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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Living Costs - Bucharest Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Living Costs - Bucharest Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Romania View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Mike_2007Joined: 24 Apr 2007Posts: 349Location: Bucharest, Romania Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:03 am Post subject: Living Costs - Bucharest As I get PMed for this kind of info from time to time I thought it might be a good idea to put it up on the forum for people's future reference. The prices are in Euro and are what I consider typical for the city (prices can vary a lot here, so it's all very 'ballpark'). These are for Feb 2008. RENT The three prices here represent three different areas of the city. The first is a low-class area where most expats wouldn't want to live, the middle one is typical semi-central, and the third upmarket. Studio 250 - 400 - 550 One-bedroom apt. 350 - 500 - 700 Two-bedroom apt. 500 - 600 - 1000 BILLS For a typical flat you'll have some or all of the following bills. These are based on my own experiences (one/two people both out to work during the day). Monthly unless stated. Block expenses: 30-50 Euro Heating: up to 40 Euro in winter Electricity: 10-15 Euro Phone: 10 Euro + call costs Cable TV: 20 Euro (full packet) Cable net (100Mbps): 15 Euro Lots of providers have a 3-in-1 deal now: phone, net, cable TV. I think these come in at about 10-30 Euro per month plus calls, depending on TV package and net speed. TRANSPORT Local cab: 0.50 Euro/km Bus/Tram/Trolleybus ticket (one journey): 0.30 Euro Metro ticket (10 trips): 2.20 Euro Bus/Tram/Trolley monthly travel card: 14 Euro Bus/Tram/Trolley/Metro monthly travel card: 22 Euro 500 km Inter-city train trip: 1st class: 35 Euro, 2nd class: 25 Euro Rental Car: 20-40 Euro a day ENTERTAINMENT Coffee in a cafe: 3-4 Euro Beer from supermarket: 1 Euro Beer in normal bar: 2 Euro Beer in posh club: 3-5 Euro Pizza: 5 Euro McD meal (burger, coke, chips): 5 Euro Lunch for one (plate of food, soft drink): 10 Euro Meal for two in average restaurant with drinks: 50 Euro Cinema ticket: 3-6 Euro Cigarettes: 2 Euro Generally, the food in the supermarkets is around the same as in the rest of the EU zone. Local markets are a little cheaper for fresh goods, but not considerably so. Most things you'd want can be found in Bucharest. There are lots of big supermarkets (Gima, Cora, Metro, Carrefour) on the outskirts normally and many smaller ones all over the city. Hope this proves to be of some help. Cheers, Mike Back to top naturegirl321Joined: 04 May 2003Posts: 9041Location: home sweet home Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: ON average, how much would you say you spend in a month? Back to top Mike_2007Joined: 24 Apr 2007Posts: 349Location: Bucharest, Romania Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject: I guess I spend about 350 Euro per month. That's for the bills, transport and food. I'm not including nights out or clothes. Also I'm not including rent as I have my own place here now. Back to top naturegirl321Joined: 04 May 2003Posts: 9041Location: home sweet home Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: That's good. YOu bought a place? Congrats. Back to top Mike_2007Joined: 24 Apr 2007Posts: 349Location: Bucharest, Romania Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject: Thanks. Yes, in Nov 2006. It's only a two-room apartment but it's mine and I'm not stuck with a huge mortgage like I would be if I'd bought something back home. It's already gone up about 40'000 Euro in value...that's Romania for you. Back to top naturegirl321Joined: 04 May 2003Posts: 9041Location: home sweet home Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: Wow, that's great. We just bought ours last year. It's 80m2 and cost 25K, but we're completely gutting it and fixing it up and hoping to sell it for 40K. Do you need residence to buy places there? Back to top Mike_2007Joined: 24 Apr 2007Posts: 349Location: Bucharest, Romania Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject: If you buy a flat you don't need residence, but if you want to buy a place with land then you need to have a company and buy it in the company name. This rule, as far as I know, still also applies to EU citizens, although it will be phased out in a few years. Back to top BebsiJoined: 07 Feb 2005Posts: 958 Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: What Mike says about land ownership is basically correct. Foreigners can own buildings here, but not the land on which they are built. It is a senseles rule of course, a throwback to communism, but it's reality and what we have to work with. In practice, the effect is that if you buy an apartment, you've nothing to worry about. However, if you wish to buy a house, you can own the house but not the land. Doesn't make much sense, does it, to own the house while someone else owns the land? There is an easy solution, however, which is widely practised. You incorporate a Romanian-registered company, which can be wholly owned by one person who may be a foreigner (i.e. yourself) and only needs a nominal share capital of 200 RON (around 54 euro) to be lodged in the bank. This company will be a Romanian person in the legal sense. You then buy the land and all buildings upon it in the company's name, and thus get around the problem very easily. Anyone interested in doing this, PM me for more info. 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Ann Spehar earned a Masters in Applied Economics at Seattle University in Washington State where she also earned two undergraduate degrees in economics and math at the University of Washington. She holds a Master in Education in curriculum and instruction from Montana State University and has two years of study toward a doctorate degree in economics at Washington State University and the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.
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Ann Spehar is currently an Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Alaska Southeast. She is responsible for designing, developing and instructing online asynchronous courses in Money and Banking, International Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory, and principles courses.
Spehar's field of interest is the theory of the endogenous business cycles. She has studied the 1930's U.S. 'Great Depression' extensively, and has compared it to the 2008 financial crisis. Spehar has recently published two papers on that topic in the World Economics Journal. She has also published in the International Journal of Wilderness.
Spehar has also worked as a consultant in industry, with areas of expertise in mathematical modeling, software engineering and project management. She worked 15 years at the Boeing Company, supporting clients that included Bell Laboratories, AT&T Long Lines, McDonnell Douglas and Hanford Nuclear Facility. She served in executive leadership at the Boeing Company in Seattle and received over 700 hours of Boeing Company training when that company was expanding its territory beyond aviation into computer timesharing services to the world. At the time, Boeing Computer Services (BCS) provided cutting edge computer engineering consultation to 148 government and commercial customers.
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Boston Mountain Cyclists , along with The Community Bicyclist, are once again hosting time trials near Two Rivers Park in Little Rock. Follow the time trail link for the event flyer, but basic info is that the event takes place near where the RR tracks cross Pinnacle Valley Road west of Two Rivers Park at 6:30 most Thursday evenings. A time trial is called the "race of truth" because there are no team tactics, no drafting, and no hiding in the pack. It is simply a matter of a single rider covering a set distance as fast as they can. Much of time trialing is a mental exercise, with some riders excelling at the discipline, relishing the solitude and the pain, while others simply suffer.


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Melissa Rycroft Replaces Samantha Harris as Host of Dancing with the Stars 2010
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got kicked off left Dancing with the Stars there has been a lot of speculation about who will replace as Samantha as the co-host of Dancing with the Stars. I think the speculation is finally over, but here's a review of the various possibilities in case you missed it.
We first talked about Melissa Rycroft hosting Dancing with the Stars at the beginning of this month. There were also rumors of Ashlan Gorse and Nancy O'Dell hosting Dancing with the Stars and Lynn Hoffman co-hosting DWTS alongside Tom Bergeron. There were also rumors about Brooke Burke, Marie Osmond (thank goodness this wasn't true), and Paula Abdul. Luckily, last week E! News said there were only 3 serious contenders for the co-host position: Melissa Rycroft, Brooke Burke and Vanessa Minnillo.
Although, tonight during a commercial for the Bachelor finale, they talked about the announcement of the new Dancing with the Stars 2010 cast during the Bachelor finale. Heidi will be live blogging the announcement, but more on that soon.
What was most interesting about the commercial was that they said, "listen to Tom Bergeron and Melissa Rycroft as they announce the new couples on Dancing with the Stars." Does this mean that Melissa Rycroft will be the host that's replacing Samantha Harris on Dancing with the Stars? Seems like it to me. She'll be a busy girl hosting Dancing with the Stars with Tom and as a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. Although, Samantha Harris did that for quite a while.
I think this will be a good thing for Dancing with the Stars. No doubt that Melissa Rycroft will be an upgrade at the host position.
