorenz, lead author of the paper and Cassini radar scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., "Now we see changes in the way Titan rotates, giving us a window into Titan's interior beneath the surface."
Members of the mission's science team used Cassini's Synthetic Aperture Radar to collect imaging data during 19 separate passes over Titan between October 2005 and May 2007. The radar can see through Titan's dense, methane-rich atmospheric haze, detailing never-before-seen surface features and establishing their locations on the moon's surface.
Using data from the radar's early observations, the scientists and radar engineers established the locations of 50 unique landmarks on Titan's surface. They then searched for these same lakes, canyons and mountains in the reams of data returned by Cassini in its later flybys of Titan.
They found prominent surface features had shifted from their expected positions by up to 19 miles. A systematic displacement of surface features would be difficult to explain unless the moon's icy crust was decoupled from its core by an internal ocean, making it easier for the crust to move.
"We believe that about 62 miles beneath the ice and organic-rich surface is an internal ocean of liquid water mixed with ammonia," said Bryan Stiles of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in, Pasadena, Calif. Stiles also is a contributing author to the paper.
The study of Titan is a major goal of the Cassini-Huygens mission because it may preserve, in deep-freeze, many of the chemical compounds that preceded life on Earth. Titan is the only moon in the solar system that possesses a dense atmosphere. The moon's atmosphere is 1.5 times denser than Earth's. Titan is the largest of Saturn's moons, bigger than the planet Mercury.
"The combination of an organic-rich environment and liquid water is very appealing to astrobiologists," Lorenz said. "Further study of Titan's rotation will let us understand the watery interior better, and because the spin of the crust and the winds in the atmosphere are linked, we might see seasonal variation in the spin in the next few years."
Cassini scientists will not have long to wait before another go at Titan. On March 25, just prior to its closest approach at an altitude of 620 miles, Cassini will employ its Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer to examine Titan's upper atmosphere. Immediately after closest approach, the spacecraft's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer will capture high-resolution images of Titan's southeast quadrant.
Ever notice that everything they find is always never seen?
No. There's a ton that's been found that has been seen.
Of course. That is because if it were visible it would already have been found.
I've never seen my bones, but they've been found using X-rays and film.
So there's water there..... why isn't there an advanced civilization? Isn't that all it takes for life to spring up andd then mutate to advanced civilizations?
Ammonia would be an excellent source of nitrogen for fertilizer when they get around to farming Mars.
..sort of like justice, I want to believe in it, but I've never seen it.
And if we did try to farm Mars for anything... we'd end up with all the banking institutions and wallstreet sitting up derivatives to manage the transportation costs.... and the government bailing them out.
Did they find any dinosaur bones on Titan? All those fossil fuels there had to come from somewhere...
Yep... I agree with you.
If you can see your bones unaided, you need to review the decisions you made in the last few momments - at least one of them should be rethought.
Happy World Water Day
I still think when we find water on these other planets and moons that the evolutionists are going to need to explain why there isn't advanced life there. Maybe they'll claim it's newer water than what is here on earth :)
Voyager here Houston. We have landed on Titan.
Houston: Do you have a historic observation for everyone watching.
Voyager: Roger Houston. The whole moon smells like...cat pee.
That will require some study. Say about 5 years and $1 billion.
Makes my femur hurt just thinkin' about it.
Because humans on earth is a blip in time. Earth is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old. The evidence of the first humans ia about 50,000 years ago. So there's 4,499,950,000 years there wasn't any human life (that we know about) on earth.
The odds of an advanced civilization being on Titan at the same exact time as ours is a Powerball-type longshot.
The NASA budget in 2007 was .5% of the total Federal budget. And only a fraction of that was for unmanned exploration.
Well that's silly. In fact part of this discovery came from "seeing" shifts in the surface topography of Titan in the short time that Cassini has been orbiting Saturn.
They found sulfur volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io, through visual observations.
They found fractured ice all over the surface of Europa, that was seen.
They found active stream gullies on Mars and ancient riverbeds by seeing them.
