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Many people experience great difficulty when planning their travel, but the process does not need to be as difficult or expensive as you might think.
Advents in customer service and technology, allow you to plan your travel in the easiest and most cost effective manor. This article is meant to guide you through your travel planning with helpful tips and advice.
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Two U.S. chefs will face off against some of the best culinary talent in the world during the Worldchefs Global Chefs Challenge and Hans Bueschkens Young Chefs Challenge, July 2 to 5, in Stavanger, Norway. The competitions take place during the World Association of Chefs Societies (Worldchefs) 2014 congress.
Scott Ryan, CEC, AAC, executive chef, The Country Club, Pepper Pike, Ohio, will compete in the Global Chefs Challenge World Finals held July 3. Reilly Meehan, co-owner of Bespoke Doughnuts, San Francisco, will compete in the Hans Bueschkens Young Chefs Challenge finals July 5. Both chefs competed in Worldchefs regional semifinals held in Las Vegas, July 2013, to win the right to represent the Americas region in the final global competitions.
Ryan and Meehan have been practicing their competition dishes for almost a year in preparation for the challenge. They will compete against semifinalist chefs representing the Worldchefs regions of Asia, Africa/Middle East, Pacific Rim, Europe North, Europe Central, and Europe South.
Ryan, an ACF-certified Executive Chef (CEC), has more than 20 years of culinary experience. Since age 15, he has worked his way up through various kitchens and eventually enrolled in the culinary-arts program at Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. After earning his associate degree, he worked as executive sous chef at Country Club of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. He has since worked at Paint Creek Cider Mill, Oakland Township, Michigan, and Bloomfield Open Hunt Club, Bloomfield Hills. Ryan is an avid competitor, and he has received many honors, including ACF Michigan Chefs de Cuisine Association's 2008 Chef of the Year and ACF Cleveland Chapter Inc.'s 2011 Chef of the Year. In 2012, he was named U.S.A.'s Chef of the Year. Ryan is a member of ACF Cleveland Chapter Inc.
Meehan knew he wanted to be a chef since the day he stepped into the kitchen of his father's restaurant in Santa Cruz, California, at age 14. He worked there throughout high school and received a scholarship to attend Professional Culinary Institute (PCI), Campbell, California. At PCI, Meehan joined the school's student hot-food team and continued to compete after transferring to Oregon Coast Culinary Institute, Coos Bay, Oregon. In September 2011, he won first place in the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Jeunes Commis Competition in Istanbul, Turkey, and in 2012, he was named ACF Student Chef of the Year. He was a member of 2012 ACF Culinary Youth Team USA that competed in the 2012 Internationale Kochkunst Ausstellung (IKA), commonly referred to as the "culinary Olympics," in Erfurt, Germany. Meehan is an ACF national member.
The Global Chefs Challenge and Young Chefs Challenge are held every two years during the Worldchefs biennial congress to highlight the talent of chefs and students from over 90 countries. Two U.S. student chefs won the world finals Young Chefs Challenge in 2008 and 2012.
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News Release - October 2, 2011
Nucletron, an Elekta Company, Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Precise Vaginal CT/MR Multi Channel ApplicatorSTOCKHOLM, Sweden--(Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network)--During the first day of the annual conference for the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in Miami, Nucletron, an Elekta company, today announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new Vaginal CT/MR Multi Channel (VCMC) Applicator, offering a brachytherapy solution that enables very precise dose delivery for gynecologic cancers. Combined with Oncentra� treatment planning software this applicator makes it possible to reach new levels of workflow optimization.
Bringing the right dose to the right place is critical in successful vaginal brachytherapy. The Vaginal CT/MR Multi Channel Applicator provides accurate target coverage and maximizes conformity in the treatment of gynecologic cancers. It features Nucletron�s Precise Dose Delivery Solution (PDDSTM) technology, an innovative system that loads several source channels in the applicator, with a unique catheter geometry. This results in a dwell position that is very close to the target area, allowing for greater treatment precision. This applicator is designed to optimize the dose distribution to help prevent recurrence, while minimizing toxicity, side effects and impaired quality of life.
The VCMC Applicator is easy to assemble, clean and sterilize and integrates seamlessly with Nucletron�s Oncentra treatment planning software. Automatic reconstruction of the exact geometry of the applicator dramatically improves the speed of planning, and ensures precise and reproducible placement of the applicator.
The Vaginal CT/MR Multi Channel Applicator will be on display for demonstration during ASTRO�s annual conference October 2-4 in the Nucletron Booth #2001.
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The above information is such that Elekta AB (publ) shall make public in accordance with the Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was published at 12.00 CET on October 2, 2011.
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Elekta is a human care company pioneering significant innovations and clinical solutions for treating cancer and brain disorders. The company develops sophisticated, state-of-the-art tools and treatment planning systems for radiation therapy, radiosurgery and brachytherapy, as well as workflow enhancing software systems across the spectrum of cancer care.
Stretching the boundaries of science and technology, providing intelligent and resource-efficient solutions that offer confidence to both healthcare providers and patients, Elekta aims to improve, prolong and even save patient lives.
Today, Elekta solutions in oncology and neurosurgery are used in over 6,000 hospitals worldwide. Elekta employs around 3,300 employees globally. The corporate headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and the company is listed on the Nordic Exchange under the ticker EKTAb. Website: www.elekta.com.
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Nucletron was recently acquired by Elekta and provides state of the art radiotherapy solutions for cancer treatment that meet the evolving needs of patients, their caregivers and healthcare professionals around the world. Nucletron has unmatched global leadership in brachytherapy, a very precise, highly effective and well-tolerated treatment option for healthcare providers, tailored to the needs of individual patients. The company works with clinical teams to constantly improve and develop an innovative portfolio of integrated products, software and services that assures excellent patient outcomes. Nucletron products are available in more than 100 countries around the world. Website: https://www.nucletron.com/
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The 5-steps to Adult Conversation
(Originally published at Medium.com/@jealford) Today's conversation has been stunted and, in some cases, stalled. What can we do to alleviate? Believe it or not, breathe. There's a real problem in U.S. discourse. But then, who am I to complain? I'm a communications professional, that's who. I have noted a troubling trend that has been exacerbated more so in politics, lately, than any other arena. I'm sure you won't be surprised when I say we've...Read More


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One of the original highlights of my job as a photojournalist in Japan was covering the D1 Grand Prix from its initial seasons all the way through to my first years as a Speedhunter. But then I stopped. It was a combination of overseas media outlets losing interest in the format, as well as the events themselves becoming repetitive and so predictable that I lost interest too.
The questionable organization of the series didn't help either, so I concentrated on covering other elements of Japan's massive car culture. On the drifting side of things I quickly discovered it was far more fun to hit up grassroots events, and every once in a while I'd take a little trip back and revisit D1 and D1SL to see if anything had changed. But that was years ago, so I thought it was about time I took another look at how the pro championship that put drifting on the motorsport map has evolved.
I decided that Tsukuba would be the perfect round to attend, as it was the first pro circuit that I started fumbling around with shutter speed settings in an attempt to learn how to shoot drifters in the days before the series had even taken off. What I discovered was a very different place, an event that felt familiar but with enough change to make it all feel exciting again.
With Formula Drift in the US having really pushed the envelope in terms of what a pro drift car should be, it seems that D1GP has finally caught up. The 2018 cars are pretty serious machines.
In fact, this element alone has vastly changed what the action looks like.
Having seen this car halfway through its build late last year, it was great to finally watch it on track. It was touch and go for a while though.
That's because Daigo's new engine setup has called for the use of a rather tall intake plenum which forces the resulting hood bulge to surpass the 80mm limit stipulated by D1 regulations.
On the Saturday's practice and qualifying that I attended, I caught him arguing with the officials over their initial call to not allow him to compete on the day. But whatever his angle was it must have worked as he was out with this beast ripping up Tsukuba's tarmac.
The Corvette looks amazing in action; it's nothing short of a wild animal that even the man himself has to sweat a bit to keep it under control. Then there's the NASCAR soundtrack, which is a pretty fresh thing in Japan.Familiar Faces
The driver line-up was peppered with familiar faces – drivers and personalities that brought a big buzz to the sport back in the day. There's also plenty of new talent, guys that have fought their way up through the ranks and are now at the top of their game.