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Minoan civilization
Minoan civilization (mĬnō´ən), ancient Cretan culture representing a stage in the development of the Aegean civilization. It was named for the legendary King Minos of Crete by Sir Arthur Evans, the English archaeologist who conducted excavations there in the early 20th cent. Evans divided the culture into three periods that include the whole of the Bronze Age: Early Minoan (c.3000 BC–2200 BC), Middle Minoan (c.2200 BC–1500 BC), and Late Minoan (c.1500 BC–1000 BC). Early Minoan saw the slow rise of the culture from a Neolithic state with the importation of metals, the tentative use of bronze, and the appearance of a hieroglyphic writing. In the Middle Minoan period the great palaces appeared at Knossos and Phaistos; a pictographic script (known as Linear A; see Linear Scripts) was used; ceramics, ivory carving, and metalworking reached their peak; and Minoan maritime power extended across the Mediterranean. Toward the end of the period an earthquake, and possibly an invasion, destroyed Knossos, but the palace was rebuilt. During this period there is evidence of a new script (Linear B), at Knossos, an early form of the Greek language that argues the presence of Mycenaean Greeks. Other luxurious palaces existed at this time at Gournia, Cydonia (now Khaniá), and elsewhere. Knossos was again destroyed c.1500 BC, probably as a result of an earthquake and subsequent invasion from the Mycenaean mainland. The palace at Knossos was finally destroyed c.1400 BC, and the Late Minoan period faded out in poverty and obscurity. After the final destruction of Knossos, the cultural center of the Aegean passed to the Greek mainland (see Mycenaean civilization).
See Sir Arthur J. Evans, Palace of Minos (4 vol., 1921–25, repr. 1964); J. D. S. Pendlebury, Archaeology of Crete (1939, repr. 1963); S. Hood, The Minoans (1971); R. H. Simpson, Mycenaean Greece (1982); A. Harding, The Mycenaens and Europe (1984); Y. Hamilakis, ed., Labyrinth Revisited: Rethinking Minoan Archaeology (2002).


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This collection consists of two 1-page narratives by two U.S. Army soldiers from A Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, NY following their return from deployment in Kunduz province in Afghanistan. The narratives were written in April 2011, while their deployment was from April 2010 to March 2011. The first narrative is by Spc. Jorge Maya and is type-written. The second is by Spc. Jeremiah Bostic. Both are stationed with the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum.


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CHENNAI, India (AP) Top-seeded Tomas Berdych was upset by Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Chennai Open.
Also, third-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia lost 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 to Benoit Paire of France, while fourth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland lost 6-2, 7-6 (6) to unseeded Slovakian player Aljaz Bedene.
Second-seeded Janko Tipsarevic advanced among the top four, stopping No. 8 Go Soeda of Japan 6-2, 6-4.
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201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
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ca. 1886-1887
Finding aid created by Katherine Cowan with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, October 1999
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The northwest part of Baltimore city in the 1880s was a mixture of large estates and streets of row homes. A major feature of the area was Eutaw Place, where a large boulevard with shade trees and statuary extended from Dolphin St. to the northern city line, the gift of Henry Tiffany to the city in 1853.
The Altamont Hotel on Eutaw Place was new in 1886, developed by W.L. Stork as a modern structure with central heat and filtered water. The elegant building had carved wooden stairways, stained glass, and tiled fireplaces; residents' amenities included billiard and reading rooms.
North of the city line, Druid Hill Park was established in 1860 on land from the Lloyd N. Rogers estate. This elaborate oasis was the site of many ponds, springs, and reservoirs, with various facilities for recreation and entertainment, including picnic pavilions, music stands, and the zoo. All of this was accessible by horse-drawn street cars which travelled from the city via residential Bolton Hill streets such as Linden Ave.
Also north of the city line was the Cloverdale estate, the extent of which was from the south edge of Druid Hill Lake to Whitelock St., and from Madison Ave. to Park Ave. It was the home of Walter Booth Brooks (1823-1896), president of the Canton Co., and his wife Caroline Cole Brooks. The house was built in the 1830s by Brooks' parents, B&O Railroad president Chauncey Brooks (1794-1880) and Marilla Phelps Brooks.
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Gift of Mrs. Edwin Bernet, 1976 (72119).
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The collection consists of 1 photograph album with 39 mounted photoprints. The photographs, which are mostly captioned and dated, originated in 1886-1887, in Baltimore city and county. Baltimore city subjects include Bolton Hill: the Altamont Hotel and Eutaw Place street scenes, and interiors of a home at 1515 Linden St. including Christmas decorations and toys; Druid Hill Park; the Walter B. Brooks residence, Cloverdale; and dry goods warehouse interiors. Subjects outside of Baltimore city include a day school operated by the Powhatan Manufacturing Company (Baltimore Co.); and people and landscapes connected with the Piedmont Manganese and Iron Co. (Nelson Co., Va.).
The photographs remain in the album.
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Druid Hill Park, 1887. 7 items.
Collie Shepherd Dog of Mr. Lewis, with portrait of two children, 1887. 3 items. Dup/copy neg Z24.1796.
Cloverdale, residence of Walter B. Brooks, 1887. 2 items.
Linden Ave. street scenes (corner McMechen), with people including children, n.d. 2 items. Dup/copy negs Z24.228, and Z24.229.
Horse-drawn street car, n.d. 1 item. Dup/copy neg Z24.230.
Interior views of 1515 Linden Ave., n.d. and 1886. 4 items. Includes Christmas tree with toys and parlor. Dup/copy neg Z24.1799, Z24.1876, and Z24.1877.
Eutaw Place street scenes, with people including children, 1887. 2 items.
Altamont Hotel (Eutaw Pl.) with people including children, n.d. and 1887. 2 items. Dup/copy neg Z24.227.
Piedmont Manganese and Iron Company (Nelson Co., Va.), 1887. 13 items. Includes workers, machinery, landscapes, ruins of Cabell Mine.
Day School of the Powhatan Manufacturing Co. (Baltimore Co.), group portrait of children, n.d. 1 item.
Interior views of dry goods warehouses, one at Hopkins Place, n.d. 2 items.


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Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd: First Thoughts
The Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd is not a particularly fast camera in most ways. It doesn't take consistently great images, and sometimes struggles to capture even acceptable ones. It doesn't offer a long zoom, or optical image stabilization, or a flawless face recognition system, and when reviewing the 7.2 megapixel, 3x zoom Z10fd on paper it's easy be cynical about how much this package will succeed.
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And then you spend an afternoon playing with it, and in spite of its few distinguishing features, the fact that the Z10fd is an unquestionably fun, pleasantly simple camera that may be better than it first seems becomes apparent.
Available in seven mostly outlandish colors – including the very green hue of our test unit – the Z10fd can't rival several of the more expensive ultra-thin compacts on the market in terms of build quality: beyond its sculpted appearance, the all-plastic FinePix has a blatant cheapness that is hard to ignore. It's equally hard to be indifferent toward the almost retro look of the Z's chrome end-caps and loud metallic paint choices: either you think highlighter orange is an appropriate and desirable color for a camera or you don't. Moreover, the compact, colorful body, clean-lined styling, and sliding lens cover may scream "knock off" a bit too loudly, suggesting the Z10fd as some kind of poor man's Sony T20. But while the Z10fd lacks the cachet (and also, in fairness to its rival, the solid construction and loads of features) of the Sony, in some ways it gives the T20 a run for its money at half the price.
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After testing compact after compact that all seem intent on bamboozling me with multi-layered menu systems for simple adjustments and scene presets for every conceivable shooting situation (plus 15 more), the transparent and logical two-pad arrangement of buttons and options on the Z10fd is a relief. The single menu is logical, and most common features (flash, macro, face recognition mode) can be accessed and adjusted via the d-pad quick keys. I do wish the buttons were a little bigger, and felt a little nicer under finger – the wide/tele toggle is unacceptably difficult to use with one hand – but for people who really are interested in pointing and shooting, the interface couldn't be much better.
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The Z10fd's heavily hyped IR image transfer technology seems, at first evaluation, to be too limited in its protocol to be truly useful, but if it's a bit gimmicky at least it's not intrusively so.
Initial thoughts on camera performance are surprisingly positive as well, but not without some serious concerns. Default auto mode (there are very few manual overrides and no true manual mode here) seems to handle most shooting situations without fuss, if the results aren't always the best. When pre-focused, shutter lag is almost nonexistent with this camera: though I haven't confirmed this yet, I'm betting timing here is among the fastest point-and-shoots we've tested. Flash shots show good exposure and recycle times aren't bad, but auto white balance (there's no flash preset) doesn't know how to handle them, resulting in shifted hues at least as bad as those from poorly developed flash photos taken with a film camera.