They found an asteroid with it's own little moon by seeing it.
They even saw a comet crash into Jupiter which left us with a whole host of new science to chew on.
Science is about discovery both visual and inferred from observation and calculation.
You have seen others - ever have a compound fracture?
Certainly it wouldn't be life like we have here... because the environment is different. It should be more advanced life there, that is capable of handling extreme temperatures. Isn't that the premis of evolution. That through mutation, survival of the fittest, etc life developed according to the environment around it?
And really, your analogy of a powerball longshot isn't even close to the true odds of life developing on this planet by itself.
Sorry but I still don't see any water. It is only an assumption water is causing any shifting. Being a different planet, we have no idea what could cause it.
Not according to evolution through mutation. Life should have developed from that water that was capable of withstanding its environment.
It takes more than just water present to form life.
Perhaps there is/was life on Titan, we'll find out soon enough I'm sure. My guess is that there is some micro aquatic life there.
BTW.. Pull the oar out of your ass.
Not trillions. Money spent on exploration and research is money well spent. NASA is not what it was back in the 60's, but they are still way ahead of any other government organization on returns on the dollar spent.
How can there have been life there that wasn't able to survive the environment? That wan't able to mutate and pull itself up by it's bootstraps? That wasn't able to better itself?
They do have an idea what might be causing it.........water.
You're too dense to understand this.
It better get busy mutating if it ever wants to amount to anything.....
We are probably not going to find life on Titan or any of the other outer moons except for Europa. It is just too cold. There might be liquid water, but not enough energy for life to make it.
If you detest evolution so much, then provide another scientific explanation that covers all the available evidence, including the age of the universe and Earth, dinosaur bones, meteor/comet impacts. When you have an explanation that also fits in with known physics, maybe I and others will listen seriously to you.
If you don't understand the complex science behind remote sensing, then you need to believe the people who do. The Earth has an iron core - no doubt whatsoever, but no one has ever seen it or observed it directly. No one with any scientific background disputes some things, because the evidence is rock solid through observations, direct and inferred. You could say that the Earth's core might be made of grape jelly since no one has been there, but if you want to take the time to learn the science you will see very quickly why the indirect evidence wins out for iron.
If your doctor tells you you have a brain tumor or are on the verge of an aneurysm because of indirect scientific evidence, are you going to doubt him until someone shows you first hand?
Everytime we find water on other planets without advanced life form we demonstrated that the evolutionists theories don't prove out.
No, but this assumption is based upon the data indicating that the major surface component of Titan is water ice.
But evolution through mutation teaches that life overcomes the environment. It adapts and configures itself to live and in fact advance regardless of the circumstances.
Any form of colonization is going to depend on local resources. The resource that is easiest to ship is human knowledge.
They don't care. For people like them ignorance is bliss.
A British-led study of 550 million years of the fossil record has found evidence suggesting evolution drives animals to become increasingly more complex.
University of Bath researchers investigated the different evolutionary branches of the crustacean family tree seeking examples in which animals evolved that were simpler than their ancestors.
Instead they found organisms with increasingly more complex structures and features, suggesting there is some mechanism driving change in this direction.
"If you start with the simplest possible animal body, then there's only one direction to evolve in — you have to become more complex," said Matthew Wills of the University of Bath. "Sooner or later, however, you reach a level of complexity where it's possible to go backwards and become simpler again.
"What's astonishing," he said, "is that hardly any crustaceans have taken this backwards route. Instead, almost all branches have evolved in the same direction, becoming more complex in parallel. This is the nearest thing to a pervasive evolutionary rule that's been found."
Sorry if we don't all just jump out there and believe what some want to articulate as a "logical" explanation.
You don't see the grass growing, but it does.
But it's not really very "near" is it?
What happened right about then was the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty. That effectively cut off space development, any possibility, forever. Gov't won't be doing space development, and that leaves nobody.