I was very happy to see Katsuhiro Ueo's friendly face during the autograph session. Ueo is responsible for giving me one of my most memorable rides in his legendary AE86 back in the early 2000s at Sugo, a time when handling a car's momentum was more important than outright power. That's no longer the case in D1, it's all about massive horsepower figures and Ueo too pilots a crazy VR-powered machine. But I'll talk about that in another post on my favorite cars from the Tsukuba round.
Then there's this guy, Ken Nomura, one of those recognizable JDM personalities that would be sorely missed if he ever left the sport. It was also great to see Nomuken back in an ER34 Skyline sedan, albeit now powered by a Toyota 2JZ. Traitor! Just joking, you do what you have to do in order to compete in the power war that pro drifting has become.
Every now and then I stop by the Car Make T&E shop in Yokohama, so I knew that Ueno was back in the Z30 chassis that he started his D1 career in. He's still got a pretty crazy Lexus RC F shell waiting to be built though, so maybe we'll see more of that in 2019.
One car you're about to see a lot more of is this, the Do-Luck VR-powered 86. I followed a great deal of the build late last year and finally shot the completed and setup car last week. In fact, it's partly because of Ito-san that I ended up checking out D1 this past weekend; I really wanted to shoot this thing in action as it's one of the most violent tire destroyers I've ever seen.
And with great power comes the need for lots of grip. It's crazy to see how all the cars are running sticky semi-slicks these days; they offer the control at the limit that these cars need and the grip when they need to accelerate full power out of a corner. Forward traction is the name of the game.
Because of this the tire changers were busy throughout the day.
The intense heat of the day meant that I took a far more relaxed pace as I reacquainted myself with a series I used to call home back in the day, noting the changes, chatting to even more familiar faces and attempting to understand the very different way in which the competition is judged.Removing The Human Element
Which brings us to the layout of Tsukuba for this round, one that put a massive grin on my face. While years back it was only the infield part of the track that was used, this time around drivers were asked to initiate at the start/finish line on the main straight, which meant having to pile on the speed as they exited the long sweeper at the end of the track. They'd then flick to the left before transitioning right at the pit wall and then lining up for Turn 1.
This three-motion drift (san-patsu) was a pleasure to watch; it takes full commitment from the drivers and is one hell of a way to start their runs. Masanori Kohashi of Team Orange didn't hold back; his S15 runs a 6.7L stroked LS3 with a Vortech blower. Are SRs pretty much done in D1?
The link up into the first corner is visually pretty epic, the slight elevation change providing a nice backdrop of Tsukuba's main straight.
From there on it's pedal to the metal as the drivers unleash the power mid-corner to nail their angle before setting up for the exit. This is Pon at full chat with his 1,100hp GT-R-powered 86. Open up the picture in full-res and check out all the chunks of rubber being spat out.
Hibino's 700hp 2JZ-swapped S2000 was, without a doubt, one of my top three favorite cars from this event. I have to say, the Honda looks far better this season than it did last year with the Gulf livery. It's so cool to finally see new and different cars in D1.
Hibino and Kitashiba put on great shows out of Turn 1, both of their cars powered by 2JZs, the LS of Japan.
And then we get to the main judged section of the course, the infield with the S-curves connecting up to the hairpin where most of crowd were watching from.
The main difference of D1 these days is the lack of actual judges. They've pretty much removed the human element and replaced it with the 'D1 Original Scoring System', DOSS for short. It's all based on a scoring system where the course is split up into a series of sections with each section being attributed a maximum number of points. The system relies on in-car telemetry via a Racelogic DriftBox to judge the car on things like entry speed, angle, speed of transition, and even angle smoothness. There are no clipping points anymore, which has really changed how D1 action looks.
The only human element is a marshal whose job is to deduct points for things like off-course dirt drops. Each driver is then graded and the points are instantly displayed on the digital screens.
I'm still not sure if this is the right thing for the sport, but it certainly makes sense as you are creating a fair judging platform for each driver. That said, there are other successful series out there that continue to rely on humans to make the calls, adding a more tangible element to the sport. It's tough to say which is better; maybe a combination of the two could be a good in-between, but whatever your personal view is I have to say what I saw this past weekend is definitely a better, more exciting and fresher version of the D1 Grand Prix.
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It's nice to see the little monkey man still Burn Rubber
But I guess he did go to the dark side with 2JZ swap in the 34
Wow...all of those old school drivers are looking.....well OLD. Which means....I'm old.
The problem is this was never "drifting" - your not drifting lighting up the tires with 1000hp - that's power over-steer. Drifting as a sport was always dumb - take it back to basics on a mountain course and I'll be the first one to show up.
Seeing many of the same people as ten years ago is both heart warming and freaky. I never imagined my heroes ageing, are they even human? people like Ken Nomura seem too youthful for wrinkles, it's like if someone upped the "structure" on Instagram,
I've never been one for watching professional drifting because I find it boring. (Looking at you Formula Drift & British Drift Championship) but I happened upon D1GP Tsukuba circuit last weekend on Youtube and found myself glued to it all weekend. Its still ahead of the times, the drivers are still far more advanced and the cars just look better. Yes yes some Americans will claim "Forsberg this" and "Tuerck that" as typical Americans do in their "we are the best of the best 'MURICA!" fashion but in the end, how many drivers do you see in D1 hanging off the hydraulic handbrake for every single initiation and transition like in FD? None. Why? Because they are better at the sport than anyone else. The D1 cars look better. The tracks are better. Its just better. And as for British Drift Championship.......snore fest in every aspect. Wtaching the live stream of that is like watching dried paint because paint drying is actually more exciting than BDC.
Honestly, drifting as a competition bores me. When it's there as more of an exhibition then I get interested as for me it feels like the drivers are out there showing their artform and talent.
I never could get into competitive drift events. It doesn't seem to garnish any excitement like actual racing does. My only logical reason that I can come up with is because it requires a judge to tell you who wins.
This system looks fantastic. It removes the curse of the sport that is bad and biased judging calls.
The track looks amazing and long. Not 3 corners of the same consistent radius.
Having no set line is brilliant. Leaves a lot more freedom for different driving styles. Not every single driver trying to replicate an exact scripted run.
It's brilliant to see a chase driver challenged to chase closely whatever the lead driver comes up with. Rather than blaming a lead driver for not being perfectly to the planned line.
And the judging of proximity I presume could be done by a GPS sensor in the center of each car and the least distance between the two cars at all times the better.
Sorry I missed the livestream of this event now. This could be a drift competition to get back into..
Competition drifting today is lame, its basically a powerskid contest lol.
We want Daigo back in FD. It would be awesome seeing Chris, Aasbo, Deane and Daigo go at it in the finals and not only them. Seeing JTP and Field improving a tone, Odi just needs a new car Piqtr beeing a beast that too is a beast on the track and others. Daigo would raise the skill ceilling even higher! Great article on D1 Dino. That S2000 is really impressive and one thing strange to me is that people dont really build Lexus cars anymorem, an RCF would surely bring a light of hope for them again.
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No matter what the size of your organization is, when you have employees, you will need to manage the schedules. Every work done within an organization has a stipulated time within which the work needs to be finished. Since it is the employees who are responsible for the completion of the job within the deadline, it is very essential for the HRs and the managers to schedule the workforce in a way that no interruption can create a pause in the workflow.
However, with the changing work patterns and more demand from clients, it is being difficult for businesses to schedule the workforce. This is further adding pressure on the management, and hence leaving the employees unsatisfied and disappointed. It is for this reason having scheduling software has become essential for every business owner, irrespective of the work being done, the number of employees, or the deadline for the works.
Before you proceed with our list of scheduling software, check out other software that may help your work: inventory management software, music production software, remote desktop software, hard drive recovery software, POS software
Best Scheduling Software 2021 – Our Top Picks
With the increasing number of employee scheduling apps, businesses are looking for opportunities to integrate application solutions with their systems. Here we have given you the top 10 scheduling software that has gained quite a generous amount of popularity in recent times plus some other software brands you may try.
1. HubSpot Meetings
"The Best Calendly Alternative."