A quick glance over some test shots suggests that image quality is about on par with the rest of the ultra-compact field: noisy (none of Fuji's famous Super CCD technology filters down to the Z10fd), and a little soft all around, but more than adequate in most respects. The forthcoming full review will take a more thorough look at our standard image evaluation parameters to see how the Z10fd stacks up, but it looks like the FinePix, which weighs next to nothing and delivers excellent usability, may turn out to be a decent choice for casual shooters looking for a stylish, portable snapshot camera – especially given its attractive price.


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Two people were killed in fatal accidents in Brooklyn early today, including a 17-year-old girl, police said.
The driver in the first accident lost control of a Mercedes about 5:40 a.m. in South Park Slope on the eastbound Prospect Expressway, flipping over after hitting a concrete median at the ramp to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, cops said.
EMS found Shi Ying Wu, 17, in the backseat with severe trauma to the body, and she was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The four other passengers were brought to area hospitals and treated for minor injuries. No initial criminality is suspected, cops said.
In Sheepshead Bay, a 23-year-old driving a BMW plowed into the back a truck as its driver was getting in shortly before 6 a.m., cops said. The 23-year-old driver was taken to Lutheran Hospital, where he died. His 25-year-old passenger also suffered minor injuries. The truck driver refused medical attention, authorities said.


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All-new, smoother, more comfortable, more convenient.
Sport Utility Vehicles
Editor: Michelle Krebs
$30,555 Base Price MSRP
$46,290 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: XLT 2WD ($30,555); XLT 4WD ($33,425); Eddie Bauer 2WD ($37,050); Eddie Bauer 4WD ($41,195)
Standard Engine: 5.4-liter dohc 32-valve V8
Engine Options: 232-hp 4.6-liter sohc V8; 260-hp 5.4-liter sohc V8
Standard Transmission: 4-speed automatic
Transmission Options: 4-speed automatic
Basic Warranty: 3 years/36,000 miles
Assembled In: Wayne, Michigan
Model Tested MSRP: Eddie Bauer 4X4 ($41,195)
Standard Equipment: Eddie Bauer adds front captain's chairs with two tone-leather and 6-way driver power, automatic climate control with rear A/C, a premium sound system, Arizona Beige lower body side cladding, floor console, overhead console, 11 cup holders, fog lights, privacy glass with power flip-open rear windows, satin nickel grille, Homelink, electrochromic mirror, power outside heated mirrors with memory, security approach lamps and integrated turn signals, power adjustable pedals with memory, power driver's seat with memory, reverse sensing system, black non-illuminated running boards
Options As Tested: 5.4-liter V8 engine ($695); Safety Canopy ($580); AdvanceTrac ($795); power folding third-row seat ($455); rear-seat DVD entertainment system ($1,205); climate-controlled seats ($625)
Standard Safety Equipment: dual-stage front airbags with crash severity sensors, safety belt pretensioners and load-limited retractors, 4-wheel anti-lock brakes, electronic brake assist, 3-point seatbelts for all seats, Beltminder safety belt reminder system, universal child safety seat latches
Optional Safety Equipment: Safety Canopy side air curtain airbag system, AdvanceTrac electronic stability enhancement system, tire pressure monitoring system, sonar park assist for rear obstacle detectionDestination Charge: $740
When I last drove the Expedition, it was for a long comparison test with one of its prime competitors. Not an hour out of town, the Expedition pulled off the flat, straight highway. My fatigued co-tester was eager to trade vehicles with me. Indeed, keeping the giant sport utility, with its darty steering, sloppy suspension and rough ride, on the straight and narrow was tough duty. We made frequent driver swaps during the remainder of the five-hour journey, and, needless to say, the Expedition didn't win the bake-off.
Were we to travel in the new Expedition on same route, the results would be dramatically different. A driver could comfortably stay behind the wheel for the entire trip without fatigue, and the Expedition would have a great shot at beating competitors in a comparison test. That's how much better the 2003 model is over its predecessor. Ride and handling are greatly improved, the steering is more responsive and more stable on the open road.
New features for the 2003 Expedition include a power third-row seat that disappears with the press of a button, leaving a large, perfectly flat cargo area. The interior is all new. A small center seat on the second row slides forward to give front-seat parents access to a small child. Safety is enhanced with a lower front bumper, an optional safety curtain designed to protect occupants in a rollover, adjustable pedals, a tire-pressure monitor, and advanced electronics designed to help the driver maintain control.
The Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator full-size sport utilities were originally introduced as 1997 models for people who needed three rows of seats like a minivan but wanted to trade the soccer-mom image for the rugged, outdoorsy appearance of an SUV. At that time, few competitors existed, primarily the Chevrolet Suburban and other full-size utilities from General Motors. Toyota has since added the Sequoia, and GM has launched additional iterations of its full-size and almost full-size sport utilities.
A choice of engines is offered in the Expedition: the standard 4.6-liter V8 rated at 232 horsepower and the 5.4-liter V8 that produces 291 horsepower. Both are paired with the same four-speed automatic transmission.
Two trim levels are available: XLT and Eddie Bauer. The XLT is equipped well.
Eddie Bauer adds front captain's chairs with two tone-leather and 6-way driver power, automatic climate control with rear A/C, a premium sound system, Arizona Beige lower body side cladding, floor console, overhead console, 11 cup holders, fog lights, privacy glass with power flip-open rear windows, satin nickel grille, Homelink, electrochromic mirror, power outside heated mirrors with memory, security approach lamps and integrated turn signals, power adjustable pedals with memory, power driver's seat with memory, reverse sensing system, black non-illuminated running boards.
Expedition prices run a wide range: XLT 2WD ($30,555); XLT 4WD ($33,425); Eddie Bauer 2WD ($37,050); Eddie Bauer 4WD ($41,195). Numerous packages are available for the XLT. A fully loaded Eddie Bauer edition goes for nearly $45,000.
An FX4 off-road package ($4,185) is available on XLT models that features distinctive exterior cues that give it a more rugged appearance, including tubular steel running boards, foglamps, an FX4 badge on the liftgate. Unique 17-inch chromed steel wheels and all-terrain tires complement special shocks tuned for off-road performance.
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In spite of all the changes underneath, there is little to visually distinguish the new 2003 Ford Expedition over the 2002 model. A new Expedition owner may be unhappy when the neighbors don't notice they've traded the old one in for the new model. Then again, maybe not. Auto companies have found it doesn't always pay to mess with winning formulas.
With roughly the same overall dimensions as before, the new Expedition looks bigger and bolder than its predecessor. The track has been widened nearly two inches to give it a well-planted stance. The hood is raised four inches for a more towering presence. The standard wheels increased to 17 inches for a bolder look. The roof height is lower. Bumpers are integrated more smoothly into the overall design. Door handles are the full-grip variety, making them easier to grab for occupants, whether left- or right-handed, gloved or not gloved.
Climb aboard, and we do mean climb as this is one tall vehicle, and you'll immediately notice the differences over the previous-generation model. Previously, the Expedition's interior was virtually identical to the Lincoln Navigator and the Ford F-150 pickup trucks upon which they are based. In this new generation, however, distinctions have been made. The Navigator is far fancier than the Expedition, which, while quite refined, has a more outdoorsy, everyday workhorse ambiance.
The Ford Expedition's interior is dressed up with a metallic satin finish on such items as the rings that surround the vents and door handles. Shapes are round, and controls are hefty for an easy grip.
Storage space is generous. The roomy pockets in all four doors have space for a 20-ounce water bottle. The front center console available in some versions of the Expedition can fit a small laptop computer. The console has a slot to hold pens and a Palm Pilot or other PDAs. The lighter colors used for the upholstery give it a lighter, more car-like air.
The interior features a number of clever and useful innovations, some of them industry firsts. The Expedition, along with the Navigator, offers the industry's first power-operated third-row seat that folds flat. The third-row seat splits 60-40. Push a button on the wall of the cargo area, and one side powers down. Hold down the other button, and the other side powers down. The Honda Odyssey minivan introduced the fold-flat third-row seat, which is accomplished simply in a non high-tech fashion by pulling a couple of straps. The power-down buttons are more convenient. The disappearing third row is handy when you don't know what you will be doing or how many people you'll be carrying from one minute to the next, as there is no need to store the seat in the garage. Indeed, it is a beautiful piece of engineering to watch as the seat folds down and the flaps to cover the gap between the cargo floor and hinged seats gracefully flop into place. We experienced only one hitch on our Expedition, which was a prototype built before actual production began. One side did not power up without a hand because the headrest didn't retract fully, creating too snug a fit against the second row seatback. We assume this has been addressed in production.
