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Christmas in Prague? SF-Prague 2 BR Flat House Swap (San Francisco/Prague) 2bd

Christmas in Prague? Would you like to spend the December holidays, taking in the wonderful sights, markets and festivities in Prague? If your answer is yes, then we have a house swap offer for you. We have a beautiful two-bed, two-bath 1400 square ft. flat in the heart of Prague that we would like to house swap for a place in San Francisco. The time period is mid-December through end of December. However, we could extend into January if you wish. Built in 1888, our flat has been meticulously reconstructed, yet maintains itÂ’s classic European high ceilings & fixtures and old-world feel. However, it has all the modern amenities that youÂ’d expect including: *2 Bedrooms *2 Baths (1 en suite with Master Bedroom) *Large Living room, Kitchen & Dining Room *Central heating *Washer/Dryer *Microwave *Satellite *WiFi *DVD/VCR *The building has an elevator Our flat is very centrally located in the Prague 2 district called Vinohrady. It's only a 5 minute walk to Wensceslas Sq, and the main metro stops, and is located one block from a major tram line. metro. The flat is about a ten minute walk to the main city train station, which gives you great access to Dresden (2 hours), Vienna (4 hours) and Berlin (5 hours) by train. You can see photos of our flat on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/56102613@N00/sets/72157606519035475/ My wife and I would like a similar flat in San Francisco to swap. We are former residents of the city of San Francisco and are therefore looking only for places in the city itself. Please email if interested or any questions. Naturally, we would like to see pictures of your place.

Upscale Westin (Mammoth) $125 1bd

  Westin Monache, Mammoth Lakes, CA Steps to the Gondola at Canyon Lodge 1BR/1BA Vacation Condo   Bedrooms 1 Bathrooms 1 full, 0 partial Sq Footage 960 Parking 2 dedicated DESCRIPTION Great condo in the heart of Mammoth. see additional photos below RENTAL FEATURES Air conditioning Central heat Fireplace Dining room Dishwasher Refrigerator Stove/Oven Microwave Balcony, Deck, or Patio Swimming pool Jacuzzi/Whirlpool Cable-ready High-speed internet RENTAL RATES For more information, rates, and availablability, visit us at our website: CLICK HERE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS    having earlier incorporated Austria into Germany) Though the purpose was ostensibly so that Filov could be treated for ulcers by Dr Hans Eppinger Filov met in Vienna with German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and German advisers soon arrived in Bulgariaretired 1791 but maintained post of personal imperial physician and ophthalmologist until his deathcentury reveal a very reduced flow compared to the importance of its basin In Tinogasta it was an average of 2 54 mSeveral other farmhouses within the parish are also listed including Springe Lane Hall (early 17th century)