HubSpot Meetings can be used to schedule the entire appointment and booking procedure in the easiest possible manner. Here, you will be able to customize your booking platforms by choosing an appropriate template and changing the HTML factors like colors, width, and others. You will also be able to share the details of a future group meeting with all the prospective employees who will be needed in the meeting. A personalized calendar can also be integrated into this software application for avoiding delays and other mishaps.
- Has a free version that works
- The simple user interface makes it simple to get started.
- Excellent email integration features
- When premium functions are added, pricing can become prohibitively expensive.
- Starter starts at $45/mo
- Professional starts at $800/mo
- Enterprise starts at $3,200/mo
2. Setmore
"This Appointment Scheduling Tool Helps Manage Time Better"
Setmore is one of the most amazing best scheduling and appointment booking software as per the lots of appreciating reviews. Since the software was specifically launched for organizations, it can be used on different devices, like desktops, laptops, mobiles, and others. Your clients and customers will get automatic notifications for booking confirmation and cancellations. Apart from this, external widgets can be integrated within the software platform which will enhance the speed of the work systems, thereby increasing deliveries. It is capabilities for accepting card and digital payments which will help your business to retain both customers and employees easily.
- In comparison to competitors, the price is reasonable.
- Every account user receives their own personalized appointment scheduling link.
- Flexibility in the services you can provide.
- Errors and bugs in calendar synchronization
- Certain scheduler-visible fields cannot be edited.
- To resolve issues, Office 365 sync must be turned on and off on a regular basis (time consuming).
- Premium $9/user/mo
- Pro $5/user/mo
3. Bitrix24
"Project Management Software With Very Good Workload Planning"
Bitrix24 can easily make the overall operation of the businesses swift and easier for maintenance. The specialized Activity Stream tool will help you to monitor every workflow task happening in the organization or a business. This way you will be able to track the employees, inventories, and other workforce attributes. Bitrix24 has a cloud-based storage platform that will help you to manage every data from anywhere geological location ad on any device. This application can be integrated with your company's centralized system for synchronizing different projects, terms, and all the employees.
- Provides the option of using a separate lead listing or contacting the leads directly.
- There is a Kanban user interface available.
- Notifications of opportunities, tasks, and activities are sent on a regular basis.
- The user interface is complicated.
- Social networking has its limitations.
- Start+ $17/mo
- CRM+ $48/mo
- Project+ $48/mo
- Standard $55.44/mo
- Professional $111.44/mo
4. SuperSaaS
"Reasonably Priced, Reliable and Convenient"
For regular employee scheduling and booking upcoming appointments, SuperSaaS is the ideal platform that will help different types of businesses in organizing the workforce and establishing a smooth management system. It can be either used as a standalone and independent booking software or integrated with the business website with a simple "book now" button. An unlimited number of users can use this software at the same time without causing any interruption in the workflow. Since it is an appointment scheduling software, one can make the bookings on a location basis with automated time zone adjustments.
- Works best for small and medium-sized businesses and individuals, such as (but not limited to) events, fitness, education, salon, pet care, therapists, recruitment, tours, salons, yoga classes, and so on.
- The mobile version can be perplexing due to the various methods for changing booking hours and time slots, which are not as simple as a single click.
- PACKAGE A $8.00/mo
- PACKAGE B $16.00/mo
- PACKAGE C $26.00/mo
- PACKAGE D $36.00/mo
- PACKAGE E $46.00/mo
5. Appoint.ly
"Great Scheduling App With Little Setup Time Needed"
Be it for payroll tracking or employee time tracking, Appointly is an all-rounder in the industry. It was built with the sole aim of providing various businesses several chances to manage the workflow and the resources. A business working from multiple locations can integrate this application to allow a large number of users at a time. Transparency between employees can be maintained with Appointly which will mitigate the potential risks of workplace conflicts. Apart from providing an automated reminder and notification tool, here, the customers can make recurring appointments easily. Scheduling of employee hours can be easily done based on the customer peak demands, which will help the business meet the market requirements easily.
- A straightforward appointment scheduling tool.
- Synchronization of time zones.
- Connection of online calendars
- The design is lovely.
- You will save time!
- Can only be used to schedule appointments for two people.
- PRO $8/user/mo
6. Square Appointments
"An Easy Way to Let Your Clients Schedule Meets Ahead of Time."
Square Appointments isn't just scheduling software but also a POS platform that allows businesses like e-commerce and restaurants to control their sales. Appointment widgets can be integrated into this platform according to the suitability of the business. If your business doesn't have a separate digital presence, you can use the staff reporting tool of Square Appointments to store employee bios, calendars with schedules, cancellation policies, and others. For better customer satisfaction, the platform allows businesses to send personalized messages to clients or customers. For an organization, Square Appointments offer seamless synchronization of multiple devices together for better functioning.
- User friendly.
- simple and easy to use.
- As soon as someone makes an appointment online you are notified and have control over whether to accept or decline the appointment.
- Limited to color, design, and brand customization.
- No coupon or gift cert options.
- 2-5 Staff Calendars $50/mo
- 6 or more Staff Calendars $90/mo
7. Ganttic
"It is an Easy to Use Platform, Fast to Open and Update."
For service businesses and organizations, the best workforce and appointment scheduling software will be Ganttic. It has a plethora of incredible features which will allow you to manage shifts, client booking, payrolls, and other functionalities of the business. Scheduling data can be customized with an easy "drag and drop" feature which will lower your efforts greatly. You can easily get updates on different projects from multiple views along with keeping an eye on the overall business workflow. The application provides robust reporting features which will help you in the analysis of the workforce, project updates, deadlines, resource performance, and also in inventory management.
- Easy to get started with an amazing for tracking assets (either physical assets or employees) to manage allocation. Great for team tracking with events.
- Great tool for visualized resource planning, project management, and tracking of work hours.
- managing many projects and resources makes results page messy and unorganized.
- Starts at $25/mo
8. BookWhen
"Awesome Solution to Class Tickets With Good Support & Very Good Pricing"
With an easy interface, this BookWhen software meets the requirements of every type of business size. You can easily book appointments with this application and then export the results to the spreadsheet as per convenience. It has online payment options for better and hassle-free transactions, along with a 'Pay Later' feature. If your business is based on customers, this is the ideal software that will allow you to send reminders and notification emails with every detailed information about the subject. An online attendance tool is also present which can be used for tracking the employees and their availability. In fact, it can also be used on mobile devices and the notifications can be sent through either mails or messages.
- Extremely easy to navigate for both an administrator and from a user's perspective.
- Does exactly what you would expect from a booking system.
- There are a couple of slightly clunky features.
- Lite $15/mo
- Standard $29/mo
- Plus $59/mo
9. Wix
"Intuitive, Functional Web Platform With Lots of Customization"
Regardless of the business size, Wix is one of the best mediums for communications between businesses, employees, clients, and customers. Due to the fully-loaded features, this particular platform has become the number one option in the long list of business tool preferences. It has a scalability tool that can provide you with the proper analysis and reports of the revenues. Apart from this, booking appointments and scheduling meetings are very easy with this particular software.
- Great for those who want to have an easy interface and full design control over their site.
- User-friendly.
- Makes everything simple when it comes to creating practical web applications.
- The amount of tools at your disposal are enormous that it makes finding what you want to do very difficult.
- Number of videos you can make is limited.
- VIP $24.50/mo
- Unlimited $12.50/mo
- Combo $8.50/mo
- Connect Domain $4.50/mo
10. Acuity Scheduling
"Excellent Product That Will Easily Pay for Itself if Used Regularly."
One can not only book appointments for clients and customers but also for the employees easily with this amazing cloud-based software. Scheduling the upcoming appointments can be done without any hassle, thanks to the automated tools. Interactions with customers will become much easier, thanks to the calendar synchronization, intake forms that can be customized, scheduling the group workshops, and others. Employee availability in several businesses like coaching centers, midsize MNCs, industries, and others can be done with the help of Acquity scheduling.
- The ability to set different hours for certain appointment types via calendar service groups.
- Integrates into current platforms and social media business tools and calendars with little or no effort.
- Calendar views are poorly formatted, difficult to navigate and inconsistent across platforms.
