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I searched everywhere on the web for some insight, and came up short so I figured someone here may guide me in the right direction.
Okay having an option panel is super cool, and pretty easy to implement. You call it in the functions.php and have your options.php page with all your arrays.
I am slowly getting good at PHP, but not quite there to get every task done, so I know it at a basic level, enough to create some cool things, but I am lost when I would like to add some arrays from the options in the back end to the front end, so when a user views the theme demo they have a few options to play with, like changing the layout from full to fixed. (I know my experimenting has gotten me close to a solution, but the more I try and guess a solution the more time I am wasting)
I have a floating div in my footer that holds all my HTML CSS, it would be nice to understand how to output some of those options into that HTML.
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I read your question but still am not sure so correct me if I am wrong,
you want to allow for frontend options editing?
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I read your question but still am not sure so correct me if I am wrong,you want to allow for frontend options editing?
Exactly I mean it's a feature seen in many themes, so nothing new…
I just dont know the proper code to output it onto the front end…
For example
'id' => 'fixed-header',
'type' => 'switch',
'title' => __('Turn fixed header on or off', 'moon-opts'),
'desc' => __('Here you can choose if you want a fixed header or not.', 'moon-opts'),
'options' => array('1' => 'On','0' => 'Off'),
'std' => '1'
Here is an array with a switch button on/off how do I display that onto the front end?
As far as I know, most frontend options editing is done via jQuery/Javascript and only stays until you refresh the page. Basically the theme option is simulated to give a demonstration.
As CodeBotics said, frontend options usually are for one time showcase and are not saved, but applied live as you change them.
If however for some reason you want to enable options changing on the frontend, you will have to study functions like update_option, get_option… Then you just create regular form, connect it to the php file that will process it and that's it.
Ah okay that puts me off into the right direction, thanks that is what I needed.
If anyone has anything to add then please do…
I didn't even think of that, it would cause chaos if a user changed something and it stuck…
It's better off using jquery/javascript because it's a lot better having it go back to defaults on refresh.
If anybody knows of any good posts about using jquery/javascript as a theme switcher, then please share a link!
It's not too difficult to figure out for yourself if you have a basic grasp of jQuery. You can fairly easily do something like this using jQuery:
$('.myclass').click(function() {
$('body').css('background-image', 'url(path/to/yourimage.png)');
CodeBotics said
It's not too difficult to figure out for yourself if you have a basic grasp of jQuery. You can fairly easily do something like this using jQuery:
$('.myclass').click(function() { $('body').css('background-image', 'url(path/to/yourimage.png)'); });
Thanks, yeah I figured it out yesterday and all is well. I really appreciate your input because otherwise I would have kept looking for a PHP solution.
No problem, glad to help!


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Delicious fish from the waters surrounding Hawaii has always starred in island meals. Some cooks here follow the custom of Polynesian settlers and grill fish over a fire until crispy brown, with merely a sprinkle of salt. Others dice raw, tender fish for poke, an appetizer made from chunks of fresh fish marinated with seaweed, salt, and ground, sweet-tasting kukui nut. Another popular preparation developed by ancient Hawaiian chiefs involves steaming mild, white fish in banana leaves.
Exotic flavors such as miso, sake, ginger, pineapple, cilantro, mango, and macadamia nuts have long enhanced Hawaii's simmering melting pot. Laborers from China, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Korea, the Azores, and Japan introduced the ingredients when they came to the islands to work the mammoth sugar plantations. But today Hawaii can also claim a range of fabulous fresh produce, including earthy mushrooms, vine-ripened tomatoes, bell peppers, herbs, watercress, and other greens.
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Agree with this; I don't think any assumptions can be made about the door being locked.
That's why I said I wonder if it's a habit. I know there are people who do.
I don't know if it's a female thing to do or not. I don't think I have ever locked a bathroom door at home, and I don't close it when I am in the house by myself or in the middle of the night, either. But I don't know if that makes me the anomaly or you.
If it was something she usually did, it's not suspicious. If it's something she didn't normally do, it is.
Same thing with her being dressed. If she normally slept in shorts and a tank top, that's normal. If she didn't, it isn't.
And so on.
According to Pistorius, the entire bathroom, which had a separate small room for the toilet, was completely dark. Apparently the bedroom was also dark, since Pistorius claims he didn't notice her absence from her side of the bed, from which he retrieved the gun. Even with privacy as a concern, it seems off that a woman goes from a dark bedroom into an adjacent dark bathroom in the middle of the night, goes into the dark toilet room within that dark bathroom, and still feels the need to lock the door. This alone isn't the smoking gun, but it doesn't look good.
If one is staggering to the bathroom half asleep in the dark, I'm not sure she would have felt any need other than to pee. I think that for many, locking doors is a habit that you don't even think about, whether it's the front door or the bathroom door - you do it automatically. On more than one occasion I have come in from the yard, only to hear my husband knocking a few minutes later because I locked the door without even realizing it.