When folded down, the cargo floor is perfectly flat, in contrast to some Expedition competitors who say the floor folds flat but actually slant. The flat floor combined with the flaps that cover the gap where the seats hinge make it easy to slide objects in and out. Another nice feature is the window in the liftgate that pops open so you can lift groceries out without having them tumble out of the vehicle and down a sloped driveway.
On our test drive, the Expedition's power third-row seat got a tough work out. It proved invaluable during a variety of typical weekend chores. We changed the Expedition repeatedly from a people hauler to a cargo hauler and back again with just a simple push of the button. First, we loaded it with a day bed and other furniture for delivery to our summer cottage. After dumping that off, a pack of teenagers piled in to go to a punk rock concert. The third row is comfortable enough for a couple of full-size adults. The next day we picked up a high-backed wicker chair from the furniture store.
The second row features a clever feature Ford claims is another industry first. The bench seat splits roughly into thirds. The middle section moves forward by about 11 inches, almost abutting it to the back of the front center console. That gives front-seat parents access to a small child or a child in a safety seat. The small center seatback can also be folded down and used as a work surface. The two outboard second-row seats fold easily forward for access to the third-row seat.
The Expedition can be outfitted with enough safety equipment to create a cocoon inside in case of an accident. Dual-stage front airbags are standard. An optional side
Driving Impressions
It is what you can't see that truly makes the difference in the new Ford Expedition. The Expedition is now outfitted with an independent rear suspension. The suspension, combined with a stiffer chassis, gives the Expedition dramatically improved ride and handling. It makes the Expedition feel far smaller than the large vehicle it is.
Ford introduced a similar independent suspension on the 2002 Explorer, but it's more common to cars than trucks. The efficient packaging of the independent rear suspension made it possible for Ford engineers to accomplish a fold-flat third-row seat.
Yet, the Expedition doesn't sacrifice its truck-like capabilities. It still carries heavy loads and tows trailers and boats with the best of them.
Another major mechanical improvement to the Expedition was the switch to the more car-like rack-and-pinion steering system. The change significantly improves steering response. On our ski trip with the previous Expedition, the driver constantly had to adjust the steering wheel to keep the Expedition in a straight line even on flat highway surfaces. The new Expedition requires only small inputs to the steering wheel, to which it answers immediately.
The all-new 2003 Ford Expedition sacrifices none of its large truck-like capabilities but adds more car-like ride and handling along with some very convenient and clever features. A rigid new chassis and a new independent rear suspension dramatically improve ride and handling. A sophisticated four-wheel-drive system was developed to help the Expedition tackle all types of surfaces. New safety technogies are available, including the electronic stability program, Brake Assist, and Safety Canopy side air curtain. The disappearing third row is well engineered. The second row offers great flexibility with three independently moving seats. And all rows fold down for a flat load floor. Overall, the 2003 Expedition is greatly improved, yet the concept hasn't changed.
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beyond14 said:will u stop or still hit it
in the real casino , i think most people must stop it
if u hit , they must say u crazy
do u think u should still hit when u got
2 2 2 2 3 3 3
if u hit one six and got burst
and finally the dealer become not burst due to your six , all ones must blame on u
Ray said:Furthermore, try this on for size: You're sitting at a full table with other
players as so: To your left is a B/S player and at 3rd we have a CC...
ZMan said:
...BUT, let's say you have a 16 total (against a dealers 2 thru 6)
And, let's say its a 2, 3, 2, 3, 6 or 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2
BS would clearly state this is a HIT.
Tell them to scoot on over to the gift shop and buy a clue. In this case, clues come in the form of strategy cards. Of course, the most hardcore of blackjacks idiots will maintain that the cards cannot possible be correct. Surely the casino wouldn't see something that would help the player win.beyond14 said:I agree that we shouldnt go on weeken sunday or any holiday peak hours
i win 3500 US in week days last weak than finally i go on satuaday where all the table are nearly full , finally i lost 1400 us on that day :?
i found all the players are not using our stragey , they always stand at 12-16 even the dealer got 7-A
also they will blame on you when u still hitting at 14-16 while finally the dealer not burst card ,
ZMan said:[quote=ZMan]
...BUT, let's say you have a 16 total (against a dealers 2 thru 6)
And, let's say its a 2, 3, 2, 3, 6 or 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2
BS would clearly state this is a HIT.
Ray said:beyond14- Just by looking at the cards that are in play you can improve
your chances quite a bit:
Here are some plays that include 16 vs 10 as well as 6 others:
12 vs 4 ...as many small cards as 10's......Hit
13 vs 2 ....5 more 10's as small................Hit
16 vs 10...equal/or greater number of 10's vs small............. Stand
9 vs 2 ....5 more small than 10's ...........Double
A7 vs 2 ....5 more small than 10's ...........Double
A8 vs 6 ....5 more small than 10's ...........Double
11 vs A ....6 more small than 10's ...........Double
You need to play 3rd base so as to view as many cards as possible.
The recommendations that SSR gave you learn to count or just play
basic strategy is just plain wrong
All of the above are B/S variations. Notice that four are doubles and we
all know if you are to have a winning session, you need to get and make
a few extra doubles............................
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Monday, October 09, 2006
The Incredible Journey
I'm thankful I was fortunate enough to not be born into poverty. That, in childhood, I was never stricken by terrible ailments like tuberculosis or heart trouble. I'm thankful I didn't have to quit school as a child to work day and night to support my mother and siblings. I try to imagine being married and having a child by age sixteen, and working like mad to support them as well, all the while wishing I had the time and money to go to art school and fulfill my dream to become an artist.
This is what the life of young Albert Dorne was like. "When I was 5 years old [I] made a big decision," wrote Albert Dorne about his life, "I was going to become an artist and make a lot of money."
This week, a look at the incredible life and art of Albert Dorne.
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Hey Leif,ReplyDelete
Enjoyed your comments of thanks. Happy Thanksgiving!
I look forward to this week if this first image is any indication. I love that lots is going on. Amazing...
This fellow is like the Sergio Aragones of illustration IMHO.
Thanks, thelittleman! One thing Albert Dorne was never shy of was a crowd scene - in fact, I would say he is known for his complex compositions involving many people, each one individual in expression and body language, all working cohesively to create a unified image. Just one aspect of this incredibly accomplished illustrator.ReplyDelete
Gotta love those hands! I'm reminded of an earlier post on Illustration Art.ReplyDelete
These illustrators are a constant inspiration. Please keep it up!
Right you are, colin! It was David's other recent post on Dorne that got me thinking it was time to look once again at this master of 20th century illustration.ReplyDelete


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GTC 2013 Do you have employees who habitually bust up perfectly good tech? These are the people who have a different problem every other week, and they always say, "I don't know what happened, it just suddenly stopped working. It's just so weird..." Then they show you a desktop with a motherboard swimming in Coke Classic or a notebook that looks like it took a 10-minute ride in a Home Depot paint-shaker.
To solve this problem once and for all, take a page from Hunter S Thompson who famously said, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Turning pro in this case means turning to the folks from General Electric who build ruggedised systems that are tank-tough. Literally. These are the systems that go into tanks and other extremely hostile environments (like Dulles International Airport during a big snow delay).
But what does ruggedised mean in the real world? The guys at GE's booth at GTC 2013 explained it all to me on this video.
First, it has to perform. These systems have to manage a vehicle and communications as well as process visual feeds from a variety of sources. The GE systems at the show were based on Intel Sandy Bridge processors and had a ruggedised implementation of NVIDIA's Kepler GPU processor to help handle the load. Just add some memory and an SSD, then wrap it all up in a small (but deceptively heavy) finned metal enclosure and you're ready to go.
So what makes it ruggedised? The ability to withstand shock is key. The GE box in the video can take up to 40g of force without breaking. For reference, a Bugatti Veyron will pull 1.55g max when accelerating from 0-100km/h. Rollercoasters generate about 3.5g, with the hairiest rides topping out just over 6g. Humans black out or grey out at around 9g if they're wearing a g-suit. Crashing your car into a brick building at 30mph (48 km/h) would generate 30g. So the ability to take 40g of force is considerable.
