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- Blending innovative design and modern amenities with traditional Hawaiian hospitality, this luxury boutique hotel attracts guests desiring a fashion-forward, lifestyle experience. Located at the edge of Waikiki Beach, the hotel provides easy access to shopping, dining, and entertainment.
Amenity Highlights:
- Guests can relax at the outdoor pool, dine at the Morimoto Waikiki restaurant, and dance the night away at ADDICTION, the on-site nightclub. The MODERN Honolulu also features a fitness center and a spa.
1775 Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96815
United States
- Waikiki
Airport:Honolulu International HNL
The MODERN Honolulu offers 353 guestrooms and suites on 18 floors. Rooms feature views of the ocean, city, pool, or yacht harbor. Custom beds include down comforters and pillows and 300-thread-count Frette linens. All rooms are equipped with MP3 player docking stations, complimentary wireless and TV Internet access, and flat-screen TVs with premium channels. Bathrooms feature oversized glass-enclosed showers, bathrobes, slippers, hair dryers, and complimentary designer toiletries. Additional amenities at this Hawaii hotel include minibars, in-room safes, and welcome amenities.
Room Amenities:
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Bathrobes
- Blackout drapes
- Bottled water in room (complimentary)
- Cable/satellite TV
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Climate control
- Clock radio
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Designer toiletries
- Desk
- Direct-dial phone
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Hair dryer
- Housekeeping (daily)
- In-room safe
- Internet access - complimentary
- Internet access - TV
- Internet access - wireless
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Makeup mirror
- Massage - available in room
- Microwave (on request)
- Minibar
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Rollaway beds
- Slippers
- Turndown service
- Umbrella
- Voice mail
- Wake-up calls
- Window opens
Property Amenities
The MODERN Honolulu offers Morimoto Waikiki restaurant, a bar/lounge, lobby bar and a poolside bar. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business amenities at this Oahu property consist of a 24-hour business center, a technology help desk, and secretarial services. In addition to a full-service spa, The MODERN Honolulu features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Event facilities include conference rooms, the largest luxury ballroom on Oahu, exhibit space, and banquet facilities. This Honolulu hotel also offers a nightclub and valet parking (surcharge). Wedding services and translation services can be provided.
The amenities listed below are available on site; fees may apply:
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Audio-visual equipment
- Babysitting/Childcare
- Ballroom(s)
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Business services
- Coffee in lobby
- Concierge desk
- Conference room(s)
- Currency exchange
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Dry cleaning service
- Elevator/lift
- Event catering
- Exhibit space
- Fitness equipment
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Internet access in public areas - complimentary
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access in public areas - wireless
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Massage - treatment room(s)
- Meeting room(s) (small groups)
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- Parking (surcharge)
- Parking (valet)
- Parking nearby
- Patio
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Private beach
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (24 hours)
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Secretarial services
- Security guard
- Shoe shine
- Shopping on site
- Spa services on site
- Supervised child care/activities
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Technology helpdesk
- Tour assistance
- Translation services
- Video library
- Wedding services
Number of rooms:
- 353
Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
There are no room charges for children 17 and younger when staying in the same room as their parents or guardians (up to two children per reservation).
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in, cannot be guaranteed, and may incur additional charges.
- Pet fee charged at hotel/condo
- Pets accepted
- Resort fee charged at hotel/condo
- Small pets only
Check-in time:
Check-out time:
- Noon
Morimoto WaikikiStylish restaurant serving contemporary Japanese cuisine infused with Western ingredients. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Lobby BarModern bar with comfortable sitting areas. Features specialty cocktails and a full bar menu highlighting local island ingredients.
Bar at the Sunrise PoolPoolside bar set under a canopy of bougainvillea. Offers specialty cocktails and a full bar menu for lunch, dinner, and late-night dining.
ADDICTIONChic nightclub featuring an exclusive VIP section with its own entrance.
The MODERN Honolulu features a fitness center and an outdoor pool.
Nearby activities include hiking, tennis, surfing, and kayaking. The Ala Wai Golf Course is a half-mile from the hotel, and the Hawaii Kai Golf Course is away.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near The MODERN Honolulu; fees may apply.
- Aerobics
- Basketball
- Bicycle rentals
- Boat launch
- Fishing
- Golf - driving range
- Golf - miniature
- Golfing
- Helicopter/airplane sightseeing
- Hiking/biking trails
- Horse riding/rental
- Jet skiing
- Motor boating
- Mountain biking
- Parasailing
- Pilates classes/instruction
- Playground
- Racquetball/squash
- Rafting
- Rowing or canoeing
- Running track/path
- Sailing
- Scooter/Moped Rentals
- Skydiving
- Snorkeling
- Surfing/boogie boarding
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Water skiing
- Whale-watching
- Windsurfing
- Yoga classes/instruction
Special Offer Details
Manager's Special4 nights from $789 per person
Save up to Value Added
What's Included?