- Emerging $14/month
- Growing $23/month
- Powerhouse $45/month
11. Thryv
Thryv is indeed one of the best scheduling applications in the market with an abundance of features that will allow you to coordinate your business's operations with that of your employees' and clients' schedules. Small to midsize businesses mainly use this software, thanks to its intuitive interface and 24X7 customer support. Automation features are present which is why using the application will reduce manual labors and the chances of errors.
Price: Starts at $8/month
12. Groove
Groove is perfect for businesses that are engaged in sale platforms like warehouse businesses, restaurants, malls, supermarkets, and others. every activity related to the business other than the sales department can be easily automated using this application which allows the business owners to focus on customer relationship building.
Price: Starts at $12/month
13. EngageBay
At times, it's better to use simple business software tools rather than complicated ones and that's where EngageBay comes in. This particular software can be used by any business size which is why it has a high level of flexibility. Team management is pretty easy with this software, all thanks to the automated meeting scheduling features and the customizable online calendar feature. Payments for the business packages can be done monthly, half-yearly, and annually, thereby making the payment processing convenient.
Price: Starts at $8.99/month
14. Tribeloo
Be it booking the conference and meeting rooms for several hours or sending notifications about shifts, Tribeloo is a perfect business tool for scheduling and automating several functionalities in an organization. If you are concerned about the prices of the premium packages, you can start using the software's trial version to get a taste of its benefits. This particular application can be integrated with any business size, which is why it is one of the most popular tools in the market.
Price: Starts at $3/month
15. Skedda
Skedda is known to be one of the best analytics tools with several different functional units coupled together in a single interface. The automation API will help in the automated scheduling of several plans regarding meetings, appointments, bookings, and others. One will be able to keep a track of all the employees and workers, no matter what size of the business we are talking about. One of the major benefits of Skedda is that you will have multiple packages, including the ones having annual payment plans.
Price: Starts at $39/month (Pro)
Other Scheduling Softwares
16. Bookafy
Another amazing software that most small and medium businesses use is the Bookafy. Starting from managing hourly employees to resource planning and automating email notifications, several functions can be done using this particular software. It is one of the business tools which can be used from multiple locations without any mistakes in the synchronization of data and other business facts. Payment processing from week to week can also be done with the help of Bookafy which will reduce the stress on the accounting department.
Price: Starts at $9/month
17. Calendly
Calendly is one of the best employee management tools that you can get in the market, all thanks to the flexible booking process present here. Not only businesses can schedule client and customer appointments but also the majority of employees can use the software to schedule meetings between themselves. Three different meeting duration options are present on Calendly, along with a buffer feature. Using this business management software, one can create customized meeting invitations with the swift addition of additional information.
Price: Starts at $8/month
18. TeamUp
TeamUp is the leading management software for independent fitness business owners. TeamUp's scheduling system is built to take away the complexity of running your fitness studio, gym, or box. TeamUp is the best software that offers both class and flexible one-on-one appointment booking features, payments with the top-rated payment processors on the market, and a high-powered feature set of business management tools including intuitive reporting, automated notifications, a detailed CRM. With TeamUp, you can offer a blend of in-person, online, or on-demand classes as well as scheduling personal training sessions using the same booking tools and membership features. TeamUp customers love having a reliable system that allows them to pay by the number of active customers they have, not for the features they need, and their customers love being able to manage their own accounts from their computer or mobile device.
Price: Starts at $59/month for 0-50 customers
19. SimplyBooks
SimplyBooks is known for its high efficiency and accountability, all thanks to the cloud-based process coded in the core of the software. It has a custom dashboard that can be used to schedule client bookings, send confirmation emails, shift swapping, study productivity, draft goals based on analysis and others. This technology can be used to integrate your business to different platforms like Facebook and Instagram for getting more revenue. Reminders and other events can be set in the personal calendar which can then be synchronized with SimplyBooks' calendar.
Price: Starts at $9.90/month
20. Wintac
Wintac is used as an onsite software for different purposes related to scheduling like inventory management, fleet and driver management, customer relationship management, and so on. No matter what the business size is, every business owner can schedule the appointments by a simple drag-and-drop feature on the color-coded dashboard. Other features include retaining potential customers, customized account planners, booking
Price: Starts at $29/month
and cancellation activities, and others. The entire information can be viewed and shared on mobiles, tablets, computers, and other devices having different OS.
Businesses operate better with the aid of some software like database software, screen sharing software, encryption software, best password manager, best antivirus software.
Be it a staff scheduling program or booking scheduling software, you will need the best tool for your business. This is why first decide the purpose of the application for your business model. You need to ensure that the software is scalable so that it can accommodate changing number of users. Also, look for special characteristics like payment scheduling features, online booking on social media, handling basic customer lists, storing details of unlimited appointments on the cloud, and others.
With the employee scheduling platform, you will be able to manage the cost of the employee since his working hours and contribution to the project can be tracked using the software. Moreover, with automated scheduling like SimplyBook, you will be able to increase customer satisfaction which will further increase your business's reviews.
Software platforms like SetMore and SkedPal will allow you to integrate the application with the mobiles of the users and the employees. This way you will be able to enhance the flexibility of the business to top levels.


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Shabbat Parashat Metzora 5774
Metzora | 5 Nissan 5774 | 05/04/2014
Parashat Hashavua: Keep Away from What?Our parasha finishes with laws of tumah that come upon people, some affecting men and some affecting women, due to discharges from their body. The halachot discussed focus on what makes one tamei for how long, when and how one becomes tahor again, and what korbanot he brings in this context. The following pasuk (Vayikra 15:31) seems to be the beginning of the general psukim of summarization: You shall separate Bnei Yisrael from their impurity, and they shall not die in their impurity while contaminating My sanctum that is in their midst. Chazal explain that this commandment of separation is to not enter the Mikdash in one of several possible states of tumah (see Sifra in the beginning of Tazria).
Ask the Rabbi: Checking Books for ChametzDo ones books need to be checked for chametz or sold before Pesach?
Ein Ayah: Keeping Things Simple[At the end of the declaration upon the fulfillment of the mitzvot of maasrot, one declares]: Gaze from Your holy abode, from the Heavens we have done that which You decreed upon us; You too, do what You promised us.
P'ninat Mishpat: Demand to Remove a Chazan from His PostThere was a dispute between members of the community of Mantova (Italy), Chaim and his son, on one hand, and Menachem Raphael, on the other. The former were set chazanim for the community for many years without any complaints against them, including from Menachem Raphael. Recently a bitter dispute erupted between Chaim and Menachem Raphael, which began when Chaim volunteered to help the community collect the tzedaka assessments made for members of the community to donate. Upon trying to collect from Menachem Raphael, very harsh words were said, and feelings of hatred developed. Menachem Raphael wants Chaim and his son to not be chazanim any more based on the ruling of the Mordechai (Chulin, 597) in the name of Rabbeinu Simcha that an enemy of a member of the shul is not to be appointed as chazan. The Maharik (44) says that Rabbeinu Simchas ruling applies even when only a single person is an enemy of the chazan.
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Les & Ethel Sutker
Louis and Lillian Klein, z"l
Hemdat Yamim
is dedicated
to the memory of:
R' Meir
Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld
Rabbi Yosef Mordechai Simcha
ben Bina Stern o.b.m
who passed away
21 Adar I, 5774
R' Yaakov ben Abraham & Aisha
Chana bat Yaish & Simcha
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Stop Looking For A Job And Start A Business
February 11th, 2012 // 3:01 pm @ Matt Bacak
You're tired of sending out hundreds of resumes and either getting no response, or receiving the standard answer of," don't call us we'll you." You are equally as frustrated with phoning the HR departments of Companies that you know could use someone with your skills, only to be told, "We are not hiring right now, could you call back in six months maybe something will open up."
A friend suggested that maybe you should start up a business. It's a thought, you have excellent skills acquired in your last position, you are very familiar with the competitive marketplace, and you feel that you have compatriots who would join you in starting a new business.
What Are The Benefits Of Starting A New Business?