Aug. 13, 1913: Great Alloyed Victory for Stainless Steel

1913: English metallurgist Harry Brearley casts a steel alloy that's resistant to acidity and weathering. Because his sponsor names it "stainless steel," Brearley will often be credited as the inventor, but there are more metallurgists than metals in this story. Even the hometown British Stainless Steel Association acknowledges that Brearley was not alone. English and French researchers had learned as early as the 1820s that iron-chromium alloys resisted some acids. But they were restricted to low- rather than high-chromium-content alloys, because they hadn't yet figured out the necessity of lowering the carbon content. Two Englishmen filed a patent for an acid-resistant steel with 30 to 35 percent chromium and 2 percent tungsten in 1872. But it was a French researcher named Brustlein who in 1875 detailed the importance of low carbon content. He determined that a high-chromium alloy would need carbon content below 0.15 percent or thereabouts. The race was on. Very slowly. Many attempts produced many failures over the next 20 years. Hans Goldschmidt of Germany broke the logjam in 1895 with the development of the aluminothermic reduction process for producing carbon-free chromium. French metallurgist Leon Guillet forged ahead, so to speak, with work on iron-nickel-chromium alloys in the first decade of the 20th century, but seemingly ignored their resistance to corrosion. Back in Germany, P. Monnartz and W. Borchers discovered in 1911 that having a minimum 10.5 percent chromium seriously increased steel's resistance to corrosion. Enter Harry Brearley of Sheffield, England. He started working on a project in 1912 for a small-arms manufacturer that wanted to prevent its rifle barrels from eroding away quickly from the heat and friction of gunshot. Brearley needed to etch his steel-alloy samples to examine their granular structure under the microscope, but when he used nitric acid, the high-chromium samples resisted being dissolved. His focus shifted from erosion resistance to corrosion resistance. After trying various combinations with 6 to 15 percent chromium and differing measures of carbon, he made a new alloy on Aug. 13, 1913, containing 12.8 percent chromium and 0.24 percent carbon. It resisted not only nitric acid, but lemon juice and vinegar as well. So he took his discovery of "rustless steel" to Sheffield cutler R.F Mosley. A manager there, Ernest Stuart, renamed it "stainless steel." But wait, there's more. Metallurgists at Germany's Krupp Iron Works were also working on high-chromium, corrosion-resistant steel alloys of various compositions between 1908 and 1914. Elwood Haynes and two other Americans were doing parallel work in the years 1908-1911, and Max Mauermann of Poland displayed something similar at the 1913 Adria exhibition in Vienna. And there's a Swedish claimant as well. Brearley, however, did formulate the first alloy to be called stainless steel, and he recognized potential uses others had not seen. Today is the 95th anniversary of his discovery. Source: British Stainless Steel Association

Top 10 Wired.com City Photos, Decided by Us

: Though Wired.com readers selected 10 excellent photos in our city photo contest, we here at the photo department like to fight for the underdog. Here are our 10 favorite submissions that we think deserved more attention. Our next twice-monthly photo contest is parties. We want you to prove that Wired.com readers know how to throw down on the dance floor. Check out the contest page for more information. Left: In The Medina -- Tunis Submitted by quejaytee Photographer's comment: "In the Medina during Ramadan 2007.? : Southbound Red Line, Chicago Submitted by Piper Kruse Photographer's comment: "I almost forgot to take the picture." : Bangkok Trains Run Late Submitted by Iggy Photographer's comment: "Bangkok train station." : Bern from the Munster Submitted by T Tourangeau Photographer's comment: "A Photograph of Bern, Switzerland from the top of the Munster Cathedral." : The Singapore Flyer Submitted by Joan Leong Photographer's comment: "The view of Singapore City from The Singapore Flyer, on the night the latter opened." : Bike Parking at the Train Station, Haarlem, Amsterdam Submitted by Eduardo Alomar Photographer's comment: "I spent some time in the Netherlands, mostly on a bike, the station in Amsterdam is even more packed." : Worries Left Behind Submitted by getinet Photographer's comment: "this is my city. this is my san francisco" : Walking back home Submitted by Sarasara Photographer's comment: "Took this one a while ago but I still love it. Still shows the craziness that is Tokyo." : Vienna Submitted by quejaytee Photographer's comment: None : China Town off the Manhattan Bridge Submitted by Andrew Photographer's comment: "China Town taken off the Manhattan bridge during a blizzard."

Vienna celebrates Venus centenary

Austrians mark 100 years since the discovery of a tiny but curvy figurine, dubbed the Venus of Willendorf, dating back 25,000 years.

The demographic inversion of the American city

Eric Zimmermann of The New Republic says: On TNR.com, Professor Alan Ehrenhalt describes the startling trend of ?demographic inversion? in American cities: ?Chicago is gradually coming to resemble a traditional European city -- Vienna or Paris in the nineteenth century, or, for that matter, Paris today. The poor and the newcomers are living on the outskirts. The people who live near the center -- some of them black or Hispanic but most of them white -- are those who can afford to do so.? Of course, this is a stark reversal from the decades of ?white flight? that re-shaped the demographics of American cities. The demographic inversion of the American city (The New Republic)...