- $100 Air Credit
- $200 resort credit per room per stay
Available Room Types:Ocean View Room
Ocean View One Bedroom Suite
Ocean Front One Bedroom Suite
Important Dates:Book from 09/16/2013 through 09/22/2013
Travel from 09/16/2013 through 12/18/2013
Blackout Dates: May Apply
Minimum Night Stay: 4 Nights
Offers valid on new bookings only. Prices shown are per-person, land only based upon double occupancy, except if expressly noted otherwise. Offers are subject to availability at time of booking and may be changed or discontinued at any time without notice. Blackout dates, minimum night stays, minimum stay requirements on air, seasonal surcharges, resort fees (if any), and other restrictions may also apply. Individual offers may require purchase of Travel Smart Plan or travel waiver. Offers are not valid for Group Travel. Some booking and travel dates may vary. Other promotions and departure dates available which may result in a different rate and/or hotel inclusion. Customer is responsible for hotel taxes and fees on the free night offers, where applicable. For those properties where Classic Vacations has access to dynamic pricing rates, those rates will likely fluctuate from time to time based on market conditions and other factors beyond Classic Vacations control. Classic Vacations CST# 2079429-20.


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To the editor:
Driving along state Route 7, I happened to drive through the now idled Sammis Plant. How sad we now have another monument to unfair government actions along the Ohio River.
Locally we need those jobs, and as a nation we need energy. Coal is king in our energy production right now. Right now there is nothing to replace it. Right now we don't need President Barack Obama and the Democrats using the EPA to shutter all our coal plants. I live in the right now, as do most of you. This is why, right now, I won't be voting for any Democrat.
Cathy Harris


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The 5 Most Insane Duels Ever Fought
Forget about all of your fancy "lawsuits" and "mediators." A couple of hundred years ago, the proper method to resolve any dispute was to stand a few feet apart and shoot at each other until somebody died. It was a more civilized time.
But duelers were kind of like extreme sports enthusiasts: They insisted on always taking an already-insane practice to the next level. That's how we wound up with ...
#5. The Hot Air Balloon Duel
An astonishing number of stories that end with somebody going home full of bullets begin with two men, one woman and some kind of compromising position involving genital contact. As far as we know, only one of those stories takes place 2,000 feet above Paris.
The story goes that in 1808, two Frenchmen, Monsieur de Grandpre and Monsieur de Pique, were caught up in a love triangle involving one Mademoiselle Tirevit, who had been secretly sleeping with both of them. The men decided to duel, but for some convoluted reason, they figured it was best to do it in hot air balloons.
We really wish there was some sort of figurative meaning behind that phrase. There is not.
According to the local press at the time, the two men chose hot air balloons because they felt that they possessed higher intellectual properties than normal men. So even though they were trying to murder each other, they also wanted to do it in a way that was somehow insulting to the rest of the population.
So, on May 3, 1808, the duelists entered identical hot air balloons in front of a huge crowd. Each man was allowed a blunderbuss (a primitive shotgun) and a co-pilot to help him operate the balloon. In this case, though, at least one of these wingmen was about to end up like Goose.
Via Publishingperspectives.com
Strangely, this incredibly inaccurate image isn't even as stupid as how it really went down.
Once they'd reached a height of about 2,000 feet above Paris, the world's first balloon dogfight commenced. De Pique fired first, but failed somehow to hit his opponent's enormous balloon with a shotgun. De Grandpre was more accurate, and so both de Pique and his co-pilot (who was, at this point, probably regretting every second of de Pique's friendship) plummeted to their deaths.
That's right -- they weren't just trying to shoot at each other's passenger compartments in hopes of hitting the other duelist. They were trying to shoot down the balloons themselves. Which means the co-pilots were signing up to also die if their guy lost. And they didn't even get to fuck Mademoiselle Tirevit first.
Though we have to admit, it's pretty funny picturing that deflating-balloon farting sound while two French guys scream "MEEEERDE!"
#4. The Billiard Ball Duel
A lot of bar fights start over games of pool. They can be sparked by many things -- accusations of hustling, arguments over the rules or maybe mistakenly grabbing a guy's ass while he was lining up a shot because he looked like a girl from behind. Either way, you're going to end up breaking a bar stool over some guy's head while a trucker with deceptively girlish hips beats you with a pool cue.