1. Self-satisfaction.
You will have the inner satisfaction of starting your own new business and watching it grow. You've been very frustrated at not being able to find a satisfying job and your new business will give you a renewed energy of purpose and motivation to succeed.
2. Freedom.
One thing you will often hear from small business owners is that they appreciate the freedom having their own business has afforded them, compared to when they worked for someone else. As the owner of a business start-up, you will have the freedom to make all the decisions regarding the development of your business. While an employee of your previous company, you may have lamented the fact that you were not listened to and the decisions made by your managers were not always what you considered worthy.
As a new business owner, you should have the freedom to prove what you have always known, that you are a good manager and that you know the industry extremely well. You also are aware that this knowledge alone will not be enough, because you realize to start a new business you will have to be well financed and have a clear and concise business plan covering short and long-term goals.
3. Financial benefits.
If everything goes as planned, as a new business owner you will have every opportunity to increase your ability to make more money. Have your accountant draft a safe and secure way of drawing your salary to insure a fair return for your efforts while at the same time keeping the finances of the new business as the number one concern.
4. Personal returns.
Besides the self-satisfaction of watching your new business grow, you will begin to get returns on your personal investment. Personal investment is the amount of time and energy that you will put forth to accomplish your new business goals. You will likely find yourself working harder and longer hours as you continue to develop your company strategies. However, the increased effort and hours will be directly related to your own new business's accomplishments and therefore filter back to you personally. You will likely feel a sense of accomplishment never garnered in your previous position.
5. The challenge and the risk.
As an entrepreneur, you have an inherent liking of challenge and should understand the risks that accompany starting a new business. You will have to employ all business techniques that are available to you to reduce risk and overcome challenge. Starting a new business will constantly present new and varying challenges whether it is market deterioration, financial concerns or human resource situations, and you will need to manage and meet the challenges with sound decision-making.
You have just learned a handful of the benefits of starting a new business; the rest is up to you. Meet the challenge.
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- Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:31 am #15932501
- Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:31 am #15932502
i killed kalameet and when i went to speak to him he was gone but his bags and stuff remained. later when i returned to the same spot his things were gone and the chester set was lying on the ground.
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:38 am #16170431
He got knocked off the cliff by the shockwave kalameet creates when he lands It happened to me to
- Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:25 pm #16041646
We never did get his sweet sweep move in any of the future games.
- Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:26 am #16069230
We did if you count the sweep kick within the Bone Fist's combos from Dark Souls II.
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:40 pm #16044285
Anyone else notice that it's not just a mask he's wearing, seems to be his entire head is synthetic (possibly his entire body). Reminds me of the doll in Bloodborne. Makes you wonder about the early designs for Bloodborne.
- Sun Jun 24, 2018 5:23 am #16045290
Should be mentioned that Chester has like, the EXACT same voice as Old Hunter Djura. I don't mean they just have the same voice actor, I mean the VA literally uses the same drawl and haughty air for both characters. Furthermore, Djura doesn't "invade" the player's world in Bloodborne, but fires at them repeatedly with a gatling gun from high as they make their way through yet another ruined city filled with deformed citizens.
Still pissed we don't get to use his totally rad sweeping kicks somehow. I bet that rose on his jacket squirts water, too.
Still pissed we don't get to use his totally rad sweeping kicks somehow. I bet that rose on his jacket squirts water, too.
- Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:05 am #16045578
Lack of range isn't noteworthy and thus isn't noted here. It'd be like praising Troy Baker for having the exact same voice in most of the games he's worked on.
- Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:42 am #16052477
(OP) Fair point. Still can't shake the similarity between their attacks on the player though... AND I STILL WANT THAT SWEEPING KICK.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:25 pm #16094328
Yeah that sweeping kick is boss. More martial arts in general would be awesome. Let's hope Sekiro is something like a test run for features to be included in DS4 (just let me dream)
- Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:37 am #16052220
When I aggro'd him, I got another line, but I couldn't see what he said. If someone wants to add the other line possible, that'd be appreciated.
- Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:32 am #16070892
How does the DS3 DLC connect Bloodborne and Dark Souls? I missed that.
- Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:01 am #16071983
There's a theme of blood in both of the DS3 DLCs: In the Painted World of Ariandel, Ariandel is using his blood to sate the fire. At the end of the DLC, Painter Girl tells you that her uncle Gael went to retrieve the dark souls of man for her to use as a pigment for new painted world. In the second DLC, Ringed City, at the end you find Gael who has consumed the dark souls and it turns out that the dark soul is in fact blood within the veins of pygmy lords which had dried up so Gael consumed the blood to make it liquid again through indigestion. However, the power of dark souls drove him mad and he attacked you so you were forced to kill him. At the end of the fight you take the blood of the dark souls from him and have to option to deliver it to Painter Girl. It's presumed that Painter Girl will then use the blood to paint the world of Bloodborne. So as you can see, with blood being a strong theme in both DLCs, it can be interpreted as a tie-in to Bloodborne.
- Tue Jan 29, 2019 1:55 am #16091231
It's a fan theory that has been profusely debunked by Miyazaki.
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 5:27 am #16092904
yeah its a fan theory that has been "debunked" by miyazaki but he has been know to purposely and mislead fans about the lore to keep them guessing. it is pretty obvious all the souls/borne games are connected.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:28 pm #16094329
@Oct '18 commenter - where did you get the idea that the blood was dry and Gael consumed it to liquefy it? Just interested because I've never heard that before
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:01 pm #16094489
@Oct 18 commenter - except she said she was going to make a cold and gentle world. Bloodborne world is decidedly not that.
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:46 pm #16097100
Miyazaki has to debunk it because the games are owned by separate companies. Can you imagine the legal snafu if Sony got wind that Bloodborne was really a Dark Souls sequel even though they asked for a new IP. It would also complicate things between Bandai Namco and Sony. They had to connect the worlds in a way that wasn't blatant. Case in point, ever notice how the chalice dungeons are basically a Dark Souls location. You've got hollows running around with firebombs and broken swords, undead pyromancers literally called the Watcher of the Old Lords and a giant undead wolf that guards a tomb. There's also a couple of weird references to eyes in DS3 and a prophecy of powerful creatures coming out of a deep sea to rule over the world. Sound familiar?


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Movie Genres
The Film Noir Quiz
Twenty dark, brooding questions enveloped in shadow and packing heat on the classic period of Film Noir, 1940-1959. Good luck, and don�t trust that icy dame with the loot from the heist.
The Remake Quiz
Nine questions about a variety of famous movie remakes. No remake retakes!
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Test your science fiction knowledge.
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Test your knowledge on movies about gunslingers, lawmen, outlaws, cowpokes, Injuns, and those wide open spaces west of the Mississippi.


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So, we all know that the coming iPhone 8 won't have a physical Home button. There is too much fuss around just that why Apple ditched their Old Home Button, many users are supportive for changing the home button and Many arent. Different people have different opinions about ditching the Home button.
All we know is that the bottom area of the device, for some, will be used to host the navigation bar items, as well as a virtual Home button.
Why ditch Home button?
Apple has been thinking to redesign their iPhone 8 to some level, to address this design problem the Home button was ditched for two dominant reasons:
- To go to a place where we can choose another app
- To 'close' the current app because we're done with it
Of course, several other functions rely on the current Home button too but for now please allow me to simplify a bit and assume an alternative can be found for every edge case.
If we try the Switcher by Swiping from the bottom edge not only reveals the control center as it did in previous iOS versions; now it comes with the favorite apps dock and the app switcher too, all on the same screen.
There is something interesting as if you tap anywhere on the Blurred option you will be taken back to Homescreen which is the Control Center while you can use the Dock to place your favorite apps, recent apps and more.
Here are few concepts for the Homeless iPhone:
The Concept:
Dock State:
The favorite apps bar, as on iPad and on macOS, is called Dock and can be revealed (alone, without transitioning to the full app switcher) on top of any app. There may even be room to include an extra suggestion in the right part of it. This is your level-1 cache to switch to your next app.
App Switcher State:
The level-2 cache, that you access if you continue swiping up. I nickname it level-2 cache because it has more apps to offer than the dock, but still less than the home screen. Here the current app has been 'parked' temporarily. And this is key. That's basically what we have in mind when (we think that) we close an app. I assume most people are now aware the app isn't killed, it's just parked. The concept is consistent with that of the iPad, except that the iPhone version would use two separate rows due to the elongated display ratio.