The weird thing to me is that she supposedly made no verbal noise or comment after 1) Oscar said there was an intruder and told her to call the police and 2) got shot the first time (and she didnt die right away, per Oscar). And then, I still dont know who doesnt check to ensure a guest is not the one in the bathroom before shooting a gun through a closed door.
If any of you have guests and hear noises in the bathroom, PLEASE make sure it is not them before shooting up the toilet, will you?
Maybe it was an accident of some sort, but I dont think his version of events is completely true.
This is one problem I have with Oscar's story. If the house was so dark, we're expected to believe that Reeva went to the bathroom without turning on ANY lights...not in the hallway or even the bathroom? Right.
Regarding him hearing a noise and thinking it was an intruder...sure, if he were alone. But he wasn't!! Hearing a noise, the first thing he would do is see if it's Reeva. But no. He instead grabs his gun, puts on his legs, shouts out at the supposed intruder, fires 4 shots, THEN decides to see what's going on with Reeva.
Regarding him not realizing Reeva wasn't in bed...eyes get adjusted to the dark. It is extremely dark when the lights are first turned off, but unless the bedroom has no windows (which I doubt), eventually you can easily make things out--ESPECIALLY a person in bed or not in bed!
Then there's South Africa's high crime. Sure, but I suspect that just like in other countries, those who live in rich, high-priced gated communities are rarely affected. He must not have been THAT concerned with crime violence considering the balcony door was left open during the night.
In the words of Judge Judy, if it doesn't make sense, it isn't true. But, I suspect he'll likely walk as most celebrities do.
I wonder if he would agree to a lie detector test?
Oh man, release Judge Judy on this guy.
"Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!"
I never turn on lights when I get up to go the bathroom at night. And yes, I've walked into many walls and been impaled by the bed post, but the lights hurt my eyes and often disturb my husband. There really is no trouble peeing in the dark.
I believe the killing of Reeva was an accident, but I also think something unusual happened that night that caused this tragedy. Maybe Pistorius snapped or maybe he was partially conscious, was in a trance or even sleepwalking ? I just don't think he was totally aware of everything he did that night.
This is in NO way accusing Reeva of anything, but I'm thinking that the ONLY way Oscar's story holds up is if Reeva was locked in the bathroom alone, zonked out, doing drugs. Drug users will often sneak themselves into the bathroom late at night to take care of their habit, and then they might pass out on the toilet, and that's one of the ONLY scenarios I can think of where Oscar's story MIGHT be credible. But even then, to shoot through a bathroom door four times without a "OPEN UP OR I'LL SHOOT!" "IT'S ME, REEVA!" just defies credibility.
In this case police would want to see if there were any drugs in Reeva's system or telltale marks like needles or a pipe nearby. But again, I'm just not buying it. I actually think the 'roid rage theory is more credible, and Reeva probably went to the bathroom to hide.
Maybe he had taken a certain sleeping medication...
I think when a person is protecting his home he's often more willing to let the bad guy "have it" then to give him a chance to surrender.
This case actually sort of reminds me of the Central Park Preppie murder case. In the 1980's, a high school senior was found dead in Central Park and she was killed by her on-again, off-again lover Robert Chambers. The police couldn't find any motive, since they'd only known each other a short period, and the relationship was one of casual sex (and thus not the typical escalating/obsessive domestic violence murders.) He claimed it was an accidental case of rough sex gone wrong, and since people were stumped for a motive they sort of believed him. It wasn't till the trial that people found out he had a long history of crime, and was a drug addict prone to violent rages. His wealthy doting family had covered up his troubled history. In Oscar's case I think a lot of dirty laundry is going to come out and the case will make more sense in the coming weeks and months.
You would think that Ambien would be mentioned by now if that had been a factor.
Maybe she didn't make a sound after he shouted about an intruder because she believed him and didn't want to alert the intruder to her presence?
I don't turn on the lights to go to the bathroom or anywhere else for the same reason. I often go downstairs to the kitchen to get a drink or take a motrin or whatever. I never run into anything. But I've lived here a long time.
Reeva and Oscar had been dating for three months, I think? And she wasn't living there. So while it might be likely that she would turn on a light, it could be equally likely that she would be running into things and making odd noises in the bathroom if she didn't. Again, it would depend on what she normally did.
I find the defense attorney's argument that she locked the door and was quiet after Oscar yelled at her to call the police to be odder. Wouldn't she have been right behind the door in that case? I thought Oscar was already at the door when he yelled and he fired right away.
I know a lot of people who keep guns in their homes and if they thought someone was in breaking into their houses, they would unload a magazine in nothing flat. Bam bam bam bam. None of them think if terms of firing a warning shot or hoping that one bullet hits the target; all of them think in terms of shooting until the threat is no more.
And while Reeva didn't die right away, she could very well have been incapacitated by the first shot and incapable of yelling at Oscar. If he was still firing, he probably wouldn't have heard her if she did.
I do know this--the prosecutor better have that detective in better shape for defense questioning when this goes to trial.