Cracked PSA: Get 'em checked one a year, people. This is your life we're talking about here.
One such dumb misunderstanding is said to have occurred in 1843 in France, when two men named Melfant and Lenfant decided that an argument over a parlor game couldn't be solved by anything short of mortal combat. Bizarrely, they also decided to do this by pelting each other with billiard balls.
The two men stood 12 paces apart and agreed to stand still while taking turns throwing the balls at each other. They drew straws for the right to throw first, and Melfant won. Allegedly, he announced, "I am going to kill you on the first throw" and then, true to his word, hit Lenfant square on the forehead, killing him instantly. Melfant wasn't able to celebrate his win for very long, however, because he was subsequently arrested and tried for murder. You'd think he would have thought of that earlier.
Kids, that's why you never give the break to a man who brings his own stick.
Yes, we realize we have begun this list with two incredibly ridiculous stories of duels from 1800s France. If you want to call bullshit on these stories, then we have to ask, was Lenfant really killed in some other way, and then Melfant invented the whole "I killed him with a pool ball" story for the papers? That's actually stupider than really doing it.
If these accounts are true, however, then it looks like duels were so common in 19th century France that dudes kept trying to invent new ways to do it, like rich girls trying to make sure their Sweet 16 parties top their friends'.
We're pretty sure French dudes from the 1800s could have used everything in this photograph as a murder weapon.
And of course the biggest question of all: If this is how people used to solve disputes, why in the world did we ever stop them?
#3. The Naked Duel
When British MP Humphrey Howarth and the Earl of Barrymore (both well-known drunks) got into a tipsy disagreement at a bar at the Brighton races in 1806, they did what (apparently) everyone at the time did in that situation -- get their duel on. And so the two men met the following morning at dawn at the dueling ground, only this time, one of them wasn't wearing pants. As his opponent and the crowd looked on in shock, it's said that Howarth stripped naked before taking his place before Barrymore with his pistol raised. (Both of them.)
And gay porn never looked back.
The story is that Howarth had actually been an army surgeon prior to taking up politics and drinking full time. He thus knew that a lot of gunshot fatalities at the time were not, in fact, due to the bullet itself, but from infection after the fact. Specifically, due to the musket ball pushing sweaty/filthy pieces of clothing into the wound. These pieces of material would fester, eventually causing infection and death.
For a brief time, nudity was the most effective body armor known to man.
So, by dueling in his birthday suit, Howarth was dramatically increasing his chances of surviving to see his next drink, as well as demonstrating what massive cojones he had.
It wound up working even better than he thought -- Barrymore allegedly decided that he didn't want to be forever remembered as "that dude who shot the naked guy" and backed down. Both men declared the matter settled. We're guessing that everyone was happy to let it go if it meant they didn't have to look at Howarth's old-man scrotum any more.
"I'll just be on my way then."


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Housing Repairs
New Repairs Contracts - from 1 April 2016
We have appointed three contractors to carry out repairs, maintenance, gas servicing and improvement works to Birmingham's council homes from 1 April 2016.
The city has been divided into four areas and each contractor is responsible for carrying out all elements of the new service, delivering value for money and high levels of customer satisfaction.
- The North contract area will be delivered by Keepmoat Regeneration Limited
- The West-Central contract area will be delivered by Wates Living Space
- The East contract area will be delivered by Wates Living Space
- The South contract area will be delivered by Willmott Dixon Partnerships Limited
Who is my new contractor?
Follow the link and enter your postcode to find out who your new repairs contractor is.
Online repair reporting function
- Due to system changes you are now unable to select an appointment time when requesting a new repair. Please complete details of your repair on the form and we will contact you to arrange a convenient appointment.
- For emergency or urgent repairs please ring 0800 073 33 33.
Welcome to Housing Repairs Self Service Appointments
...a quick and easy way to diagnose repairs…
You need a Birmingham City Council online account to report repairs. If you do not have one, click register to set one up.
Once you have an account you will be able to report repairs online to obtain an appointment and make enquiries about repairs you have already reported, via the blue options at the top of this screen.
Emergency and Urgent repairs
Emergency and Urgent repairs (i.e. need attention within 24 hours) or communal and equity share properties cannot be reported online. They must be reported to the contact centre. The numbers are:
- 0800 073 3333
- 0121 675 8221 – textphone for people who are deaf or hard of hearing
For everything else, click on the appropriate blue option at the top of the page.