Grass growing? Is see it grow from day to day. What I don't see is it turning into a tree. And I don't see it getting tough enough through mutation to withstand my lawnmower. :)
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Many studies have demonstrated that excess of visceral fat has deleterious effects on insulin action. Mainly, it has been shown to be associated with a decrease in hepatic and peripheral insulin sensitivity, which results in a clinical condition also known as insulin resistance. This report describes a novel experimental method that we employed in order to analyze the particular effects of visceral fat on insulin activity. By extracting visceral fat we were able to distinguish the specific role that it plays in insulin action, and to analyze its effects on the gene expression of a variety of fat-derived peptides, which may be considered to be (at least partially) mediators in the development of the metabolic syndrome and possibly diabetes mellitus.
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All these tilt columns seem so proud of the GM wiring harness, why is that such a great thing? What is required to adapt it to a Mustang? I guess you need the other half of the GM connector and then splice it to the Ford wiring?
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Oh shit! Hilarious.
paul constant in a bunny suit? grrrrrrowr!!!!!
I have never, ever felt the urge to grope someone in a bunny suit. Even if I'd known it was Paul under that fur I would not have groped him.
And the costumed people at the Disney Parks always creep me out slightly. Especially the Buzz Lightyear guy. Cause he GROPED ME. Oh, sure, he pretended it was because he couldn't see under his big bulky head piece, but my ass was nowhere near the pen he was supposedly reaching for.
I wonder what would happen if the guy showed up without the makeup and costume.
That story was heterosexist.
Where's the story about Tarzan and Jack Sparrow rogering each other in the men's locker room underneith the Teacups?
I got hit on by a rather attractive young woman (I think; I didn't have a lot of visibility at the time) while dressed in a fuzzy green Baby Cthulhu costume at a local SF con.
The costume really wasn't designed for that sort of thing, so I regretfully declined...
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WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service, May 7, 2007) - Eighty percent of the U.S. military units involved with the plus-up of troops into Baghdad and western Iraq are now in place, a senior U.S. military officer said in Baghdad yesterday.
"Four of the five American reinforcement brigades are now in Iraq," Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq, told journalists during a media roundtable.
An additional U.S. brigade is slated to arrive by June 1, Maj. Gen. Caldwell said.
Operation Enforcing the Law was launched in mid-February to secure in Baghdad and western Iraq and tamp down violence in those areas.
The operation is to provide the fledgling Iraqi government with breathing room to resolve pressing political issues such as Sunni-Shiite reconciliation, de-Baathification, constitutional reforms, and an oil-revenue-sharing program that includes all Iraqis.
"Once security is improved, the Iraqi people will be able to move forward," Maj. Gen. Caldwell said.
The plus-up also buys time for further development of Iraq's armed forces and police, "so that they can assume responsibility for protecting themselves," Maj. Gen. Caldwell said.
Iraqi-on-Iraqi sectarian violence has decreased since the operation began, U.S. officials have noted. Yet, continued terrorist attacks staged by al Qaeda and other insurgents make the security situation in Iraq "complex and challenging," Maj. Gen. Caldwell acknowledged.
"Our efforts may get harder before life gets easier for the Iraqis," he said. Further progress in Iraq will depend on commitment, perseverance and sacrifice, he said.
"Military action is necessary (in Iraq) to provide the opportunity to reach long-term political solutions, but it alone is not enough," Maj. Gen. Caldwell said.
Ultimate success will depend upon the Iraqi people, he added.
Gen. David H. Petraeus, Multinational Force Iraq commander since Feb. 10, continues to oversee U.S. contributions to the plus-up. About 60 joint U.S.-Iraqi security stations have been established in and around Baghdad as part of Gen. Petraeus' strategy to deny insurgents the opportunity to embed themselves among the city's residents.
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Appartamento al cuore di Lisbona - Chiado
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Perfect stay in Lisbon: beautiful flat in the centre (3min walk to rossio) and very friendly and courteous host.