If what happened in court today is any indication, the lead investigator is incompetent and prone to making things up in order to advance his case. Makes me wonder if he was the source of some of the mis-leading & inaccurate information that was initially reported in the media that had many people convinced Pistorius was guilty before the facts were even known.
And now there's this:
I don't know if Pistorius is guilty or not - but the police investigation has been dreadful and until they get their act together I don't think anyone should be prejudging him.
Was it the same seemingly incompetent detective that reported what she was wearing? If so I wouldn't be surprised to hear she was really wearing a pair of sleep shorts and sleep tank top instead of daytime clothing.
Many people on this thread are assuming Reeva locked herself in the toilet in the bathroom to get away from Pistorius however could she have been locking herself in because she heard Oscar shout out there was an intruder in the bathroom. She could have been sitting on the toilet with the door shut having a pee when she heard Oscar yelling about an intruder in the bathroom - a room she would have to go through to escape the intruder. She locks the toilet door and doesn't shout anything to Oscar as she was scared to let the intruder know she was there!! Oscar comes in and sees the door shut - maybe even hears the lock being turned. He assumes the intruder is in there and is fearful the intruder has a gun and will shoot through the door at Oscar so he shoots first - 4 shots not being that excessive in the heat of the moment.
The autopsy has already shown Reeva had an empty bladder and no other injuries on her other than the gun shots so the cricket bat does not appear to have been used on her and could have been used as Oscar says when he realised in horror he may have shoot Reeva.
There are still too many questions and the evidence is still rather piece meal at the moment as after all this is just a bail hearing - not a trial though it feels like one with the questioning of witnesses, investigators , defendant etc.
I though initailly that Pistorius had killed Reeve accidentally with the reports of an intruder, then when the police denied that info that he had killed her intentionally due to possible domestic violence issues- which have still to be proved, now I am not sure as the intruder theory has some credence and the police/prosecutors seem very quick to judge and seem to have released info that has the public and press assuming Pistorius's guilt without the full facts being released. And now it appears there have been botched investigations from the police anyways and the chief investigator has been forced to admit that he has no evidence that would exclude Oscar's story of an intruder and an accidental shooting.
I really have no idea whether he killed her accidentally or murdered her from what we have heard so far - there is going to be much more information and evidence coming out when this goes to trial and I doubt any of us can make any assumption until we hear all that.
This Botha guy, the lead detective in the case against Pistorius, comes off as shady to me.
Wash Post article:
As mentioned by WildRose above, Botha himself is facing attempted murder charges for a 2011 shooting.
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The defense could argue that Botha perhaps has some sort of personal vendetta against Pistorius this time around and is saying anything he can to nail Pistorius.
Who reported that her skull was crushed? And has that now turned out to be totally bogus if she had no other injuries aside from the gunshot wounds? Or did a bullet "crush" her skull and there was simply a miscommunication between the coroner and reporters?
But aren't you contradicting yourself with these two statements - you believe that Reeva would have to turn on lights because the house is so dark, and yet you expect Pistorius to have his eyes adjusted to the dark and look for her? If your eyes are adjusted to the dark - it applies to both, if you expect that lights have to be turned on to see then again it must apply to both equally no?
In spite of the shady detective, I still don't get how you can spend a whole evening with someone, go to sleep in the same bed and the first thing you think about when you hear a noise in the adjoining bathroom (of all places) is "intruder".
But we do not live in a country where home invasion by armed intruders is a huge - and apparently frequent - problem - and Pistorius has claimed he has had death threats in the past - which is his argument as to why he had guns in bedroom in the first place!!
The more the reports come out of how badly the police have bungled this case, the more I think maybe it really -was- an accident. That was my original thought, then I changed my mind with new reports, and now my mind has been changed back again. It is just impossible to get a full picture when you aren't in the courtroom and have to rely on media.
And quite honestly, living with the knowledge that you accidentally killed your girlfriend has to be worse than being jailed for doing it on purpose. If it was an accident, I feel so badly for him.
Well I kinda hope that is true. IMO, we generally let off hot heads with guns too easily.
ETA: If a policeman acted in the same manner, shooting based on fear like that, he would be disciplined. Yet we have a lower standard of behavior for anyone else with a gun.
It doesn't sound like those two policemen who sent of 100 shots at , and hit, those newspaper delivery people in a truck in California got much more disciplining than a stern talking too. So I'm not sure this statement is true.
Does SA not have some sort of manslaughter charge? Even the premediated murder charge fails, can't he still be jailed (for a much shorter amount of time) for the killing, not to mention fined for the unlicensed gun?
I agree. For anyone who's not a psychopath (or in some cases, a career criminal), that's an awful thing to live with.
I was almost tempted to put an ROFL smiley on this, but the subject is too tragic. But seriously, police are most certainly not held to a higher standard in many countries, and often cops get away with using their firearms in reckless ways in situations in which citizens would be changed, prosecuted and possibly convicted. I'll let Radley Balko do the legwork on this one (there's plenty more here and on his old blog, The Agitator).