These units also have to be impervious to heat and cold. Tanks and things like that tend to get a lot of outside use, so the PCs that run their electronics need to be able to handle extreme temperatures. The system in the video can function in temps as low as -40°C or as high as 85°C.
My idle question, "So what is -40°C in Fahrenheit?" generated a funny debate. Dustin Franklin, GPGPU specialist at GE, said that -40°C is the same as -40°F, which I immediately figured was too simple to be true. In the video, you can see us debating this question and how to solve it. Eventually, we went to an indisputable source and found the "one true answer", but I'm not going to give it away here. ®


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Mixing It Up
With the profusion of plants available these days, a walk through the nursery or even just flipping through the stack of trade publications on your desk can make your head spin. This huge selection is both a blessing and a curse. I joke with my colleagues about sometimes having "option paralysis" when I am designing: so many plants to choose from that I'm overwhelmed and fall back on my old standbys. In the end, I feel like I'm in a rut and fear my designs reflect it. That's why its essential to make good plant selections and revitalize your landscape projects as a result.
Many times plants are selected based on the function they will serve in the landscape. Examples might include a low hedge to direct foot or vehicular traffic, to screen an undesirable view or to accentuate a building entrance. With this function in mind, you should base plant selection on the environmental requirements and the aesthetic qualities of the plant. And because a healthy landscape is a growing and ever-changing entity, you also have to consider the maintenance it will need after installation.
Environmental requirements for a plant include a its low- and high-temperature tolerances as well as light, soil and moisture needs. You should meet these requirements first because matching a plant to the environmental conditions of the site is vital to its success. Keep in mind that every plant tolerates a range of conditions for each of these environmental factors. Sometimes you can create a microclimate to modify the environment around a plant. One example would be to make an area warmer or less windy, which might allow you to grow a species that tends to be marginally hardy in your zone.
The aesthetic qualities of a plant are what make it unique. I tend to characterize these qualities under a few broad categories including form, texture, color, flowering and fruiting habit, and mature size.
Plant form is described as the outline of the plant as a result of its three-dimensional mass. Tree and shrub forms make up the "bones" of the landscape and they create the background for the rest of the design. It is these bones that create the silhouettes against the gray winter sky and provide interest in the landscape once the flowers have faded, herbaceous perennials have died back and deciduous leaves have dropped. Some common plant forms include rounded (Anthony Waterer Spirea; Spiraea x bumalda 'Anthony Waterer'), oval (Greenspire Linden; Tilia cordata 'Greenspire'), columnar (Columnar European Hornbeam; Carpinus betulus 'Columnaris') and pyramidal (Emerald Arbrorvitae; Thuja occidentalis 'Emerald').
Landscapes with a variety of plant forms are attractive, but too much variety in a small space can be chaotic. Depending on the size of the landscape, select a few forms and repeat them throughout to achieve some continuity. It doesn't have to be the same plant, just the same form. The rounded forms of the small shrub Anthony Waterer Spirea; the large shrub European cranberry viburnum (Viburnum opulus 'Roseum') and the Eastern redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) all work well together and provide form repetition in the landscape. Be sure to select a plant based on its natural form, not the form achieved by constantly pruning it.
Texture is the visual relationship of the foliage and twig size to the remainder of the plant. Just because a plant is large, doesn't mean it has a coarse texture. For example, a white pine (Pinus strobus) can be 50 feet tall and 40 feet wide, but it has a fine texture because the needles are narrow and flexible and the branching habit tends to be slender. In contrast, a bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) is 6 feet tall and wide at maturity, and is considered coarse textured because of the large leaves and flowers in relation to the overall size of the plant. A majority of ornamental plants fall into the medium texture category. Just as with form, it is important to incorporate a variety of textures in the landscape, but don't over do it or the result may be a little visual chaos.
My eye is always drawn to a colorful landscape. Color is an important factor to consider, but because it tends to be temporary due to bloom time and fall color persistence, it shouldn't be the only thing. Select flowering plants based on when they will provide color and for how long, as well as the actual color. By carefully selecting trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals, you can overcome that temporary color impact and have color in the landscape almost year round.
You can group flower colors as those with warm tones (orange, red, yellow) or cool tones (green, blue, purple). Selecting plants with the same tone creates a harmonious planting combination. For a sunny spot, a warm tone combination that will provide color throughout the spring and summer could be forsythia, corydalis (Corydalis lutea), annual marigolds and salvias, nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus), Red and Gold sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale 'Red and Gold') and chrysanthemums. A cool tone combination for shade might include pig squeak, (Bergenia spp.), columbines (Aquilegia spp.), hostas (Hosta spp.), coral bells (Heuchera spp.) and violets (Viola spp.).
One of the great things about using color is that by changing out just a few existing perennials or adding in a new annual color bed, the landscape can take on a whole new look. Do some armchair color gardening online, at the bookstore or in the library. Gardening books and magazines are a great source of new ideas. They are loaded with pictures of inspiring gardens and planting combinations. And because the magazines are timely, you'll probably find information on the hottest trends. If you still aren't sure about some of these color combinations, talk to a particularly adventurous client to see if they are up for a small-scale planting trial on their site. Or, if the plants are small enough, pot up a few containers to see how they look together and evaluate how well they bloom.
Although flowers are eye-catching, don't over look plants with colorful bark, fall color or fruit. Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborescens) is one of my favorite "four-season" plants. It has showy white flowers in spring, beautiful blue-green leaves in summer that change to a striking yellow-orange in the fall, small dark-blue fruit in late summer and silky-smooth gray bark all year long. In addition, its multi-trunk branching habit gives it an interesting form all year long, and the medium texture makes it a complement to other ornamental plants.
One of my favorite groups of plants are the Viburnums. Not only do most of the species have good form, interesting texture and attractive yellowish fall color, they also provide a variety of flowering times. Many are deciduous but some are evergreen or semi-evergreen. Granted, not all of the species are hardy in the coldest of zones but there are still plenty of species and a number of cultivars to choose from. Some of my favorites include: Blue Muffin viburnum (Viburnum dentatum 'Christom'), Onondaga viburnum (Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga'), Lantanaphyllum viburnum (Viburnum x rhytidophylloides), Doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum 'Mariesii'), Alfredo American cranberry viburnum (Viburnum trilobum 'Alfredo') and Spring Bouquet viburnum (Viburnum tinus 'Spring Bouquet').
Flower and Fruiting Habit
Selecting plants with varied bloom times creates a landscape that blooms for the entire growing season. After the flowers are gone, many trees and shrubs will set fruit. Sometimes this can be a benefit because the fruit will attract wildlife to the landscape, but other times the fruit may be a nuisance. In this case, limit the number of fruiting species and, if possible, locate them in the landscape where they will not create a litter, maintenance, or pest problems.
Mature Size
Healthy plants grow. As such, the mature size of the plant must be considered in light of where it will be sited in the landscape. A common mistake is to select plants that soon become too large for their location. Regular and drastic pruning shouldn't be required to keep a plant in bounds.
Without regular maintenance, even the best-designed landscape can become self-defeating. Be sure that maintenance requirements are factored into your landscape plan. Some plants, particularly deciduous trees and shrubs, require more pruning and fertilizing when they are young and less as they mature. Needled evergreens are relatively maintenance-free regardless of age. Herbaceous perennials and annuals, on the other hand, tend to have a seasonality associated with their maintenance. Many perennials need to be pruned to the ground in the spring and some may need to have the crown protected with mulch in the fall. Once planted in the spring, annuals benefit from regular and frequent fertilizing throughout the summer and some need frequent dead-heading in order to continue blooming. Even though these annuals need a little extra time and attention, their striking appearance is worth the effort.
Although plant selection can become a repetitive, mind-numbing chore, I contend that it can also be perhaps the most rewarding and interesting part of creating a beautiful and functional landscape. If your plant knowledge is limited, or even if you just need some new inspiration, a number of reference books are available to help you make well-informed decisions. For me, the goal is not only to get the right plant in the right place, but also to use a variety of plants to diversify my landscape plantings. Try something new next time you need to select plants for a project. Don't give in to "option paralysis." Give the old standbys a rest.
Ann Marie VanDerZanden, Ph. D., is an associate professor of horticulture at Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa).