Dismissing the App Switcher:
Here the design relies on a common reflex: if we can't find what we're looking for in a view, we tend to look for a way to escape the view. And if we can't find any concrete affordance to escape, then we tend to tap where we can! I may be over-simplifying, granted. But over-simplification is often more manageable than over-complication.
This is more striking, purer, than virtualizing it. Removing the button completely would be the ultimate refinement.
Overlay based solutions such as a virtual button have their own issues: how to make sure the button will contrast well with the app view behind it? How to manage touch conflicts with the app? Can we move it around? etc. Getting rid of it completely removes these concerns.
No impact on the app UI level. Apps remain unaware of any button or whatever rumored function bar and therefore shouldn't need to adapt their behavior or layout in any way. When an app is brought to the foreground, the entire floor is its.
Software complexity is kept low. Again, my experiment simply reuses what they've already built for iPad. We're not talking about yet another mechanism made just for the new iPhone. For the user, that guarantees a certain level of familiarity, too.
Well, that's it for the take on the thought of iOS concepts. Do tell us your thoughts on this in the comment section below.
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The New Yorker, April 30, 1949
Published April 30, 1949 – Price 20 cents
William Attwood
Pages 77 till 87
Inside Andorra
Some weeks ago, when I read in the Herald Tribune that four American collage girls were stranded in Andorra, as a result of snowdrifts and international red tape, I was struck by two things — That there were at least four Americans besides me who knew Andorra at first hand, and that the predominant sensation of all five us, while there, must have been remarkably similar. It seems that the girls drove into Andorra from Toulouse, got caught in a blizzard that closed the only road back to France, and were unable to make a detour out via Spain because they were driving a rented car and not one they owned. I presume that they have found a way out of the snow and the red tape by now and are telling everyone who'll listen about their experience. This is a pastime in which I hereby join.
I FIRST became aware of the existence of Andorra in the fall of 1946, when, as a reporter assigned to cover the Paris Peace Conference, I had occasion to consult the map of Europe almost every day, to check up on the various boundary changes proposed by the treaty makers. I kept noticing a dab of green, about the size of my little fingernail, tucked in between France and Spain, and identified, in the smallest possible print, Andorra. This tiny country fascinated me, and finally I approached the chief of our news bureau with the suggestion that we ought to try to find more about Andorra. "What the hell is Andorra?" he asked. "That's just what I mean," I said.
It was thus that one chill November morning I boarded a southbound train at the Gare d'Austerlitz with Andorra as my ultimate destination.
From the World Almanac and other source book or two, I had learned that the country was ruled by two co-princes — The Spanish Bishop of Urgel and whoever happened to be the head of the French government. This curious arrangement started in 1278, when the then Bishop and his perennial foe the Count of Foix agreed during a brief truce to share in the administration of this mountainous no man's land. I had consulted several maps, from which I learned that the only way of getting into Andorra was by road, described as third-class, that started at the French frontier town of Ax-les-Thermes. It was no trick to get to Ax-les-Thermes. After an overnight stop at Toulouse and a couple of bus rides through the foothills of the Pyrenees, I found myself there, sitting on the terrace of the Café de L'Univers enjoying a cup of real Brazilian coffee and listening to the bald and heavy-jowled proprietor. The town was as deserted as only a second-rate watering place out of season can be. The wind whistled through the valley, and withered leaves scuttled along the sidewalk. Three or four grizzled peasants and a fashionably dressed young couple were the only people in sight. Like me, they were waiting for the bus to Andorra.
"You have picked an interesting day to make your trip." said the café owner. "The driver, who happens to be my brother-in-law, is going to try out his new bus."He paused." Personally, of course, I would not like to risk my neck taking that great monster around those steep, sharp curves." " Is the road really pretty bad?" I asked. " It was a cowpath until a few years ago," he said. " In 1932, one went to Andorra only on mule back. Now the road is wider, but not much better." He added that snow usually blocked all communication with France for four Months and that during this period Andorra's only connection with the world at large was southwards, through Spain. "Then I must go back to drinking French imitation coffee again until the spring thaw," he remarked, "unless one of my Andorran friends happen to ski over with a Christmas package. Ah, here comes the new bus!" A long, sleek blue coach rounded the corner of the street and pulled up before the café. The driver, a sallow young man with a cigarette stub dangling from his lower lip, got out and shook hands with everybody. "Allez!" he said. "En route!" I want to see if this big cow can get over the pass." The proprietor picked up my bag and stowed it in the back of the bus. Then he looked at me quizzically. "By the way," he said, " I know it's none of my business, but why are you, an American, going to Andorra?" I told him I just wanted to find out what it was. He nodded. "Excuse me'" he said, " I usually make it a point not to ask too many questions." An hour later, at the frontier, high up on the side of a wind-swept mountain, I gave the same explanation to the puzzled French customs inspector who studied my passport. "I see you have no Spanish visa," he observed. "That means you will have to stop in Andorra." Finally, he shrugged and returned my passport, stamped. I got back in the bus and looked at the rocky, desolate landscape ahead. Just across the line stood a cluster of shacks, over which fluttered the red-and-yellow Andorran flag. Beyond, the ribbon of road zigzagged up the barren mountainside and disappeared over a distant crest.
As we drove across the border, two dishevelled guards in khaki uniforms came out of one of the shacks and stared curiously at the bus. "The Andorran constabulary," explained the driver, over his shoulder. "The three other members of the force are stationed at the Spanish end of the road. We jounced over a rut, and I asked him if this was the only road in the country. "It's a small country, and one road is sufficient," said the driver. " And the natives won't permit any improving of it. They say their flocks would slip on smooth surface." He wrenched the wheel as we neared an ascending curve, and shifted to low gear. The bus whined painfully up the slope. "Pretty soon, we run into trouble," he muttered. The trouble started at the two-thousand-metre altitude marker, where where it looked as if the bus were about a yard too long to make the right-angle turn. We all got out except the driver, who began inching the big car around. I held the door open for him, so that he could jump out if something started to slip. Gravel and dirt tumbled down the cliff as the wheels grazed the edge. "You were crazy to buy this bus," I said. "You'll never get around that curve again." "Crazy?" He snickered. "Listen, if I can get it to Spain, I'll be able to sell it for at least two million francs. That's a hundred per cent profit." He winked, and flicked his cigarette over the cliff as the bus straightened out. "You don't think I'm doing this for fun, do you?" "But what about customs?" I inquired. "Do they know that—" He shifted gears noisily. "How do you like the view up here?" he said. Half an hour later, after teetering around six more unbelievable curves, we reached the top of the Port d'Envalira, altitude 8,025 feet. Below us lay the green terraced valley and medieval villages of Andorra.
Our destination was Les Escaldes, the largest of the principality's six communities, and after thundering down the narrow highway for an hour or so we swung across an ancient bridge, rounded a bend in the road, and rolled to a stop in that town's unpaved main square. I stepped out and looked around. Waiting in the dusk to greet the latest arrivals from the outside world were five or six Vogue-like women, wearing Paris creations and dark glasses (the wives and mistresses, I found out later, of Vichy French refugees), a dozen smarty peasants, and at least twenty curious pigs and goats. Modernistic, brightly lit store fronts blazed out from medieval dwellings mossy with age, while unattended cows idled in the neon glow of a nearby movie-theatre marquee. Down the road, a couple of shiny Lincoln convertibles were nosing their way through a flock of sheep.
I picked up my bag and walked across the square toward the pinkish façade of a building advertised as the Hotel Plaza. All at once, the sounds of bleating sheep and humming motors were pierced by a raucous blast on my right. I glanced up and saw a gigantic loudspeaker, inscribed "Radio Andorra," perched atop what appeared to be a thirteenth-century church. The noise gradually subsided into a hoarse, scratchy rendition of Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo-Choo." I hurried into my hotel.