I agree with Desperado - even if you live in a high crime area and have had direct threats on your life, I still think one's first thought on hearing noise in the bathroom at night is that someone simply got up to pee. And even if I was thrown by a window I don't remember leaving open, I'd still verify where my spouse was before I jumped to any conclusions, and certainly before I started shooting at an unseen target.
This is what I've been thinking too - by Oscar's account, he yelled out to an intruder to get out or something like that, and then to Reeva to call the police. As I said before, I can see where she might instinctively stay quiet, lock the door if she hadn't already, and assume that anyone coming near the door was the intruder. At a moment like that, she might have been very scared, to the point of speechlessness.
Too bad one can't be charged with being stupid, because at this point, I think that's what may have happened here. Evidence of pre-meditation is thin, and even if they were having a really nasty fight, chasing her into the bathroom and shooting her dead seems like quite a stretch. I'm sure it happens, but given they had been dating only a few months and appeared happy on the outside, I'm having trouble imagining what sort of argument or situation would lead him to kill her like this. I guess it's possible that she threatened him in some way, and he waited for her to go to the bathroom at night so he could use the intruder ruse and kill her, but that seems a stretch too.
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Rooms were small. the air conditioning was poor and leaked in the room, location was great, room wasnt ready at check in time.
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the bed cover, thats it noting more. it would not be possible to offer less of a servive. Platic flowers the joke of old apples «bitte bedeinen sich» is a joke. Hotel staff, just doing their job, for me a hotel visit should be an «erlebnis». Plastic flowers, served coffee (you could save the personell and leave a nespresso machine at least good coffee, hey wers talking about an 4 star hotel not an hostel.
the room was clean and all necesary amenities were available. the location is a touch too far from the railway station.
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This hotel is first class, but a bit expensive.
good location poor breakfest, not cleened room after first day, dosnt work internet on the room
Very good location, right in the middle of the old town.
We were made to feel very welcome when we checked in. Very friendly and helpful reception staff. The hotel is situated in an excellent location close to the train station and to shopping and restaurants. It is in a very quiet location and our room very well appointed. The breakfast buffet had a good variety of food and the staff attentive and friendly. A most enjoyable stay.
The restaurant is wonderful. The concierge most helpful. A beautiful building, great view of the Alps It is not your fault. Switzerland is very expensive for us from the US
The view from the terrace was really excellent and the room was worthy of 5-star. The location was unbeatable. I got the special offer which was reasonable and made me happy. But, I cannot afford the normal price.
Friendly staff , spacious rooms , beautiful design. late breakfast, close to every point in the city missed a jaquzzi for relaxing after a long walk......
This hotel merits its 5 star rating with top-notch staff, beautiful accommodations with lovely lake views and excellent location within easy walking distance of most major attractions. The cost of the breakfast buffet is very expensive. Finding a place for a reasonably priced breakfast in the area was difficult.
very comfortable luxurious hotel with easy access to the old town Bern.
view from the room
We loved the view from our room, the quietness of the place, the room was spacious and tastefully arranged, the location is excellent, staff was extremely nice Not enough shampoo, bath gel and body lotion
The location is brilliant! It's just 10 min walk from the train station. All the attractions and restaurants of Bern are within walking distance. The staff is quite attentive. The rooms are spatious, and the view from the room is good. It was quet and clean there. There were technical problems with the TV receiver, which were not solved within 3 days of our stay there.
service, style, class, location
The room and the view of Bern from the room was beautyfull The TV was without audio and the jet of water in the bathroom was poor. But probably is it not so normally.
Convenient location; friendly staff; parking; clean, comfortable rooms.
Staff very helpful and pleasant. Location convenient, Tram across the street. Breakfast buffet very good It would have been great to also have a restaurant on site for lunch or dinner.
Helpful staff. Nice room, but no air conditioning. Quiet room so we could open windows. Good breakfast.
The location is good, the personnel helpful, the rooms clean and comfortable. Rather old furniture, the underground breakfast room remings one of a concentration camp and the breakfast itself is poor too. However, the breakfast is not so important to us, but big eaters beware.
Ideal location, quit but close to the city centre. Easy to reach by car. Breakfast and staff was gret. Rooms are basic but all right Rooms are noisy in the sense that you can literally follow everything people in the room next to you are doing. My neighbours decided to get up at 5.30 am....
the location was fine; not very far from the center of Bern and in a nice neighborhood. The staff were most helpful. Very nice hotel for the money. No.
everything especially the free internet service in the lobby
Rooms are tiny, breakfast is in a basement
Friendly staff, who also speak good english...
Even we just booked the basic room, but it is quite large. Everything is ok~
It is located next to a shopping mall and we found it very convenient. For Japanese, it was another convenience to find a Ramen shop there! The room was also very clean and comfortable for us. If you do not need luxurious facilities, this hotel must be the best option at very reasonable price. We were really satisfied. Only disadvantage might be its location a few stations away from Bern startion.
big bad
The staff was very pleasant and helpful, willing to answer all questions. The room was comfortable & clean. Easy access to Train transportation.