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Re: st: use13 : an experimental Stata command to import datasets in new Stata 13 format into older versions of Stata
Robert Picard <email@example.com>
Re: st: use13 : an experimental Stata command to import datasets in new Stata 13 format into older versions of Stata
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:09:05 -0400
The -saveold- command of Stata 13 returns an error if the data
contains a long string:
. clear
. set obs 2
obs was 0, now 2
. gen s = "x" * 5000
. saveold test.dta
data cannot be saved in old format
Data contain strL or str#, #>244, and prior releases of Stata
would not know how to process these variables. Either drop the
variables or use recast with the force option to change them to str244.
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Sergiy Radyakin <email@example.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
>> I have no access to Stata 13, but there is precisely no point to
>> -saveold- if Stata 12 is presented with data features it can not
>> handle. So, at best long string variables will get truncated at 244
>> characters. That's my guess.
> The idea is to be creative and make the content accessible in Stata 12. There
> are several strategies: splitting long variables into chunks,
> (resume-->resume_1, resume_2, resume_3....)
> each no longer than 244, or dumping the long variables into a text file,
> from which the users can pull the strings using alternative methods, etc.
> The simplest approach is to truncate the data, but it is not
> necessarily the best.
> But the bulk of the users are not going to use the new features of Stata 13
> right away. Just as many of the datasets that are shipped with Stata 12 can
> be resaved for Stata 9 without any losses. Consider auto.dta for example.
> Secondly, since the features of Stata 13 were kept out of public view, noone
> was planning for them in advance, and having the possibility of long strings
> would not change the questionnaires being designed this month, and the data
> collected using them in the next half a year.
> The feature that lacks in Stata is really: savemin (imaginary name), which would
> examine the file and save it in the lowest possible version that would not incur
> losses (that is really a job for save, but let's not get into that).
> With that, many
> datasets will end up somewhere in the v4-v7 range (imho).
> Another strategy could have been dual compatibility: SPSS v7 can read SPSS
> v11 datasets. It does not understand everything, but the core of data
> can be read,
> and decoration is often (not always, but often) not essential.
>> I hope you don't get troubled by users who imagine that you have found
>> a cheap way for them to upgrade without paying!
> Nothing in the announcement implies that. It is not an upgrade for Stata 12 that
> delivers features of Stata 13. It is a way to read data from Stata 13 subject to
> a) limitations of the existing Stata versions and b) my own goals and
> time/effort
> constraints. Not sure whether the same argument applies to e.g. StatTransfer,
> which is doing a similar conversion, though having had more time for
> implementation (and [hypothetically] more insider information).
> Best, Sergiy
>> Nick
>> email@example.com
>> On 19 June 2013 18:05, Sergiy Radyakin <email@example.com> wrote:
>>> And just as long they continue to "forget" doing this.
>>> Also, I am not sure what is the behavior of -saveold- in Stata 13.
>>> What does it do with the long strings? The documentation is only
>>> saying "saves the dataset currently in memory on disk ... in Stata 12
>>> format". How is conversion done?
>>> Sergiy.
>>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>> Note that getting your colleagues using Stata 13 to use -saveold- to
>>>> save their datasets is the age-old solution to this.
>>>> Nick
>>>> email@example.com
>>>> On 19 June 2013 17:54, Sergiy Radyakin <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> -use13- is an experimental Stata command to import datasets in new
>>>>> Stata 13 format into older versions of Stata
>>>>> The dataset format has changed in the new version of Stata to be
>>>>> released on June 24, 2013 to accommodate new features.
>>>>> The command will help users who can't upgrade immediately, but need to
>>>>> load the data produced by Stata 13 (e.g. by their colleagues who have
>>>>> upgraded) during the transition period.
>>>>> The use, limitations, and installation instructions are described here:
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Las Vegas police are investigating allegations of battery and theft against R&B singer Chris Brown.
According to police, a confrontation ensued in a room at the Palms Casino Resort when a woman tried to take a cellphone picture of Brown, 26, around 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Authorities said the woman suffered minor injuries, apparently "as a result of battery." Brown allegedly took the woman's cellphone as the singer's private security escorted her out.
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Police said hotel security became involved when the argument spilled into the hallway. The woman was led off the property but returned shortly after to report what had happened.
Detectives tried to contact Brown but were not allowed into his room and learned he had left the hotel before they arrived, according to police.
Brown's attorney and publicist did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
Police said Saturday evening they had not been able to reach Brown, who is considered a suspect in a misdemeanor battery and theft. He has not been arrested.
Brown was freed from felony probation last year, more than six years after he attacked then-girlfriend Rihanna. The singer pleaded guilty to felony assault in that case.


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So you're coding a partial and you want to know which template has pulled it in. The magic word is "@first_render", which will give you something like "homepage/admin" for the homepage/admin.rhtml template. Trivial, I know, but I couldn't find any mention of it after much googling, so I decided to output self.inspect and was pleased to find that property. I have no idea how reliable it is, if it will survive to Rails 1.2 and beyond, etc, etc, caveat, disclaimer, etc. I do think developers could benefit if Rails explicitly supported the property … just like knowing who called a function, there are always good reasons to do it, and the Ruby philosophy is to give developers the power to choose what's good for them.
I'm using the property in a tabbed navigation partial, to determine which is the current page. A classic example of where the temlpate property is useful, since the property is used in a generic way, not as part of some complex "if" loop (viz "if template is leftColumn, make the background pink" etc.)
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Snap o' the day: Hillsdale Connector emerges... a little
A new street off Hydraulic Road between Kmart/Gold's Gym and the under-construction Whole Foods market serves as the first new stretch of a road that has until now existed only on paper: the Hillsdale Connector. The Connector is planned to run right through the site of the Regal Seminole Square, the rear of which is the white structure behind the "road closed" sign in this photo.
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there are plans to rebuild the theatre anyway. get it gone! it smells like feet!
Who in the world approved this road leading to nowhere when it runs into the theater and also through a shopping center. This is not good planning.
Oh boy! More traffic lights to jam the traffic to an absolute standstill and another curve to nowhere.
I remember when it was possible to actually drive here. That was before twenty years of "Traffic Improvements"--and a huge stack of tax spending.
Standard doofuss decision-making by the local government.
The theater can be moved. The shopping center beyond it suffers from a lack of customers. The Hillsdale extension will improve access to the shopping center (and the post office?) and reduce congestion on 29. I think this is not just good planning but is excellent planning.
You can leave the kids at the drive-in theatre while you shop at Kmart or Holy foods. Hmmm. Maybe not...
I drove just this afternoon. Now that's just one man/woman's experience, so I can hardly say it's the final word on the matter, but still, I'm pretty sure it was generally possible to drive here as of Wednesday September 1.


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Wyoming plans to be the first state to fully adopt Internet Protocol version 6 by 2015, and is laying the foundation for educational and economic growth.
As state officials set Wyoming's IT strategy for the coming years, the state is poised to become the first in the nation to have fully adopted Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) by 2015 -- which is just a part of Wyoming's plan to become a state that promotes education, innovation and economic growth, says state CIO Flint Waters.
"It represents us giving the opportunity to move into the next generation," he said, "and gives granular control down to the school district so they'll be able to engage with bring-your-own-device or whatever they want to bring in. It positions us well so our infrastructure is up-to-date, ahead-of-date adequately."
IPv6 is the replacement for IPv4, which allows for 4.3 billion IP addresses -- that will eventually run out. It's been known for years that a transition to a new protocol would someday be necessary, and according to World IPv6 Launch, IPv6 adoption is now doubling each year.
"We recognize that the IPv4 pool has lost its way," Waters said. "It's gone, and if we're going to roll out this connectivity and build this internal economy for the state, we want to make sure we build it on the appropriate infrastructure so it will scale as needed."
The fact that Wyoming is planning for this change is representative of the state's broader goal of harnessing progressive IT and transforming the state.
"I needed innovative design, long-term sustainability, and the ability to handle the education environment plus all the state offices," he said.
After failing to find a vendor that would have met all of the state's needs, the state changed its strategy -- instead, Waters said, it would use all the vendors.
In September 2012, the state decided it would manage its own system, negotiating contracts with nearly every independent service provider in the state, Waters said.
Before adopting this new plan, however, the state considered copying the University of Wyoming's model, which included a $38 million data center and IT campus. But controlling a central single-point-of-failure didn't meet their needs either. "I would really rather invest in cloud design and broadband capacity that is diverse," Waters said.