Birmingham City Council reserves the right to charge for any repairs if it is felt the repair was caused through deliberate damage or neglect. Full details of repairs tenants are responsible for can be found in the Conditions of Tenancy and the Tenants Handbook.
If you live in an area controlled by a TMO (Tenant Management Organisation) and you wish to report a repair in the first instance you should speak to the representative from the tenant management organisation. They will advise you on the best course of action to take in order to resolve the issue.
- Housing repairs contractors
Birmingham has three repairs contractors: Keepmoat, Wates and Wilmott Dixon.
Wilmott Dixon provides repair services to council homes in the south, Keepmoat in the north, while Wates cover the east, west and central areas. The list below shows which areas are covered by each contractor. If you are not sure which is the repairs contractor for your home, look in your Tenants Handbook or contact your local Housing Team.
Keepmoat cover the following wards in the North:
Stockland Green
Sutton Four Oaks
Sutton New Hall
Sutton Vesey
Sutton Trinity
Wates cover the following wards:
Acocks Green
Bordesley Green
Hall Green
Handsworth Wood
Hodge Hill
Lozells and East Handsworth
Moseley and Kings Heath
Perry Barr
Shard End
South Yardley
Stechford and Yardley North
Washwood Heath
Willmott Dixon cover the following following wards in the South:
Bartley Green
Kings Norton
Selly Oak
- Gas repairs
If you smell gas the first thing you should do is contact the National Gas emergency service on 0800 111 999. They will ask a number of questions to ascertain the severity of the leak and will provide some gas safety advice. They will also, if required, arrange for an engineer to attend the property.
In all cases you should also phone the contact centre on 0800 073 3333 after you have called the number above as our gas contractor will meet Transco on site.
If you are having problems with gas appliances provided by the council, i.e. central heating hot water systems, then in the first instance you should contact the repairs contact centre on the number below, who will diagnose the issue and arrange an engineer to attend (if appropriate) to resolve the issue. If it is found the issue has been caused by appliances installed by yourself, charges for this call out could apply.
Telephone: 0800 073 3333 or textphone 0121 675 8221 (for people who are deaf or hard of hearing).
Every year we service all the gas appliances in all our homes, find out more about gas servicing.
- What can I do if the council repair contractor cannot complete my repair in a reasonable time?
Under the Government's Right to Repair regulations, you have the right to have certain repairs done within set time limits. They are called 'qualifying' repairs, and include:
- Unsafe electrical fittings
- a blocked sink, bath, basin or toilet
- a leaking roof or water system, and
- broken banisters or handrails.
If the councils repair contractor is unable to complete a qualifying repair within the correct time, you have the right to ask us to get another approved repairs contractor to do the work.
- What repairs are the council responsible for?
We will repair and maintain the structure of the property you live in and the outside of the building (including the roof, drains, gutters and pipes).
In blocks of flats and maisonettes, we are responsible for:
- Entrance doors
- halls
- stairways
- lifts
- rubbish chutes
- lighting, and
- other things that are shared by all the tenants and leaseholders.
For tenants, our responsibilities also include:
- Any inside fixtures and fittings that we originally provided, as explained in the conditions of tenancy
- all pipes, wiring, heating systems, drainage, power and light fittings
In tenants' gardens, we will look after:
- Boundary fences or walls we provide (we may remove them rather than repair them)
- any outbuildings, sheds, porches, or garages we originally put up (we may remove them rather than repair them)
- any step or path that is an essential means of access to the property
- What repairs are tenants responsible for?
This is explained in detail in the Conditions of Tenancy booklet, in the Tenants Handbook. The following is only a summary and not an exhaustive list:
General responsibilities
- Keep your property clean and in good decorative order inside.
- Prevent waste pipes (from sinks, baths or toilets) or drains becoming blocked.
- Allow our repairs partners into your home to carry out repairs, annual safety checks and any necessary inspections.
- Repair and maintain any fixture, fitting or appliance you have provided, including washing machines, dishwashers and tumble driers.
- Prevent and control condensation.
- Prevent pipes from freezing or bursting by using any heating system provided and by lagging pipes.
- Make sure that no-one who lives in or visits your home causes any damage.
Specific responsibilities
- Replace broken glass in windows and doors, unless you can prove that the cause of the damage was outside of your control and provide a crime reference.
- Replace keys, fobs or locks for doors or windows if your keys are lost or stolen, or you get locked out.
- Try to clear any blockages in basins, sinks, baths, toilets and drains.
- Reset trip switches and replace light bulbs, fluorescent tubes or starters and plug fuses.