Cleanliness of room. Cheap parking available. Languages spoken by reception staff. Reserved Queen-size bed but were given twins. Breakfast poor for the price (not American breakfast as advertised). Address did not appear on TomTom, so was very difficult to find.
All in one shopping spa destination Knocking of door in the morning
Convenient access to city centre via train stop and bus station opposite. Shopping centre attached to the hotel with good range of shops and eating places. Cost of breakfast and garaging for car were not included in price. As it is used as a business base for many people who do not pay their own hotel expenses was therefore very expensive for tourists, ie us!
Good service at the reception; proximity of shopping center & Bernaqua air conditionning not easy to set
Hotel is part of a shopping center and gives access to a water center. Nice choice for the breakfast
Great location right in the most modern Shopping Center of Europe with an unbelievable Aqua Park with wellness facilities.
The staff is nice and the French benefit is a free ticket for 2 1/2 hours of pleasure in the BernAqua spa. Connection to the centre of the city is good, just 8 minutes by train that goed frequently. Prefab boxes, noisy, small and definitely overprized. You have to find the hotel through a labyrinth in a underground parking garage. It do not understand the good review of other visitors. This is the first time that I felt misleaded by the review on Booking in 7 years!
Parking lot is good. Easy access (by car) to the center of Bern. Overall the hotel looks nice. The room was a bit dirty. There were two situatons were the cleaning people simply entered in my room without knocking.
The Hotel was very pleasant with attentive staff on arrival, clean and very presentable room, good location 5 minute taxi or tram to the city centre.
Location of hotel was outside city and a tram ride into the centre (Excellent timetable) provided good direct access without the need for a car. Good breakfast and helpful staff with excellent English. Easy access to motorway and leafy surroundings. Free internet access point Restaurant closed during stay but hotel advised of that before we arrived and very few alternatives locally unless you took tram into Bern in the evening.
Very good hotel all together it was all very comfortable. we had a pleasant stay. one lamp defectuous and phone not working and biew not extraordinary. but nothing important
Very well presented room and great facilities, quality fittings. Could have been air-conditioned - Room was a bit too warm for our liking.
Total staff availability and professionalism and excellent cuisine and location/ease of travel to city centre.
Hotel Sternen Muri is a very nice hotel near to the beautifil Paul Klee Zentrum. We had a large room with very tasteful and comfortable furniture. Although arriving at a late hour we could still enjoy a glass of wine on the terrace. Very friendly service. In the rooms at the front one hears the tram passing when windows are open. Breakfast was not well organised.
the desigh of room, it is really individualistic and also quite big.
very friendly and helpful staff, excellent meal at the restaurant, quiet but close and easy to get to main city of Bern
Great hotel very modern big rooms, breakfast was very poor for a 4 star hotel, internet expensive at 25chf for 1 day
Rooms, staff and location were wonderful. We really enjoyed our stay at Innere Enge and would highly recommend this hotel.
calm, food, environment, service lack of english spoken
junior suite well-furnished and comfortable; practical bathroom; jazz theme throughout hotel with concert at times during year; very convenient for railway station - 21 bus stops outside hotel; air conditioning appreciated; good terrace with restaurant overlooking city and distant mountains; very quiet location. Good English spoken throughout Nothing!!
beautiful hotel staff location parking presence of jazz club on site extra rate for breekfast
just about everything - good and quiet location with an easy & short bus ride to center town; excellent restaurant (ate there both nights) with wonderfull waiter n/a
Beautiful decor - nice old, historical hotel. Great location just minutes away by bus to downtown Bern. Room was spacious with lovely views of Bern. Very friendly staff.
The ambiance of the room was so romantic.It is a pity that we couldn't stay longer but we hope to as soon as possible.
Really good food, large room and bathroom. Very comfortable and well decorated. Carpet in room was pretty worn down, but still clean.
Lovely setting. Great evening meal. None
Fine hotel Poor service from Booking.com!
location & reasonable rates; convenient parking lobby smells of cigarette smoke--but (non-smoking) room was fine
Nothing in particular! The location, the quality. This is not 4**** hotel!
Good price, free parking, location Cleanliness, smell in the room, entrance to underground car park very narrow,
Spa. Handy for transport,Quiet Poor choice of food for Room Service
Very little. The room was too small especially with a cot in there. The shower/toilet was in a cubicle in the room very little privacy if you wanted it. I would not stay there again and I would not recommend it. Too expensive for what we got.
proximity to the transport No breakfast provided
I definetely liked the position, just 6 stops far from the city center and the SPA area very comfortable after a businees day. The receptionists were all very kind and helpful. None
Location, It was close to the purpose of my visit, and quiet, with a beautiful view. To hot when entering the room.
We had a great view. Rooms very quiet considering closeness to centre.. Very handy for getting into Bern Centre. It took us a while to find our way to the hotel even with a good map. But there was a lot of road work around Bern.
It is an löusy and awful place.Rooms are small.Breakfast a dismail.
it is clean and well situated the carpeting of the stairs leading down from the 1st floor
Nice staff, clean room. Everything is reasonable It is not so easy for me to find the hotel.