The new model for infrastructure development allows the state to accept bids from any vendor it chooses for a given part of the buildout, saving the state money, Waters said. It's also good for vendors, he said, because it broadens their potential customer base -- instead of just having access to home Internet users as customers, they also can tap schools and government offices. This will allow service providers to more easily justify fiber buildouts and meet return on investment goals, leading to more Internet connectivity for the entire state.
"We ended up with a three ring design, and we will lease layer two from our providers," Waters said. "We're not putting glass in the ground."
Instead, he said, the state will foster an economic model that encourages competition -- and will eventually lead to higher capacity for citizens, schools and government. "The governor," he said, "has committed to the notion that this technology facilitates enhancements in quality of life."
In addition to the economic model the state's plan creates, Waters said, there's also an opportunity to offer more and better services to individuals and organizations.
"We want to allow data centers within the state of Wyoming to connect directly to this network and provide services to our backbone without having to consume our Internet connectivity," he said, adding that this new buildout will allow that to happen, and data centers can house services like database or cloud offerings.
Schools play a central role in the state's overall strategy, Waters said, and this IT buildout is a big part of that plan. The first phase of the state's IT buildout will begin in July, which he said will increase Internet capacity to schools by about 700 percent on a per capita basis. In December, he added, the state will negotiate for funding for the second phase of the buildout, which will begin July 2014. By 2015, the infrastructure construction will be complete, with full data center connectivity and network access to the schools that choose to adopt IPv6.
"One of the governor's key initiatives was providing an educational environment where the brilliance of the Wyoming student doesn't have to leave Wyoming to continue to grow," Waters said. "So often in the past, our kids have gone to the university, they get their degree, but they can't operate as a software engineer effectively from Buffalo, Wyo., because the infrastructure wasn't in place to accommodate it. We are a very geographically disparate location in the state and have to find ways to shorten our roads. We have to be able to do that to be competitive."
Education, economy and technology are all intimately connected, he said, and the state likes to model its ideals after those of Google.
"We very much adopt that moon-shot thinking that Google advocates," Waters said. "If you don't ask the impossible of yourself, you'll never make it."
And the state already has a good start on its efforts to be an over-achiever, he said, pointing to a complete IT consolidation finished in 18 months, and a private cloud rolled out in 12 months.
Better connectivity, better education and an improved economy all go hand in hand, Waters said, noting that the state is trying to open up and enable digital mentoring programs where high school students can work with grad students at the university to invent the next big technology.
"Whatever solutions they develop in those data centers will be able to connect directly to our backbone to help foster the growth and the technical expertise to help foster the leaps in science and technology," he said. "It really is a cross-disciplinary effort to create the perfect eco-system."


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Lebanon launches major security operation
October 22, 2012
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese troops launched a major security operation on Monday to open all roads and force gunmen off the streets, trying to contain an outburst of violence set off by the assassination of a top intelligence official who was a powerful opponent of Syria. Sectarian clashes killed at least five people.
Opponents of Syria have blamed the regime in Damascus for the killing of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in a Beirut car bomb on Friday. With Lebanon already tense and deeply divided over the civil war next door, the assassination has threatened to drag the country back into the kind of sectarian strife that plagued it for decades — much of it linked to Syria.
"The nation is passing through a crucial and critical period and tension has risen in some areas to unprecedented levels," the army said in a statement. It urged politicians to be careful not to incite violence "because the fate of the nation is on the edge."
"Security is a red line," the statement said, adding that strict measures are being taken to "prevent Lebanon from being an arena for settling regional problems." Cracks of gunfire rang out in Beirut as soldiers and armored personnel carriers with heavy machine guns took up position on major thoroughfares and dismantled roadblocks. The state news agency reported sporadic gunfire in parts of Beirut and around the northern city of Tripoli.
Tripoli saw clashes between two neighborhoods that support opposite sides in Syria's conflict and have a decades-long history of shooting at each other. Four people were killed in the fighting between the Sunni neighborhood of Bab Tabbaneh and the adjacent Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen, which supports the Syrian regime.
Lebanon and Syria share similar sectarian divides that have fed tensions in both countries. Most of Lebanon's Sunnis have backed Syria's mainly Sunni rebels, while Lebanese Shiites tend to back President Bashar Assad who belongs to the minority Alawite sect — an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
Tripoli residents said scores of soldiers deployed around the city in an attempt to bring back calm. The military also set up checkpoints, searched cars and asked people for identity cards. Security officials also said one man was killed in the Wadi Zayneh area north of the southern city of Sidon. They said the clashes also wounded at least six people in Beirut and 11 in Tripoli. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Al-Hassan, the assassinated intelligence official, was a Sunni who challenged Syria and its powerful Lebanese ally, the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. Al-Hassan's killing has imperiled Lebanon's fragile political balance. Many politicians blamed Syria for the killing and angry protesters tried to storm the government palace after al-Hassan's funeral on Sunday, venting their rage at leaders they consider puppets of a murderous Syrian regime. But they were pushed back by troops who fired their guns in the air and filled the street with tear gas.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati, a Sunni, told As-Safir newspaper that when he took up his post last year, he intended to protect all Lebanese, particularly Sunnis. "I was convinced that through this mission, I am protecting my country, my people and especially fellow members of my sect," he said.
The prime minister of Lebanon is usually a Sunni according to a sectarian division of top posts in the state. Over the past year, pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies have come to dominate the government.
On Sunday night, a group of anti-Syrian protesters started an open-ended sit-in outside Mikati's house in his hometown of Tripoli. The protesters said they will only end the sit-in when Mikati resigns.
Ambassadors of Britain, the U.S., Russia, China and France and the U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon met President Michel Suleiman to express support for him. "The permanent members at the United Nations call upon all the parties in Lebanon to preserve stability," Derek Plumbly, the U.N. representative, told reporters in Arabic while surrounded by the five ambassadors. "We strongly condemn any attempt to shake Lebanon's stability."
Later in the day, Mikati met with Suleiman but did not make any statements afterward. An Associated Press photographer saw dozens of gunmen roaming the streets on Monday in Beirut's predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Tariq Jadideh, where fighting has taken place. Local Sunni leaders were calling the gunmen by telephone urging them to pull out of the streets.
In some roads around Tariq Jadideh, masked Sunni gunmen set up checkpoints, stopping cars and asking people about their destination and where they were coming from. A woman who lives in the neighborhood said the fighting began shortly after midnight and lasted until sunrise.
"We couldn't sleep because of the shooting. There were also some booms," she said, referring to rocket-propelled grenades. She asked that her name not be used for fear of reprisals.


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ArtWalk Hong Kong 2012 is Tonight, 14 March 2012
This is it, the long anticipated event of the year is here.
Now entering its 12th successful year, Hong Kong ArtWalk is Hong Kong's biggest charity art event; a great one-night experience showcasing a range of visual arts in a variety of Hong Kong's art galleries in the SOHO, Wan Chai, Sheung Wan, Central, Aberdeen and Happy Valley areas of Hong Kong Island.
Artwalk is simple: 66 galleries will open their doors between 5 pm to 12 midnight on Wednesday, 14 March 2012. ArtWalk tickets are on sale from early March from one of the ticket-selling galleries and you will receive a comprehensive ArtWalk brochure, map and entry badge allowing entry at any of the galleries on ArtWalk night. You can then take any route in any order to visit (or re-visit) galleries and can sip free wine, beer and mineral water in all the participating galleries – and enjoy 'finger food' provided by our generous sponsoring restaurants.
The ArtWalk benefiting charity for 2012 is, as last year, the Society for Community Organization (SoCO) – last year, a donation of HK$400,000 was raised from tickets sold from ArtWalk and donated to SoCO. Since the first ArtWalk began in 2001 over HK$5 million has been donated to Hong Kong charities.
The volunteers helping 'man the doors' on ArtWalk night are fine arts students from the Academy of Visual Arts of Hong Kong Baptist University and the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong – in return, ArtWalk also makes a donation to fund their yearly graduation shows.
ArtWalk Extra features additional displays of art that you can also see while walking from gallery to gallery: photography, small-scale installation and artists' performances. SoCO will also introduce their social action & policy work to the public and ArtWalk participants in a one-week exhibition.
For more information and ticketing information, head to ArtWalk's website.
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Deutsche Telekom CERT Advisory [DTC-A-20140324-004]
Summary: An Off-by-one memory access was found in the web gui of nagios.