- Repairing, replacing and renewing TV aerials (except communal aerials).
- Putting up CB aerials and satellite dishes (only with our permission).
- Who pays for repairs if my home is accidentally damaged?
If damage is caused by you or anyone in your home (including visitors or children) you will be expected to arrange and pay for any necessary repairs. If however, the repairs involve gas, electricity, water or security, we will have to carry them out for safety reasons. We will charge you a reasonable price for the work.
- Who is responsible for ensuring the gas appliances in my council home are safe?
By law, Birmingham City Council must have all gas appliances and flues in council properties checked annually, except for gas appliances which you are entitled to have moved/installed by an installer registered on the gas safe register (such as if you have your own cooker). This annual gas service is free.
We will contact you every year to make an appointment for an engineer to carry out the check.
- Who pays for repairs if my home is subjected to criminal damage?
If damage is caused by a break-in, vandalism or other criminal damage, we will carry out work to make your home safe. We can only do further work if you give us a police crime reference number (not a log number). If you can't provide a crime reference number, we will charge you a reasonable cost for any urgent work we do. We will only do non-urgent work if you pay in advance.
- How can I register a complaint or a compliment about the repairs service?
Our repair contractors will do all they can to make sure that repairs are carried out satisfactorily. However, if the repairs either fail or exceed your expectations, please let them know.
You can also register your complaint or compliment by filling in the online form or contact the following numbers
0800 073 3333 - free from a landline or mobile
0121 675 8221 - textphone for people who are deaf or hard of hearing
- After some repair work I noticed some of my belongings were damaged, what can I do?
If you feel your personal belongings have been damaged you can make a claim for compensation. For the claim to be considered valid it has to be received within 28 days of the damage taking place or from the time you noticed it.
Once submitted, we will investigate your compensation claim. It will be dealt with by the relevant department:
- I would like to make some improvements to my home, am I allowed to do this?
Yes, you have the right to make your own improvements such as installing a new bathroom or kitchen.
Before you start, however, you must tell the council what you are planning to do and get our written permission. We will only say no if there is a good reason, for example, if the work would make your home unsafe. Your Local Housing Team can tell you how to get this permission.
Any work you have done must be carried out by a competent and suitably experienced person. If the property is damaged by the work, we will ask you to put things right. If we have to put things right we will charge you.
- Can I make home improvements if my property is leasehold?
Yes, you have the right to make alterations to the inside of your home, as long as you don't remove structural walls or windows or cause damage to the outside or shared parts of the building.
You must not make alterations to the structure of the building, including windows, without written consent from the leasehold team on any of the numbers listed below. Please be aware that it may take some time for consent to be given, depending on the terms of your lease. You can contact the leasehold team on 0121 303 2147 and 0121 303 2148.
- As a leaseholder what repairs am I responsible for?
The precise details of repair responsibilities for your building are set out in your lease.
Leaseholders are responsible for:
- All internal parts of the home including non-structural walls and partitions.
- Fixtures and fittings within the homes unless they specifically belong to the council, for example an entry phone system.
- Cables, pipes and drains within the home or that serve it exclusively, for example a water tank.
- Glazing and external doors, locks or fasteners. (please refer to FAQ As a leaseholder what repairs are the council responsible for?)
- Internal decoration, including plaster and finishes to walls, ceilings or floors.
- Ceilings, but not joists or beams.
- Accidental damage, for example breaking a wash hand basin.
Some of these items may be covered by your household insurance, or our insurance of the building.
For further information please contact the leasehold team on any of the below numbers.
0121 675 6718
0121 303 2147
0121 303 2148
- As a leaseholder what repairs are the council responsible for?
The following is a list of repairs the council are responsible for:
- All communal repairs (repairs to shared areas and the structure of the building)
- Blocked balcony drain
- Soil and Vent pipe in flat including stub branches to WC (the fitting connecting the toilet to the soil pipe branch is the leaseholder responsibility)
- Main supply pipe for gas going into the meter including gas isolation value, anything beyond this isolation is the leaseholder responsibility
- Sub-Main to the electricity distribution board going into the meter, anything beyond this point is the leaseholder responsibility
- Supply pipes from the gas/electric meters is the leaseholder responsibility
- Rising water main to stop tap (including stop tap) anything beyond this isolation is the leaseholder responsibility
- Door entry phones in flats
- Window frames, including balcony doors are the Council's responsibility - unless the Leaseholder has entered into a Deed of Variation and thereby taken on responsibility themselves.