Further reading: Vienna tramway

As a follow-up to my recent blog entry on the reorganisation of two important Vienna tramway lines, here is a link to an article in the German Strassenbahn & Nahverkehr-Magazin on the sad state of the Vienna tramway network, which is about the only network in Europe that is not being extended, while millions of euros are wasted on subway extensions with more than questionable value.

Remodeled 2 Bed 2 Bath condo near Washington DC for your? in Oakland (Fairfax VA) 2bd

Two Bed, Two full bath spacious condo in Fairfax Virginia. Completely remodeled and spacious. 1100+ sq feet, numerous closets, spacious master, good sized smaller room. Kitchen and master bathroom both recently completely remodeled from the ground up. Washer/dryer included. Please see pictures for more details. Looking for something comparable in the Oakland or Berkley area. Pet friendly. Close to metro, Orange line @ Vienna. Trader Joe's, safeway, home depot, etc. very close by. Parking for two cars. Please call, 571-234-3626 or email with any questions.

Short packing

Short packing Earlier I wrote about my adventures getting ready to travel with my glider to France. Perhaps you'd like to know how things turned out and what lessons I learned, so that you can learn them through me, without the pain. The Jeff's on short packing: http://ozreport.com/12.080#2 My lament: http://ozreport.com/12.110#3 Jeff O'Brien picture of his unpacking from France: http://hang6.blogspot.com/2008/07/pre-world-reflections.html I was able to get my glider from Washington, D.C. to Munich via Lufthansa for $210. I might have been able to get it to Nice also on a later flight in a bigger jet (one that they would let me book it on), but I already had it on the top of the rental Volkswagen Passat station wagon (thankfully a good sized car), so I drove it for thirteen hours straight (with two short naps) south to Grasse. I had purchased a ticket on LTU (airberlin group) from Dusseldorf to Dulles airport (Washington, D.C.) abandoning my tickets on Austrian airlines from Nice to Vienna and Vienna to Dulles. I knew that LTU used United Express to get me from JFK (airport in New York) to Dulles, so I was skeptical about getting the glider on the shuttle. Before I went to Europe, Dustin Martin helped me short pack the glider at Highland Aerosports in Ridgely, Maryland before I drove it to Dulles on top of my truck. Dustin was very careful to fully wrap the carbon outboard leading edges in thick foam (camping mats from Wal-Mart, at $5.88/each). I protected each possible area of wear with foam of sticky backed bubble wrap. The ends of the aluminum leading edge tubes got a double dose of the blue closed cell foam wrapped around them. The ends of the inboard sprogs were wrapped in bubble wrap and foam placed atop the cross bar junction. The ends of the down tubes and ends of the base bar are wrapped. Dustin had me pull the Mylar and the carbon inserts. I rolled the glider up tight, place the foam pads around it and tied it with numerous straps. I placed double thick foam at both ends, and then placed in the bag made especially for me to take this short packed glider to Europe in. The glider arrived in good shape. On the way home I got assistance from Jeff O'Brien. I had already pulled the Mylar and carbon inserts but Jeff leaves his in and that looks like a good way to go. Less work and a smoother package. I wrapped padding around all the previous parts, but Jeff doesn't pad the outboard leading edges, just wraps them in shrink wrap. I hadn't used shrink wrap on the way to Europe, but Jeff is a big fan and we bought some at the hardware store in Laragne. I loved the stuff. I packed my glider up tight, then cinched 6 or 7 straps over it. Jeff has a bunch of Velcro straps that he uses to get a tight bundle. The ribs, base tube, and outboard leading leading edges are all packing "inside" the wings of the glider. The ribs go on top of the nose. The outboard leading edges just behind them. Jeff has two plastic caps that go over the ends of the aluminum leading edges and then a piece of foam over the caps. Once the glider was all cinched down, we wrapped it in shrink wrap to really make a package that wouldn't shift around at all. Jeff will normally get his glider in his regular Wills Wing glider bag, but I had a much bigger bag to put it in. He also was using Jeff Shapiro's short pack bag (built by Nene Rotor) as Shapiro sold that glider in Europe. Jeff O'Brien normally has a few