Very central position No porters to carry luggage
Convenience to railway station No
1. good housekeeping, good breakfast, good facilities & reasonable price.
good value for money, clean, large room, quiet
good location, clean, freindly staff
Lovely room, helpful and friendly staff and lovely breakfast. Well located for the city. No English TV channel. bbc24 would have been good
distance to city center
The value for the money was quite good, at a two-star hotel, one cannot expect too much, but the room was fairly clean and the beds weren't too bad at all. The breakfast was quite good and the windows kept a lot of the street noise out. I was happy to find a city map and attraction guide in the room. The hotel wasn't a bad drive from the center of the city, although for walking it was way too far (about 3 miles). The shower was a bit moldy and the shower door was broken (but we did have plenty of hot water!!). I was really glad we were on the top floor as the wooden floorboards were extremely squeaky and I felt bad for the people under us. There was not abundent parking on the street, we got lucky finding a spot fairly close to the hotel.
Arabelle was a basic, clean and affordable hotel with minimum amenities. Situated in a mixed residential/retail quarter of Bern, it is 15 min walk from the old quarter and the botanical gardens. The european breakfast buffet had the usual breads, meats, cheeses, yogurts and cereals and a very welcome caffine machine. The room was somewhat dated in furnishings which would suggest the price was a little steep as I've stayed in simular hotels in Germany for about a third less cost.
The staff was very present, nice and helpful.
Location: it is 10 minutes walk from Bern station. If it is indicated to go out from the university side's exit of the station it is very easy to find it. Breadfast is just OK but service person was friendly. According to the infromation on the web-site I believed that I could check in at 1:00p.m. We could but there was no receptionist.If you use this hotel several times and know this system there will be no problem.
Spacious room wooden floor made sound whenever we walked around
No family rooms--we had to book two rooms, which was pricey.
It's proximity to the location of my business which was with the Universtiy Hospital of Bern. The room I was placed into was comfortable for 1 adult, 2 adults may have felt cramped.
We really enjoyed our room, large, clean and tastefully furnished and the friendliness of the staff.
professional staff, good size room with sitting area, pleasant 10min walk to city. would recommend for city visit stay, convenient free parking
helpful staff,clean,close to the city center, breakfast wasn't too good
Very helpful, very professional and friendly staff. We also enjoyed our breakfasts very much. A lovely atmosphere and nice, clean and cozy rooms.
Very clean, good value, close to places of interest No dislikes to mention
Feeling as if we were staying in a 5 star hotel when only classified as a 3 star We found the hotel met all our needs
is not far away from the old city,can walk to the city center.very clean and the room is big with a bathroom have baconey! the deco is nice and beautiful.breakfast room has a good view.
Really nice place, extremely kind staff.
upon arrival they had a very nice and amusing jazz concert...good music and very nice "ambiance"...
I enjoyed the good service and the friendly staff. However, the hotel is quite small with smallish rooms and a small stairway. The lift was useful to get the luggage up. The double glazed windows were needed to keep the street noise down. The room air became stuffy overnight. I liked the Art Deco room decor. Breakfast was expensive, but so was everything in Switzerland.
The Sunday evening concert
I had visited the hotel in the 90s when it was a bijoux of beautiful original art nouveau antiques. Now it is ugly and full of second rate flea market objects. What a disappointment!
Wireless LAN The rooms I was in was a bit oldfashioned, and not suited for the business traveller (very small table to work on)
Proximity (5-10 mins walk) to all major Old Town attractions, shopping and transport as well as charming attempt at the true Belle Epoque style felt throughout the hotel and the rooms. Also a bowl of fruit and a welcome hand-written note from the owners was a nice touch. There is a nice and relaxed restaurant on the ground floor/terrace level which is very pleasant for a quiet coffee in the morning or late dinner/drinks in the evening. It is a boutique-style Old Town hotel but it does feel a little "tired" and is edging more towards the 3* rather than 4* hotel. Facilities are very basic, as is a very expensive (CFR 21) buffet breakfast and room cleaning service leaves a lot to be desired for. Room prices are comparable to other 4*-5* hotels in Bern but offer very poor value for money.
Friendly staff and good location Only one person of staff was working at reception and restaurant (at the same time)
everything - Actually, we think you have under-rated the hotel in your website. it is fantastic and the staff are all very friendly, welcoming and very helpful. Hotel has great ambiance and location is great!!!
I myself am in the hospitality sector, and my expectaions on a hotel on one of the main streets of Bern were the "regular touristic stuff", however the two concierges I dealt with, the front desk personel and the rest of the staff were more than friendly and helpful all the time.. For example, when we went to have breakfast 5 minutes after the buffet was supposed to close they did all for us to enjoy our teas ans latte capuccini as well as the full buffet (excellent pancakes and also the parmiggianio was great).
The staff was very friendly & they upgraded us to a suite which was lovely
Convenient, clean, recommendable
Very nice and clean place! Good location right in the heart of the old town!
Clean, near the station,the breakfast is good No wifi in the room
location right in the center of the city fairly small rooms, facilities
Very conveniently located to the train station. Good breakfast. The beds were terrible--the linens were rough. The room was sterile, with no character.