- TV sockets in flats connected to the communal TV aerial (supplied/installed by the council)
- Heat Lease storage heaters where the leaseholder still has a lease agreement with the council
- Water leaks from above
NOTE: Gas/Electric meters are service supplier responsibility
Additional repairs that may be council responsibility:
Fencing will be as allocated in accordance with the lease agreement
- For house conversions the above will apply including:
- Chimney stacks and flues
- Cellars, roof spaces and lofts generally these will remain the council responsibility
For further information, advice and clarification please contact the leasehold team on any of the numbers below:
0121 675 6718
0121 303 2147
0121 303 2148
For repairs you as a leaseholder are responsible for please refer to FAQ - As a leaseholder what repairs am I responsible for?
The precise details of repair responsibilities for your building are set out in your lease.
- I have not had a gas service in over 12 months what should I do?
We will send a reminder when the gas service is due and provide you with a date this will take place. If it has been over 12 months since the last service was carried out then contact to arrange the inspection from the link below.Gas Servicing
- What happens if I don't let the council (via their approved contractors) carry out their annual gas safety check?
You may lose your home. We will issue a notice seeking possession of your property in order to make sure it's safe, and to comply with our legal duty as your landlord.
- There is a repair required in the communal area at my property how would I report this?
At present these repairs would need to be reported by phoning the contact centre. Contact details can be found in the Contacts section above. Once reported the repair partners will attend and resolve the issue. Further information regarding what the council are responsible for can be found in the above FAQ 'What repairs are the council responsible for?'
- I can smell Gas what should I do?
If you can smell gas you should call the National Gas Emergency Service on 0800 111 999 and then phone the housing repairs contact centre on 0800 073 3333.
- I am moving into a Council property to what standard of accommodation should I expect?
Birmingham city council aims to provide homes that are clean, safe and ready to move into. We have an Empty Property Repairs Standard and our repairs contractors work to this standard to make sure homes are fit to live in.
- I have moved into a Council property and I am not happy with the standard of accommodation, what should I do?
Birmingham city council aims to provide homes that are clean, safe and ready to move into. We have an Empty Property Repairs Standard and our repairs contractors work to this standard to make sure homes are fit to live in.
If you are not happy with the standard of accommodation you should contact your local Housing Office who will look into any issues raised.
- I am viewing an empty property and I am worried that it will need a lot of work that I can't afford. How will I know what repairs will be carried out on the property before I move in?
We will arrange for and pay for necessary work to make our empty properties suitable for use, up to the Empty Property Repair Standard.
Before you view the property, we will give you a leaflet explaining the level of repairs that are covered under Empty Property Repair Standard. You can expect work to be carried out to ensure that you have cooking facilities, bathroom facilities, gas, electric, heating, hot water, doors that are good working order and windows that are watertight.
- How can I be sure the property will be clean before I move in?
As part of our Empty Property Repair Standard, we will ensure that floors, cupboards and wash surfaces are clean. There should also be air fresheners in the kitchen, bathroom and living areas.
- I have an electric cooker but there is only a gas cooker point in the property. Will you provide an electric cooker point?
When you move into your property, we guarantee there will be a gas or electric cooker point in the kitchen. If the property already has a gas cooker point, we cannot fit an electric cooker point for you. The viewing officer will advise you of the cooker point facilities available when you are shown the property.
- Gas Safety Advice - Health and Safety Executive
- National Grid
- TPAS – Non-Profit Organisation Helping Tenants to Participate in the Management of their Homes.
- Right to repair scheme - DirectGov
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- Gas Safe Register


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Does the Sun spread hard radiation waves around the Solar System? If so, why are we safe here (or are we even safe)?
The Sun outputs several different kinds of things.
Electromagnetic radiation
The Sun is (partially) a black-body radiator at a temperature of near 6000 K, and therefore emits all sorts of electromagnetic energy, including UV and X rays.
UV is stopped in the upper atmosphere. X rays are absorbed by the whole atmosphere, and are pretty weak anyway.
The Sun's EM activity in terms of harsh radiation increases greatly if there's a solar flare blowing up. Even then, we're pretty safe on Earth.
High energy particles
The solar wind is basically a flux of particles (nuclei of hydrogen, etc) shooting out of the Sun at pretty high energies. These are charged particles. When approaching the Earth, the Earth's magnetic field for the most part deflects them. If you're on Earth, you're safe. Even in space, the flux is not very great; you'd be safe inside a spacecraft.
However, during a solar flare, the flux of particles increases greatly. The Earth is safe, but an astronaut en route to Mars would be in a pretty unsafe situation.
