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Dec.1st.-Feb., Studio, fully furnished, 50"Plasma, antiques, massage.. (castro / upper market) $1800 1bd

...chair and more... This rental is available from Monday, December 1st, for 3 months (until the end of February). This rental can also be viewed on the "Vacation Rentals By Owner" website: www.VRBO.com/121583 Serene & clean, this studio is a great place to relax ! HIGHLIGHTS: This studio is located on a quiet residential street, yet close to "The Castro", Dolores Park, Noe Valley, with easy access to downtown (only 3 blocks from Market St.). Fully furnished & equipped studio with garden views, faux-painted walls, antiques, massage chair, 50 inch plasma TV, surround-sound entertainment center & berber carpet. Fully equipped kitchen. Full office with 2 desks and Wifi. Use of washer & dryer. Very clean inside (no shoes allowed!). RATES: Weekly: $700 / wk. for 2 weeks (2 week minimum!) $600 / wk. for 3 weeks $500 / wk. for 4 weeks Monthly: $2,000 / mo. for 1 calendar month $1,900 / mo. for 2 calendar month $1,800 / mo. for 3 calendar months or more Utilities: $35/week or $140/calendar month (includes everything, e.g. water, gas & electricity, garbage & recycling, cable TV, digital music and high-speed internet) Cleaning fee: $50 (one-time only, paid at end of stay) DETAILS: 1. KITCHEN & DINING AREA Fully equipped with all cooking utensils, dishes etc. provided; microwave oven, gas stove & oven, toaster oven, coffee machine, espresso maker, blender, water filter, waffle maker, "George Foreman" type grill, and wine rack. Solid wood dining table seats 4. Premium Italian cooking set ("Bialetti"). 2. MAIN ROOM Gas log fire place. Berber carpet (new) and super clean (no shoes allowed inside!). Sofa that converts to a queen-size bed, "Tempurpedic"-type memory foam mattress ("medium firm", very comfortable!). Massage chair (great for relaxing and watching the big screen). Cable TV, and over 50 digital music channels (commercial-free). Entertainment center is an antique Chinese chest, with DVD player, 100-CD player, Onkyo 5.1 surround sound system, and 50 inch Plasma TV. Antique cedar chest-of-drawers with relaxing water fountain. Sitting area with antique chairs and marble table. Air filtration system. Queen-size Air Bed for guests (optional). 3. BATHROOM Claw foot bath tub with shower. Sink, toilet, storage cabinet, towel cabinet. White tile floor. Towels and bathrobe provided. 4. PARKING, TRANSPORTATION & SHOPPING Parking: street (DPT area "S"). Public transportation: Muni lines 38 (3 min.), 6 (1 min.), K, L, M (4 min.), and Market St. Trolly (yes, the antique cars, 4 min.); BART (10 min., via lines K, L, M) goes to S.F. Airport and East Bay (e.g. Berkeley, Oakland, Hayward). Shopping: Cala (now DeLano's) 4 min., Safeway 6 min., Costco 10 min., Trader Joe's 10 min., Rainbow 10 min., Whole Foods 15 min. 5. OTHER This rental is ideal for ONE person ! Good credit and references required. Security deposit required. No pets! No smoking! Call 415-577-8575

South African singer Miriam Makeba dies aged 76

South African singer and voice of the anti-apartheid movement Miriam Makeba has died. The musician passed away after suffering a heart attack following a performance in Italy yesterday. She was 76.Makeba's publicist Mark Lechat told Reuters the singer had suffered from arthritis and had been unwell for some time. At the time of her death, Makeba was in Castel Volturno, Italy, having just performed at a concert held against organised crime. The event was held in support of writer Roberto Saviano, who is currently in hiding after receiving death threats from the Neopolitan "mafia" following the publication of his book Gomorrah. Makeba, whose famous hits include the songs Pata Pata and the Click Song, was known for her winning fusion of jazz with elements of traditional South African music and her native language, Xhosa. She began performing with the Manhattan Brothers in 1954, before going on to play the female lead in the internationally successful jazz musical King Kong in 1959. Makeba, affectionately known as "Mama Africa", spent much of her life in exile after being denied re-entry to South Africa in 1960. She was a vocal supporter of Nelson Mandela and testified against apartheid for the United Nations. She also appeared in the 1961 anti-apartheid film Come Back, Africa, which showed at the Venice Film Festival that year. Mekaba caused some controversy by marrying the Trinidadian Black Panthers leader Stokely Carmichael in 1968, resulting in the cancellation of her tour in America. She spent much of the 1970s touring in Europe and South America, and appeared on the bill of entertainers at the 1975 Rumble in the Jungle fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. However, she was invited to return to South Africa by Nelson Mandela in 1990.Her death has led to a national outpouring of grief in her native country. South Africa's foreign affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma released a statement that said: "One of the greatest songstresses of our time has ceased to sing," while a spokesman for the ministry of arts and culture said her death was "a monumental loss not only to South African society in general but for humanity."World musicSouth Africaguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