A patch was applied to the core master branch of nagios (http://sourceforge.net/p/nagios/nagioscore/ci/d97e03f32741a7d851826b03ed73ff4c9612a866/). This resolution is announced to be rolled into the 4.0.3 version of Nagios Core once testing has been completed.
There has been no feedback regarding the Version 3.5 branch of nagios, but the current sources seem to indicate that the issue was patched in version 3.5 as well. The issue should be fixed in the next release.
Homepage: http://www.nagios.org/
Recommendations: Bug fixes in the source code available. Install updated packages as soon these packages are available.
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a1) Nagios 3.5.0 [CVE-2013-7108] b1) Off-by-one memory access c1) 4.9 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P d1) The icinga and nagios web gui are susceptible to an "off-by-one read" error, which is resulting from an improper assumption in the handling of user submitted CGI parameters. To prevent buffer overflow attacks against the web gui, icinga/nagios checks for valid string length of user submitted parameters. Any parameter, which is bigger than MAX_INPUT_BUFFER-1 characters long will be discarded. However, by sending a specially crafted cgi parameter, the check routine can be forced to skip the terminating null pointer and read the heap address right after the end of the parameter list. Depending on the memory layout, this may result in a memory corruption condition/crash or reading of sensitive memory locations.
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Lasix is the brand name of furosemide, a prescription drug used to eliminate extra water and salt in people who have problems with fluid retention.
Swelling and fluid retention - also known as edema - can be caused by congestive heart failure, liver or kidney disease, as well as other conditions. Lasix is also used on its own or together with other drugs to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).
Lasix is part of a group of drugs known as loop diuretics or water pills, which reduce the amount of water in the body by increasing the flow of urine.
Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1966, Lasix is manufactured by Sanofi Aventis US, while its generic form (furosemide) is made by several manufacturers. It's available in a tablet (20, 40, and 80 milligrams), solution (10 mg), or injection (10 mg).
Lasix has also been used in racehorses to treat exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage, which has sparked a major debate in recent years. Proponents argue the drug's use is both ethical and humane, while opponents call it a performance-enhancing drug, saying its continued use is weakening racehorse genetics.
Elderly patients taking Lasix are more likely to have age-related liver, kidney, or heart problems.
Before taking Lasix, talk to your doctor about whether you might be allergic to it as well as whether you have other allergies, especially those involving sulfa drugs:
Tell your doctor if you change your exercise routine and diet, quit smoking, or reduce stress. These changes may require your doctor to reevaluate your dosage.
While using Lasix, your doctor should conduct periodic tests on your kidneys and blood mineral levels to monitor your progress or check for side effects. It's also important to check your blood pressure regularly while on Lasix, so ask your doctor how you can do so at home.
If you are diabetic, Lasix might affect your blood sugar levels so they will need to be monitored and reported to your doctor. Your diabetes medication or diet might also need to be adjusted.
If you experience prolonged diarrhea or vomiting be sure to let your doctor know since this can lead to dehydration.
Be sure to give your doctor a complete medical history to help him/her decide if this drug is right for you. Tell your physician if you have any of the following conditions:
It's still unclear how Lasix might affect your unborn child. If you plan to breastfeed, you should be aware that Lasix passes into your breast milk. Let your doctor know right away if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breastfeeding.
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Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects.
If you have these less serious side effects, talk with your doctor:
Those who use Lasix have also reported ringing in the ears, having a hard time hearing or deafness, especially in cases where they had severe kidney disease, were taking a higher dose than prescribed, or were using Lasix together with certain medicines.
Lasix could also result in severe dehydration.
Stop taking Lasix and contact your doctor right away if you have the following:
Get emergency medical help right away if you experience an allergic reaction. Signs of a problem might include difficulty breathing, swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat as well as hives.
Give your doctor a complete list of all the medications you are using, including over-the-counter (OTC) items like vitamins and herbal products. Some medications might interact with Lasix, increasing the side effects or decreasing its effectiveness.
Check with your doctor before using Lasix with the following medications:
If you take aminoglycoside (Gentamicin/Tobramycin) this could affect your hearing.
Lasix might reduce the potassium levels in your blood, so you should have your potassium blood levels watched closely by your doctor. Potassium supplements may be prescribed if needed.
This medicine is also known to make you more sensitive to the sun, so try to avoid long-term exposure to the sun, along with tanning booths and sunlamps. Make sure to wear sunscreen and protective clothing when you go out.
Since Lasix might make you dizzy or cause blurred vision, it's important that you avoid driving, using machinery, or partaking in any activity that requires you to be alert or have clear vision until you know how the medicine affects you.
You should also limit your intake of alcoholic beverages while on Lasix.
If you suffer from high blood pressure, don't use over-the-counter appetite suppressants or cold medicines, which might impact your blood pressure.
To avoid dehydration, drink plenty of fluids while taking Lasix (unless your doctor has limited your fluid intake).
Your doctor will decide what dose you should take based on your condition and medical history. Never stop taking Lasix or alter your dose without your doctor's approval.
Adults who have fluid retention problems will typically begin with a single dose of 20 milligrams (mg) to 80 mg. The dose in children will vary based on what your doctor deems appropriate.
Adults who have high blood pressure often begin with 40 mg, twice per day. The dosage may be adjusted for elderly patients.
In the event you are using sucralfate (Carafate), cholestyramine (Questran or Prevalite), and colestipol (Colestid), you should take these medicines at least two hours before you take Lasix.
Let your doctor know right away if your condition doesn't improve or worsens.
If you think you might have taken too much, get to the emergency room right away or call a poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Signs of an overdose range from fainting and severe weakness to a severe decrease in the amount of urine your body is producing.
If you forget to take your medication, take it as soon as you remember unless it's near the time of your next dose. If that is the case, skip the missed dose and resume your regular schedule. Never "double up" and take more than one dose at a time.
A: Without knowing all the medications you are taking, I cannot determine which might be causing fluid retention. During the day, try to sit and elevate your legs for at least 15 to 30 minutes at a time, to help with the swelling. Also contact your health care provider and let him or her know that you are still seeing swelling in your ankles and that you are constantly thirsty. Your provider may make adjust your medications to help with this situation. Gerald Levy, RPh
A: There are a number of herbal water pills (or diuretics) found in over-the-counter weight loss products that contain various natural products. The over-the-counter water pills contain ingredients that come from caffeine. Although these products claim to decrease fluid retention and help with weight loss, scientific studies are limited and these claims have not been proven. In contrast, the diuretic effect of Lasix (furosemide) has been proven in numerous studies and is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for this use. Products that are sold as dietary or nutritional supplements in the United States do not undergo the same detailed testing that prescription drug products do to show that they are safe and effective. Supplement products can be marketed without any reliable scientific evidence of health benefits as long as the companies selling them do not claim the supplements can prevent, treat, or cure any specific disease. For more information, please consult your health care provider. Michelle McDermott, PharmD
A: Lasix (furosemide) is a diuretic (water pill). Lasix signals the kidneys to get rid of (unneeded) salt and water from the body into the urine. Reducing salt and water from the body can reduce swelling and fluid retention and lower blood pressure.
A: There are different diabetes medications, so we would need to know the specific names to give the side effects, but Lasix (furosemide) for hypertension (high blood pressure) does have specific side effects. The side effects of Lasix (furosemide) may include diarrhea, constipation, stomach pain, headache, numbness, burning, pain, or tingly feeling, dizziness, blurred vision, and leg cramps from loss of potassium. This is not a complete list of the side effects associated with Lasix (furosemide). The American Diabetes Association has a recommended diet to help control blood sugars and it requires daily food intake from four good groups: 1) fruits and vegetables, 2) whole grains, 3) dairy, and 4) proteins. The American Heart Association has a diet that is good for the heart called the D.A.S.H diet and it uses a similar idea, but with beans, seeds and nuts, and less red meat, sodium, and sweats. Patti Brown, PharmD
A: Lasix (generic name furosemide) is called a loop diuretic. Loop diuretics make the kidneys eliminate larger amounts of electrolytes (such as sodium and potassium salts) and water than normal. Loop diuretics treat edema and swelling. Side effects of Lasix include dizziness, cramping, muscle spasms. redness, and sensitivity to sunlight. Lab work should be done by a physician regularly to control potassium levels. Loop diuretics should not cause excessive thirst or urination. If Lasix does not seem to effectively be working, consult with a physician about other treatment options. Kimberly Hotz, PharmD
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