Central location. Room was modern, clean and comfortable. Staff extremely friendly and helpful. Amazingly good free facilities which was a nice surprise (games room, internet room, tea/coffee room, tv room, fitness room, rooftop terrace).
Free use of the internet/central location Room extremely small for a single room but comfortable.
fitness center
Location and helpfulness of staff. General feel of the room was very disappointing. Difficult to think of this as a three star. Coffee machine had no water.
Our room had a balcony, had on-site washer and dryer, breakfast was good and the breakfast staff friendly. No air conditioning so we left the window open at night and we awakened by street construction/trash collection noise early in the morning. The laundry on site is great but is only one person at a time and if someone leaves their stuff then no one can use the washer/dryer so you have to wait around.
Very good reception arriving after midnight.Good beds and breakfast and very central location The bar closing on Sunday, automatic beverage boxes out of order.


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Related: Man, 29, arrested for kidnapping Northridge girl, second suspect sought
The mother of a former Westchester student kidnapped by his father until they were found in the Netherlands two years later said Monday it is a strange coincidence that she is the aunt of the 10-year-old Northridge girl abducted from her home last week.
The boy's mother and the girl's mother are sisters. The sisters are now each mothers of kidnapping victims.
Police on Monday announced the arrest of Daniel Martinez, 29, of West Hills in the Northridge case. They continued to search for Tobias Dustin Summers, a 30-year-old transient also suspected in the crime.
"This is a very odd coincidence that it happened to me and then it happened to my sister," the mother of the former Westchester boy said in a brief interview.
The Daily Breeze has previously identified the boy and family members involved in the 2008 kidnapping in numerous articles detailing their disappearances. Because their names could identify the girl involved in the latest crime, their names will not be published. The girl reportedly was sexually assaulted.
The boy's mother said she was stunned Wednesday when she learned her niece was abducted from her house on Oakdale Avenue. Police opened a massive investigation to try to find her.
She said she immediately thought, "I can't believe this is happening to my family again. "
"I could relate totally," she said, referring to her sister's feelings. "It took me a while to kind of digest all of this. "
The mother said she initially believed her niece's abduction could be linked to her son's, but that did not appear to be the case. The girl was found outside a Starbucks at Oxnard Street and Canoga Avenue in Woodland Hills about 12 hours later.
In 2008, the woman's former husband failed to return her 10-year-old son to her following a custody visit. The man's brother also failed to return his two sons to their mother at the conclusion of a similar visit. They abandoned their Westchester home and vanished, taking the boys on an odyssey around the world, possibly on their way to their native Syria.
Both mothers appealed to the public to help find their sons, but months and years passed. Los Angeles police and FBI agents investigated, finally locating the boys and their fathers in the Netherlands in November 2010. The boys were reunited with their mothers in California. Their fathers were sentenced to 27 months in federal prison in May, but were released on probation just six months later.
Police said investigators were looking into a connection between the boys' kidnappings and the girl's last week, but on Saturday identified their suspect as Summers, whose prison record includes kidnapping and robbery. Summers' car was found in Woodland Hills over the weekend, but he remained at large on Monday.
During the girl's disappearance, her aunt spent the hours waiting with her sister, and kept the news from her son until the girl was found.
"He is kind of shocked to know this happened to (his cousin)," she said. "He told me 'It's worse than what I went through. At least I was with my dad. She was with a stranger.' He can relate. He's been through fear. "
The boy asked to immediately spend time with the girl and her brother, who told her he could not believe his cousin and now his sister were abduction victims.
" 'This is too much to handle,' " the girl's brother told her. "I just hugged him and told him, 'They are going to find her.' I got on my knees and said, 'Stay strong.' "
The aunt, who lives in the San Fernando Valley, declined to release any details about the kidnapping, and said her family does not want to talk about what happened.
"They are focusing on (her) right now," the aunt said. "She is going to be getting therapy starting this week. She's been hurt a lot. She is recovering. "
The woman said her son continues to recover from his own kidnapping. She has an order keeping his father from seeing him.
The two other boys kidnapped by their father also are recovering from their ordeal.@larryaltman on Twitter


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How to write an RSS aggregator
How to write an RSS aggregator
In the article: What is RSS, they describe the various RSS formats and create a simple RSS aggregator written in Python. Inspired by this I decided to do the same in Erlang.
In this example I have been using OTP-R10B-3 release and the jerl Jungerl start script. By using the Jungerl start script I automatically get www_tools in my path. This will probably also make it possible to make the example work in older Erlang releases since Jungerl also contains xmerl before it was added into OTP.
Getting information from an RSS feed.
Let us use the RSS feed at Slashdot in this example. The RSS info can be reteived from the URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot. We make use of a function in the ibrowse package to retrieve the file.{{CodeSnippet|Code listing 1.1: Getting the RSS info|


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UFO bassist expressing gratitude for support in cancer fight
Former UFO bassist Pete Way says he's grateful for all the "amazing support" he's received since revealing that he's battling prostate cancer.