The sun sends out solar radiation, which is strong enough to be dangerous to living things. Much of it, however, is prevented from reaching us due to the Earth's electromagnetic field, which surrounds the Earth. This sphere originates at the poles (flowing out of the negative pole and into the positive pole) much like one on a standard magnet. The grade results in it being more near the surface at the poles, which is why we can see aurora in the more northern and southern parts of the Earth. The aurora is generated by a reaction between solar particles as they travel along the electromagnetic field.
From an article at Universe Today:
Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/27005/earths-magnetic-field/#ixzz2zrSVQnsX
The Van Allen radiation belt, which is outside of the Earth's magnetic field is believed to get its radiation from solar wind.


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Do you have other pets? Let's give the dogs some equal time!
If we've got a cat thread, we really should give some time for the dog lovers around here, just saying.
Post yer pups! (Or other animals - anyone have a horse? A cool fishtank setup?)
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My pups frolicking in the snow:
Not biased, but he is the cutest pup around.
Yup! I have 1 and my gf has 3. Needless to say it gets crowded some times, but I love all of them!
My wife has a Pom, I have an English Great Dane. Sometimes they lay together. Apperntly the Dane thinks the Pom is a puppy.
I had a couple sugar gliders while in college, they were a lot of fun and incredibly tame. The female often slept in the pocket of my gem shorts or the hood of my hoodie.
@nmchapma: sugar gliders! how cool!
Simba, the love of my life.
Simba at his job being a Therapy Dog for people with mental illnesses
@moondrake: That's not a woof, that's a pony!
Dexter the dog! (with stolen piece of apple in his mouth)
Oh, this is killing me! My wife and I want a puppy so bad!
We're hoping to hold out until spring. I want a chance to put up a fence in our backyard and allow for potty training when it's not SUPER cold out.
We want a full size dog -- probably a lab or something like that.
Before the cat we had bunnies, cute and cuddly.
I have one dog, a boxer who is going to turn 8 this year, and a mouse
This thread smells like wet dog. Cats rule!
Yep, I have a dog to go along with my cat. She's a good girl.
This is my baby, Chloe.
She has the whole puppy dog eyes going on. But don't let her fool you.
Well, it's been about 5 minutes since I posted a pic of my boys.
Here's Loki, disapproving of my interwebz habbits:
Thor with his favorite toy:
What? You need more puppeh?
We have a pet wild boar
@cornellbigred: pics or I'm calling shenanigans!
My crazy dogs. They look very vicious when they play together. No animals were injured during this photo shoot. :)
My long-eared lettuce hound:
This is Daisy (about a year old or so). She's part Blue Heeler and part German Shepard -- I'm guessing she's about 60/40 (she weighs in at 50 lbs or so).
Here is my big sweetie.
that's my dad in the picture
this is one of my dogs
and my puppies:
more piggy pics:
he and the kitty are best friends
check out my other kitty talking a self-shot on the other question: http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/b44e1029-6029-44f2-8ead-e3f543da6b30/do-you-have-a-cat-cats#c6d1e667-ba0e-4ae3-8fd5-ba1459da7642
(in addition to the 4 cats I posted about in the cat thread)
2 dogs:
Marilyn is a 17 year old mutt. She looks like an overgrown Chihuahua, is 17#, short hair, all white, with 1 golden brown eye and 1 blue eye.
Chevy is a 15 year old corgi-mix, cardigan type/with a tail. He is black and white. He weighs 29#, but could stand to lose a pound or 2.
I have a Jenday conure:
and I sometimes take care of injured ducklings until they get older. This is just one of many I helped rescue:
This is Starbuck the Wonder Pom. He is currently still living in South Florida. I really, really miss him.
These are my departed greyhounds, Forrest Gump and Jenny. I miss them every day.
That's Forrest on the left.
@samstag: I love the phrase "lettuce hound"! :)
This is a very happy making thread, as is the other one. :) I love seeing wooter pets!
@cengland0: Oh, my! I had a Jenday Conure for several years who looked much the same. Incredibly loud little critter! His cage was in my home office at a time when I had regular conference calls in the evening as I was serving on the national board and several committees for a non-profit. When I spoke, Fricasee thought I was talking to him and that he was obligated to respond. It made for some VERY interesting conference calls. Unfortunately, he escaped while we were on vacation and a neighbor was watching him. Long story.
Anyway, this is Rascal, who we lost to bone cancer last April. The best border collie in the world!