The proprietor, a lean, olive-skinned man wearing a beret, received me suspiciously and hesitated before handing me a room key. "We don't see many Americans in Andorra," he said, "What brings you here?" I decided to play it the Andorran way. "None of your business," I said. Upstairs, I found nothing the matter with my accommodations except that the only cold water trickled into the washbowl.But a few minutes later I discovered that a steaming Niagara flushed the toilet bowl on the ground floor. When I came out and mentioned this to the proprietor, whom I found standing outside in the gloom, he explained that he had a hot spring in his back yard but hadn't got around to piping its water to the upper floors. "By the way." he added, "would you be interested in a couple of new American tires?" My colleague, here, has just imported them from Spain." In the darkness, I could barely make out the grotesque silhouette of a man with a tire slung over each shoulder. "No, thanks," I said. "I don't even have a car to put them on." They exchanged a few words in Spanish. "I can arrange that too," he said, becoming more cordial. "Studebaker, Ford, Citroën"— "never mind" I said, and left them chatting in low voices and crossed the square. Here and there, small groups of Andorrans were clustered in the shadows, also conferring in muffled tones. Swing music still blared from the loudspeaker. A few yards up the dusty road, I noticed a lighted restaurant. As I walked towards it, I passed shopwindow crammed with a dazzling variety of wares that I hadn't seen since my last stroll on Madison Avenue — nylon stockings, Scotch whiskey, American cigarettes, bolts of soft tweed. It seemed as though everything you couldn't find in postwar Europe had been put on display, making up an unreal, tantalizing exhibit. But there was no catch to it. I walked into one store and came out, marvelling, with a pack of real Camels, which cost me about a quarter. The prospect of dinner in this Land of Oz suddenly became exciting. The restaurant was deserted except for a French police captain slumped against the bar, and the proprietor, who was feeding his cat. When I sad down and asked for something to eat, the proprietor wiped his hands on his apron and looked dubious. "It's not yet nine o'clock," he said. "A little early for dinner. But I'll see what I can get you." In a few moments, he brought in a plate of cold cuts, sardines, tomatoes, and melon, with white bread and fresh butter on the side. Subsequent trips to the kitchen, cellar, and bar produced a sirloin steak, French fries, salad, a bottle of Spanish wine, bananas with thick cream, Brazilian coffee, and French cognac. When I finally leaned back and mentioned the bill, he asked how I wanted to pay. Francs, dollars, pesetas, pounds, or almost anything would do, he explained. "We don't have any currency of our own here," he added. Francs were what I had, and the check came to two hundred and twenty, or less than a dollar at the French black-market rate. "This is quite a country you have here'" I remarked, reaching for my wallet. "Oh, life is very tranquil," the proprietor said. "In other countries, which have wars and make history, things are no doubt more exciting. But here we live well." The police captain had turned around to look at me, so I invited him to sit down and have a brandy. He was a thin, disconsolate-looking man with a long nose and a small, drooping mustache. "It surprises me to see a French police officer in Andorra," I said as he took a chair. "Are you here on a holiday?" "Holiday!" he snorted. " Do I look like a man who is enjoying a holiday? My friend, I have been rotting in this wretched oubliette for two years." We touched glasses. "Two years in Andorra! Try to imagine what that means." We drank. "I don't think I can imagine it," I said. "I've only been here two hours. But don't the Andorrans have their own police force?" He nodded. "Five men, and more than enough at that. No, I was sent here with a company of gendarmerie in 1944, to look for fugitive collaborators, and then we were told to stay on. The French government doesn't want the Spanish to become predominant in Andorra, and our presence here more or less compensates for Spain's advantage of accessibility. It's fantastic— like everything else in this crazy country." "Did you catch any collaborators?" I asked. The captain rubbed his nose and sighed. "Even that mission was a fiasco. There were only small fry here— not worth the trouble to extradite. But at least we had something to do for a while, just investigating them. Now my men have all become jittery from boredom and absinthe. There isn't even a brothel to distract them, or a dance hall. The Bishop of Urgel won't allow them. And there is no crime to speak of. The natives are too well off to steal and too busy smuggling to think of killing each other." "What do they smuggle?" I asked as we sipped our second round. "Anything for which there is a market in either France or Spain," the captain said. "Silk, radio equipment, tires, cigarettes, r what have you. Some of the stuff goes from France to Spain, and some the other way, depending on the laws of supply and demand, but in every case the Andorran comes out ahead. That's one reason you see peasant girls wearing nylons and going to the hairdresser's every Saturday. Most of them can hardly read or write, but they seem to have money." "what about cars?" I inquired, recalling the hotel owner's offer. "How can you smuggle a car past the customs when there's only one road in the country?" "Automobiles are a special case, " he explained. "Fortunately, Andorran custom duties are not high. Thus, an Andorran can buy a French or American car on the black market in Toulouse and bring it here the next day. By noon, he has Andorran plates on it, and before nightfall he drives it legally into Spain, where he can sell it for twice what he paid for it. Everything is quite regular. The same car could not have been transported from France to Spain under present conditions, with the borders closed. And even in normal times the low Andorran customs would make the operation worth while." The restaurant was filling up, and I noticed that most of the customers were elegantly dressed. But, like the furtive groups out on the square, they spoke in low voices, and nobody was saying hello to anybody else. " You'd think that people would be more congenial in a small town like this," I observed as we prepared to leave. "Most of them are mixed up in some racket," said the captain, looking around. " If they're not smugglers, then they're some kind of refugee— Vichy French or Spanish Republican. Or some may be Franco agents, sent up to spy on refugees. Of course the refugees spy back. It's all rather complicated." He shrugged. " Naturally, everyone avoids me." "Well," I said when we were outside, "if you get tired of drinking alone, I'll be in the hotel across the way for the next couple of days." "and perhaps longer," said the captain with a wry grin. "I understand the bus driver is taking his vehicle into Spain in the morning. And the old bus is over the hill, in France." He looked up at the dark, motley sky. "And, of course, if it snows, the road will be blocked— perhaps for the rest of the winter." I felt a sudden twinge of anxiety. "Can't somebody phone for the old bus?" I asked. He chuckled. "There is no long-distance phone in Andorra," he said. "You see, both the French and the Spanish want the concession, and since the Andorrans don't want to play favourites…" His mournful face looked almost cheerful. "Don't worry." He smiled as we shook hands. "The first two years are the hardest."
MAROONED or not, I had a job to do, and I decided, early the next morning, to find out as much as I could about Andorra. After shaving in the downstairs toilet and disposing of a four-course breakfast, I strolled down to Andorra-la-Vieja, the principality's capital village, which is about eight hundred yards down the road from Les Escaldes. The two viguiers, or representatives of the co-princes, live there, as does the Syndic, who heads the nation's twenty-four-men General Council. I decided that I might as well start by interviewing as many of the capital's six hundred inhabitants as would talk to me. Fortunately, Andorrans proved to be far more sociable by daylight. In fact, by late afternoon I had amassed the following information.
Government is a casual affair in Andorra. Twice a year, the twenty-four heads of families who make up the General Council put on Medieval robes and determine what, if anything, is going to be done during the next six Months. The viguiers have been little more than figureheads since 1868. The National treasury is stored in a vault secured by twenty-four different locks. Each councillor has one key, so that any conspiracy to abscond with the treasury would have to be unanimous.
The national revenue of Andorra comes from customs duties, the sale of postage stamps and electric power, and the issuance of automobile licenses. Because of the lucrative traffic in transient cars and trucks, Andorra has— the largest per-capita automobile registration in Europe— one car for every nine persons.
Radio Andorra is one of the most powerful transmitting stations on the Continent, but the country has no newspapers or magazines.
In 1278, its two warring co-princes agreed to let Andorra run their own affairs pretty much as they pleased, in return for a nominal annual tribute. The tribute is still paid. Once a year, Andorra delivers six hams, twelve hens, and six large cheeses to the Bishop of Urgel. The French government, a more amorphous body, receives nine hundred and sixty francs, instead of the groceries.
There are no political parties in Andorra, or taxes.
Not much happened politically in Andorra between 1278 and 1933, when a reform movement, opposed by the Bishop but supported by the French, extended suffrage, which had been limited to heads of families, to all males over twenty-five. The old restrictions on the suffrage were restored in 1941 by the Vichy French, and as a result five hundred and ninety-six of the nation's six hundred and twenty-five eligible voters boycotted the first postwar elections.