extra straps on his bag which he removes as he puts on the shrink wrap, leaving just the Velcro ones. I wrapped all my straps inside the shrink wrap. Once the glider was fully wrapped and tight as a drum, we placed the camping pads around it and taped around them with the brown plastic mailing tape that sticks to itself and not so much to the foam. I'd suggest using this tape as it comes off easily later. We then applied shrink wrap to about a third of the foam package just to keep everything tight, especially at the ends where we placed the extra thick layers. This made for a nice nice and very well padded package in y special bag, at less than 100 pounds. I left very comfortable taking this with me assured that it was handle the flights. There was no problem with LTU taking the glider in Dusseldorf as I had a reservation for it, but I soon became aware of the the fact that even though I had booked it through all the way to Dulles, I would have to transfer the glider from LTU to United myself. When I got to JFK, my glider was there with just a little wear on the heavy duty short pack bag. I now had to carry it and my 100 pounds of duffle bags through customs and on to my connecting flight. Not a job for the faint hearted. Thankfully Mitch had placed a set of wheels on one end, so I could wheel the glider and push the cart at the same time, sort of. When I got out of customs and went to the connecting airline desk, they told me that I couldn't place the glider with them as it was too big. In fact the duffel bag with my harness wouldn't go on the conveyor belt either, so I was stuck with my baggage cart, duffel bag and the glider. I had to get from terminal 4 to terminal 7. I placed one end of the glider on the baggage cart, and pulled the cart with its duffel bag 13 feet behind me. Belinda was not around to help (or suffer) as she had taken our original flight back to Dulles and was there waiting for me. I tried walking with my setup to terminal 7, but soon saw that with the construction going on I wouldn't make that, so I went back to try to take the inter terminal train. The train was up on the second level, and I had to get my glider, cart and duffel bag up there. I hauled the glider up the escalator, ran back down, put the cart/bag in the elevator and took it back upstairs, where I could put the whole thing back together again to haul out to the train. Fortunately the doors of the train were wide enough so that I could get the glider in quickly and then haul the cart in also, with some help from those always friendly New Yorkers. The train was almost empty which also made it possible for me to travel between terminals with the glider. At terminal 7 I had to do everything in reverse getting the glider down the escalator and the cart/bag down the elevator. It worked and I got to the United desk. There I met some more friendly folks, and despite the fact that I and my glider had been booked through to Dulles and I had been assured after double checking at LTU that they had to take my glider, this was not the case when I got to United. The ticket agent was very helpful and willing to work with me, in spite of the fact that he knew I was going on a plane with 18 rows of seats (the Brazilian made EMBRAER 170). I had a receipt for my glider for shipping on LTU, and I had to go back into United's offices to plug in my computer to show the receipt because they wanted to charge me a few hundred extra dollars. They had never heard of only charging $36 for a hang glider. Thankfully the electronic PDF receipt worked and they got me on the plane and said the glider would be on the plane also. They also gave me a $100 travel voucher for being a good sport. Of course, the plane was delayed four hours because of thunderstorms between Dulles and JFK. When I got on the plane I saw two baggage guys carrying my glider and trying to put it in the rear baggage compartment. That doesn't work. A minute later they moved to the front and placed it there. No worries. When I arrived in Dulles, they brought out my duffel bags and glider just especially for me. It was great. I've unpacked the glider and it is ready to go here in Zapata. Lessons: Shrink wrap, don't take out the Mylar or carbon inserts, brown plastic mailing tape, take LTU from end to end (Fort Meyer to Dusseldorf), heavy duty short pack bag with wheels, Wal-Mart camping pads, plastic caps for the tube ends, pad everything that could wear on the sail. Discuss Short packing at the Oz Report forum   link»