Romantic Comfort (sausalito) $350

Welcoming hillside 3 level unit overlooking the Bay. Romantic master bedroom luxurious bed with enchanting sunrise/sunsets. Enjoy Window seat overlooking bay, private bathroom attached. IPOD dock or CD player in the clock. 2nd room/ library has queen sofa bed is full with books of all interest, TV, CD player is sunny with tree top view. 3rd Bedroom on top level has full bed, a TV and desk lots of sun with view of tree tops. There is a loft area with single futon. Hardwood floor and marble on entire 1st level with carpet in bedrooms on 2nd and 3rd levels. Granite counters, Crystal glasses, Blender, Juicer, rotisserie, George Foreman Grill, deep fryer, serving dishes. All linens( Egyptian cotton), towels and plenty of blankets provided. Internet access, and cable. For your musical enjoyment-keyboard, conga, multitude of CD's, Board games, domino's, backgammon and dice games. Outside- deck has bar table with chairs perfect for your morning coffee or lunch. The house is fully-equipped for comfort and relaxation. Access to the major freeway ,that leads to the Golden Gate Bridge & San Francisco minutes by car, Napa, Sonoma, and Muir Woods. Public transportation bus or ferry are within walking distance. National Park for hiking or biking thru the Marin Headlands is just a short walk up the hill. Beaches, Sailing, kayaking jet skiing and roller blading 10 minutes away. Sausalito dinning offers a variety of culinary choices-Fine dinning and local unique restaurants; many restaurants and bars have live music. Sausalito is home to artist of all types with open studios throughout the town. Shopping, Spas, & movies are all close. t. Day trips to the Wine country, Bodega Bay, Mendocino Coast, Lake Tahoe are easy and beautiful drives. We have everything for the good life within your reach.

No Money Down

Because of current events, Arthur magazine just posted the column I wrote for their upcoming issue, written a month or so ago, about what's happening right now. I figured I'd share it with you here: I poked my head up from writing my book a couple of months ago to engage with Arthur readers about the subject I was working on: the credit crunch and what to do about it [see ?Riding Out the Credit Crisis? in Arthur No. 29/May 2008]. I got more email about that piece than anything I have written since a column threatening to defect from the Mac community back in the Quadra days. Many readers thought I was hinting at something under the surface?a conspiracy, of sorts, to take money from the poor and give it to the rich. It sounded to many like I was describing an economic system actually designed?planned?to redistribute income in the worst possible ways. I guess I?d have to agree with that premise. Only it?s not a secret conspiracy. It?s an overt one, and playing out in full view of anyone who has time (time is money, after all) to observe it. The mortgage and credit crisis wasn?t merely predictable; it was predicted. And not by a market bear or conspiracy theorist, but by the people and institutions responsible. The record number of foreclosures, credit defaults, and, now, institutional collapses is not the result of the churn of random market forces, but rather a series of highly lobbied changes to law, highly promoted ideologies of wealth and home ownership, and monetary policies highly biased toward corporate greed. It all started to make sense to me when I attended Learning Annex?s Wealth Expo earlier this year?a seminar where teachers of The Secret, the hosts of Flip This House, George Foreman, Tony Robbins and former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan [pictured above in banner from Learning Annex website] purportedly taught the thousands in attendance how to take advantage of the current foreclosure boom.... read more... or if that's overwhelmed here Douglas Rushkoff is a guest blogger....