The single highway, which was constructed in 1934 for the building of a power plant, brought the outside world into Andorra. Over this road during the following decade came the refugees of two wars. It was they who taught the Andorran shepherds how to double their money by reselling things they could buy fifteen miles away. In 1941, one of the councillors stood up during a meeting and declared, " May God continue to give us wars, not on our soil but close to it!"
A rushing, boulder-strewn stream flows right down the middle of the country, less than three square miles of which is flat. Part of this flat area is occupied by a soccer field. The only other sport of the natives is izard-hunting. Izards are a kind of Pyrenees chamois.
In the ten months preceding my visit, Andorra had imported sixty metric tons of pepper from France, where it could be bought for three hundred and fifty francs a kilo. The price of pepper in Spain was around twenty-five hundred francs a kilo.
Andorra has never been at war with anybody, and its curious sovereignty was not disturbed even by Napoleon. He marched his army through the principality, stayed two days, and declared, "Andorra is so fantastic that it must be preserved as a museum piece." Then he went on to attack Spain.
The language of Andorra is Catalan, but most of the natives also speak French and Spanish.
When a corpse is found in the hills, an ancient custom is still observed. The bailiff is summoned, and on approaching the body he says three times, "Corpse are you dead?" If there is no response, he again addresses the cadaver: "Corpse, if you are not dead, get up!" If the body still doesn't react, it is officially pronounced dead.
Andorrans, except for the shepherds in the hills, are not used to sunshine. Five of their six villages lie in the long shadows of the mountains that enclose their narrow valley.
There is some confusion about whether the country is a republic or a principality. Its official title is the Valleys and Suzerainties of Andorra, which doesn't prove anything.
AFTER rereading my notes for the second time, back in my hotel room, I concluded that it would be premature to try to sit down just then and explain Andorra to the readers of our Sunday feature section. The thing to do seemed to be to have a drink with the police captain. I found him at the bar of the restaurant sipping an absinthe and talking to a young man wearing sideburns, patent-leather hair, suède shoes, and a chalk-stipe suit. The captain extended a limp hand to me and introduced his companion Amadeo Rossel, a local businessman. "I am delighted to welcome an American to Andorra," said Rossel, with a large smile and a small bow, as the captain ordered another absinthe. "And how do you find our little country?" I told him, as honestly as I could, that I hadn't found anything that looked, sounded, or acted like a country. The captain mumbled something about St. Helena. "Of course, it is not a country in the conventional sense," Rossel agreed, "but all the same I feel rather fortunate being an Andorran these days." He inserted a cigarette into a thin gold holder. "My father, you know, was only a humble shepherd." "And you?" I asked. "I am an importer," he said quickly. "and exporter." "Do you know of a way to export me back to France?" I asked. "The bus service seems to be temporarily suspended." He shook his head. "Unfortunately, most of the vehicular traffic is going in the opposite direction," he said. "But you might talk to Retch." "Retch?" I repeated. "How do you spell it?" "R-e-i-g,"" said Rossel. "He's Andorra's biggest capitalist — cigarettes, motion pictures, and active in movement of automobiles. If you wish, we can see him tomorrow." I said I'd like to. Retch, or Reig, might be moving an automobile in my direction, and at this point I couldn't afford to pass up any opportunities. I looked at the captain, who was slouched over the bar, and tried to get him to talk about Andorra, but he only shook his head. "No'" he said. "Tonight it's your turn. You talk to me about Paris. Tell me everything you remember." We were up until quite late.
ON the way to Reig's home the next day, Rossel explained to me how you become a tycoon in Andorra. It seemed that a dozen years ago, when sheep, electricity, and a little tobacco were the nation's only exportable commodities, Julian Reig's father had been just one of several modest tobacco planters living in this archaic, hemmed-in valley. Profits were marginal, but, although many of his competitors sold their businesses, Reig hung on. Then, when the trouble started in Spain, he found he had a market for his tobacco. When cigarettes became scare in France, a few years later, during the Occupation, he had another market. He turned out cheap cigarettes, baled for delivery to professional smugglers. For a while, he even manufactured imitation American cigarettes, in facsimile packages. With his profits, he began making wise investments. When he died, in 1944, he left his son the nation's most thriving tobacco business, its swankiest hotel, its only theatre, and its largest income. "In short, Julian Reig is the nation's first citizen," said Rossel.
We found the contemporary Reig waiting for us on his glass-enclosed veranda, stirring a shaker of Martinis. He looked like Cary Grant, and wore a checked sport coat and flannel slacks. His greeting was jovial but a little startling. "Whaddaya say, boys?" he boomed in imitation Americanise, pumping my hand. "Take a load off your feet and let me mix you a drink." I asked him where he'd learned to speak English. Had he been to school in the States? "Nope'" he answered as he twisted some lemon peel over my glass. "I just been going to the movies. I run a Hollywood picture every week here in my theatre." He sat down. "But maybe we better talk French. Amadeo, here, don't dig this jive." "Rossel tells me you may know of a way for me to get back to France," I said. "At the moment, I'm marooned." Reig frowned. "It's a bad time just now," he said. "The traffic is mostly north to south. In the Spring, perhaps. Why not spend the winter in Andorra? I have a scheme to turn this place into a big resort— a kind of combination St.Moritz and Monte Carlo. You might be able to help me." "But mr. Atwood is a journalist not an entrepreneur," said Rossel. "That's what I need," said Reig. "A good American publicity agent." He turned to me. "You see, there are several obstacles. For one thing, our co-prince the Bishop will not allow gambling or dancing halls or casinos or brothels in Andorra, and it is hard to make a decent resort without them. What we have to do is educate him with propaganda." "And then there are the peasants," said Rossel. "They are opposed to the construction of a ski tow. They feel that all the cables and machinery would frighten a lot of mares and ewes and cows into miscarriages." "Propaganda's the answer," said Reig. "We've got to persuade them there's money in it. That's a job for a smart American newspaperman." He looked at me. "You can get to like Andorra after a while. Quiet. Picturesque. Good food." It took me twenty minutes to convince Reig that I was not the man for the job. When Rossel and I finally left, he urged me to think it over and invited me to return in the spring for the izard-hunting. "Be seein' ya, pal." He grinned, and punched my arm James Cagney fashion. I didn't commit myself. All I could think of was that "izard" rhymes with "blizzard" and that I'd better get over the passes soon. Russel and I walked back to Les Escaldes, past the soccer field, where the Andorrans were playing Barcelona team, and up the road to the main square, where the vagrant pigs and goats and the furtive men in berets and sandals were milling around in the afternoon shadows. "Will I see you tomorrow?" asked Rossel as we came to my hotel. "I don't think so," I replied. "If those are snow clouds overhead, the road may may be blocked by the end of the week. I'd better get started in the morning, even if I had to ride a goat over the pass."
As it turned out, I didn't have to ride a goat; I had merely to hold one in my lap.
Early the next morning, while I was lathering my face, the manager knocked on the bathroom door. "If you hurry," he announced, "I think you can find room on a truck going to France." In less than five minutes, I'd packed my bag, paid my bill, and was leaning against the sideboard of a swaying truck, wedged between two Andorran peasants. The kid of one of several goats they had with them nestled in my arms. Across from us were two other Andorrans, one holding a couple of tires, the other with a radio suspended by a strap from one shoulder, like a knapsack.
No one spoke as we chugged slowly up the valley, twisting and turning where the road neared the crest of the pass. About a mile from the border, the truck halted and the tire and radio men got out, to circumvent the French customs post on foot. I was able to stretch my legs and chase the kid off my lap. Soon afterwards, we passed the last Andorran shack and stopped on French territory, where a customs inspector peered into the back of the truck. I showed him my passport. "Do you have any cigarettes?" he asked. "Only for my own use," I replied automatically. He shook his head impatiently. "You do not understand me, Monsieur," he said. "I asked if you have any cigarettes. You don't want me to hold you up here indefinitely, do you?" I had a moment of panic. Never before had I been so anxious to get into France. Then I caught on and handed him a pack of Camels. He smiled, tipped his cap, and waved us on.
William Attwood – November 1948


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