The rocker says in a Facebook post that he's "absolutely knocked out" by the well wishes and prayers from fans, and he no longer feels like he's facing the disease on his own. He adds that while he's "not the sort of man who cries," he "must admit to shedding a tear" after reading all those kind words.
Way opened up about his diagnosis to "Classic Rock" magazine earlier this week. He said he felt "lucky" because doctors caught the cancer early, and that he's "determined to beat it."


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Counties talk secession, North Colorado state. U. coach tops salary in Utah. Food stamp drug tests cost $26,000.
Happy Thursday. Some rural Colorado counties aren't happy with what their state is doing and are talking about seceding to create North Colorado. Some 10 counties have talked about such a move which hasn't happened since West Virginia broke off during the Civil War and if that doesn't work out, the backup plan is to seek a state senator for every county so they have more say. [CBS4]
Topping the news: U. football coach Kyle Whittingham is the highest paid among the state's university officials. Take a look at who else comes in tops. [Trib]
-> A new policy, introduced last year, to screen and drug test welfare applicants for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, has cost the state over $26,000 so far. [Trib]
-> After a closed-door meeting Wednesday, GOP Reps. Rob Bishop, Jason Chaffetz and Chris Stewart left the certain that the Senate version of immigration reform was not the right way to go, preferring a more piecemeal approach. [Trib] Other Republicans seem split on what approach is best: [Politico] [NYTimes].
Tweets of the day: From @frankthorpNBC: "Rep Huelskamp after mtg: 'Trusting Barack Obama with border security is like trusting my daughter with Bill Clinton.'"
Happy birthday: to state Rep. Spencer Cox.
In other news: Sen. Orrin Hatch backed legislation that would protect LGBT employees from workplace discrimination. With his support, the legislation passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday. [Trib] [NYTimes]
-> The Utah Department of Transport will narrow I-15 through Lehi to two lanes this Friday to begin bridge maintenance. The work will be confined to weekends and is expected to continue through September. [Trib]
-> Pat Bagley gives his take on the GOP's attitude toward Obamacare. [Trib]
-> Utah's Veterans Reintegration Task Force helps veterans who are involved in criminal proceedings and may be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder or other mental health issues. The task force is also working to help reduce suicide among veterans. [Trib]
-> The Utah Transit Authority denied a request to lower a goal that employees must meet to receive bonuses. Last year authority workers split around $750,000 in bonuses. [Trib]
-> State Auditor John Dougall is keen to launch an audit of AG John Swallow's office, but he doesn't want to get in the way of Legislative Auditor General John Schaff. Instead, at this stage, the pair are consulting on the investigation. [DNews]
-> Bryan Schott says the only reason House Republicans are going after Swallow is because they're worried Swallow could hurt their own election chances. [UtahPolicy]
-> Nate Carlisle wonders how much a lack of personal connections influences public opinion on polygamy. [Trib]
-> Sen. Mike Lee says the Obama administration doesn't need to fill three vacancies on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and the president just wants to pack the court. [TPM]
Nationally: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned Congress that U.S. national security could be significantly compromised if harsh budget cuts are not lifted in October. [NYTimes]
-> A procedural Senate vote that would have retrospectively maintained the interest rate on federally subsidized student loans at 3.4 percent for another year failed on Wednesday. A bipartisan group of senators came together Wednesday night to work on a new deal. [Politico] [WaPost]
-> Mitt Romney is jumping back into politics a bit. The former Republican presidential nominee is hosting a fund-raiser for the New Hampshire GOP in August. [CNN]
-> Lawmakers have accused the Obama administration of failing to speak frankly on government surveillance programs, instead offering misleading testimony. [WaPost]
-> The House GOP has renewed efforts to gather enough votes to pass a pared-back version of the farm bill, splitting it in two to divide the portion dealing with food stamps from the rest of the bill. The White House has already issued a veto threat. [Politico]
Where are they?
Rep. Rob Bishop chairs the Public Lands and Environmental Education subcommittee hearing on wildfire and forest management and meets with students from the Box Elder chapter of the Future Farmers of America.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz meets with the National Border Patrol Council.
Rep. Chris Stewart attends a Natural Resources subcommittee hearing on helium production from federal lands, meets with the National Retiree Legislative Network and talks to Sen. Orrin Hatch.
President Barack Obama talks immigration reform with Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Chuck Schumer, meets with the 1963 Loyola University of Chicago Ramblers championship basketball team, greets Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue and takes part in a DNC event.
Got a tip? A birthday, wedding or anniversary to announce? Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you haven't already, sign up for our weekday email and get this sent directly to your inbox. [Trib]
Thomas Burr and Isobel MarkhamTwitter.com/thomaswburr and Twitter.com/i_markham


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I'll freely admit what lured me to this site was the fantastic photographs of the redwoods. I was happy to get to the site and find that there was so much more going on than just amazing photos.
There are five sections to really explore. They are:
Read the Story – here you will find twelve pages of