I had the best stay, I could have in the old Palàdio in Lissabon Chiado, and Silvia was the nicest and most helpful Person I could wish, when I had a question. I felt very cosy in the oldfashend apartment, with the red sofas and the nice view from the 4.flor over Lisabons City-Light ! — Included was a little bit hard, the fitness-programm of climbing the stairs high up, but for me, the charme of the apartment made it easy. I would like to come again one day, because in Lissabon, Sintra ..... is even so much to see ...... Thanks a lot to Silvia Béatrice Burger Spescha
Living in the heart of Lissabon - Chiado …
this is the best description of Sílvias flat. The surrounding of the flat is the heart of Lissabon and the flat with its azulejos has got charm and heart. We enjoyed our week so much and in the evening, we where happy to have such a marvelous and cozy possibility to live at :o) .
Sílvia welcomed us with a very good tasting portwine and fruits and told us, what we should see in her town and how to use the public transport. During our stay, she immediately answered our questions via Wimdu. At our day of departure she organized a taxi for us, because we had to leave very early.
For us, it is completely clear, that we want to stay in Sílvias flat again, when we will return. And we want and have to return, because within one week, it is not possible to see all of that town - and we have seen al lot :o).
So, if you love cordially authenticity so much as we do, take Sílvias flat and you won't do anything wrong.
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Great Appartment, great location!
fully renovated bathroom, bright appartment, with a home-feel to it. A bit cold, because it's and old building, but when the sun is on, it doesn't matter.
Silvia had left us some fruit and a bottle of wine, which is a really nice gesture, So a big 4 from Copenhagen!
Sílvias flat was very nice and was at a great size.
We were in Lisbon for 6 days.
The location is imo one of the best if you want to experience Lisbon. Very central.
Only negativ thing was the cold. There were only two heaters.
Nice neighbourhood quiet appartment,with a lot of space.We slept very well.
Great hospitatlity from Sylvia.We followed all het tips.
Silvia is a welcoming, receptive and helpful host. She gave us good advices, specially about restaurants. The appartment is warm, nice, quiet, clean and well equiped, also very well located. Silvia also kindly offered to provide a baby cot and chair. We highly recommend !
Silvia hat uns ihre liebevoll ausgestattete Wohnung vermietet,alles war sauber und es ist ruhig.Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt..Jederzeit wieder.
L'appartement est très joli, vaste, calme, lumineux (avec de belles vues sur les toits et au loin une échappée sur le Tage). Il est surtout idéalement situé. La cuisine est parfaitement équipée. Notre hôte nous a réservé un accueil très attentionné et a été d'une grande gentillesse en nous permettant de nous installer tôt le matin et de laisser nos bagages jusqu'en fin d'après midi. Les conseils et les adresses qu'elle nous a donnés étaient précieux. A refaire avec plaisir !
Sehr hübsche und authentische Wohnung in toller Lage. Die Wohnung ist schön eingerichtet, hat mit den 2 Schlafzimmern viel Platz und ein renoviertes Badezimmer. Der 4. Stock ist hart, aber trainiert. : ) wir würden gerne wiederkommen. Vielen dank für die schöne Zeit!
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this is how Jalkoom is gonna look like in 10th of April 2014,
it's something called....puperty for Auatavies~
anywho, I need sleep
Actually that was a stupid question.... The timeline wouldn't make sense.... When and how did he get his tail shortened?
He lost it when he was in a fight with halayasing, he got stuck with a demon "Wail" (Halayasing's pet, if you remember) and he had to cut a part of his tail to escape.
Did his tail get cut off in the clock war? Just wondering~
I've been occasionally browsing your page. Now I have this to add. Damn, Jalkoom is so cute!
That's such a cute character! ;v;
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The Hacienda Hotel in Paracas is in a perfect location if you are looking to kitesurf in Paracas as our partner kitesurf school is based a short stroll down the beach. The hotel has a more traditional and homely feel, especially compares to the more modern hotel near by. Planet Kitesurf stayed at this hotel in 2015 and can recommend it for its warm atmosphere and relaxed feel. It is also great for those traveling with non kitesurfing friends and family members.
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