This is Cuddles (dreadful name for a border collie but she was named by a 10 year old girl). She was recovering from a little surgery in this picture and is my shadow these days:
And this is our rescued Shih Tzu, Lexie, in her Ladybug costume:
@belyndag: You just described my Jenday conure exactly. I also have him in my home office and I also am on several conference calls all day. He usually remains silent except when I'm on the phone. I thought it was because he didn't like me talking to someone else.
@cengland0: This was my Fricasee:
He appeared on our front porch after a storm. He wasn't banded and our attempts to find his owner were in vain, so he lived with us for several years until his escape during another storm. Beautiful bird, but not particularly friendly. If I ever get another bird, I'll be sure to get one that has been hand-raised. I played with a sun conure at PetCo a while back that just begged for attention and wanted a head rub. Now THAT was the kind of bird I would enjoy! (sigh) I do miss my little guy, though.
@belyndag: Your Jenday is beautiful and looks just like mine.
I had a bird show up in the garage one day. Was looking for something to eat and drink so I picked him up and he let me pet him and he ate out of my hand. It was a pigeon.
The bird was banded as well and I had a friend place several calls to find the owner. Apparently it was a registered racing pigeon so the owner asked me to release it and it will find it's way home. Here's a photo of the day I released it.
The owner called same night to let me know it arrived home safely. So I had a huge empty cage doing nothing and that's why I bought the Jenday. His name is Emerald due to the amount of green on his wings.
I don't have another pet but I wish we had another cat. If we did have another cat, I would call
him / her Cosmo. If we had a dog, I would call him / her Boomer. If we had a goldfish, I would call
him / her Goldie. If we had a bird, I would call him / her Squawk.


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COPPERAS COVE (September 24, 2012)-The Copperas Cove Police Department is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration in an effort to prevent increased prescription pill abuse and theft.
The department will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction beginning Monday.
The event will last the entire week at the Police Department, located at 302 E Avenue E.
Residents can drop off their unused medication from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the front lobby window, and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the department's community room.
The service is free and anonymous, and police say no questions will be asked.
Copperas Cove is one of nearly 4,000 collection locations nationwide.
"Prescription drug abuse is a rising issue in the nation and I feel this is a great initiative in an attempt to curve the availability of prescription medications in circulation. I am pleased the DEA took on the burden of this program and that the Copperas Cove Police Department can play a part in this effort," Copperas Cove Chief of Police Tim Molnes said.
The public can find other nearby collection sites by visiting the DEA's website and clicking on the "Got Drugs?" icon.
For more information, contact Sgt. Joaquin Salazar at (254) 547-8222 ext. 6984.


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Corrupt Leaders
"Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the media." Chomsky
Sen prez Gaetz worries about Rick Scott hurting other Republicans [Tampa Bay Times] "As the 2014 election cycle approaches, a lot of prospective Republican candidates are nervously watching Gov. Rick Scott's low poll numbers, knowing that their campaigns could well be dragged down...Count Florida Senate President Don Gaetz among those worried about Scott's prospects. 'There is a growing concern among many people who run for office at the local level or the legislative level that we want to have a strong top of the ticket,' Gaetz, R-Niceville, said in a Political Connections interview airing today on Bay News 9. 'All of us are together on that ticket. We hope he does well, but I think it's going to be an uphill battle.'"
PolitiFact Florida rates Gov. Rick Scott's claim on '700,000 jobs' promise [Politifact] "Scott said the state is 'already almost halfway to our 2010 goal of creating 700,000 new jobs in seven years.' By his preferred measure since taking office — 700,000 jobs regardless of normal growth — he's in the ballpark. By the measure he asked Floridians to hold him accountable to — 700,000 jobs on top of 1 million jobs in normal growth — he still has quite a long ways to go. We rate his claim Mostly False."]
Gov. Scott's justification for rejecting Amazon, jobs, revenue is unreasonable [Bradenton Herald Editorial] "It's impossible to fathom the tortured logic that Gov. Rick Scott expressed in rejecting a sure-fire jobs initiative from none other than Internet retail giant Amazon. The Seattle-based enterprise offered to build one or two warehouses in Florida with anticipated employment up to a whopping 2,500. But our self-professed jobs governor stood firm on a wrong-headed ideological principle against all "new" taxes. That is a specious argument in this case. The tax already exists."
Editorial: Scott's vetoes more about politics than priorities [Palm Beach Post] "Gov. Rick Scott listed these conditions for approving or vetoing a spending item in the state budget: 'One, is it going to help our families get more jobs? Two, will it help improve our education system in our state? And three, will it help make government more efficient so we keep the cost of living low in our state?' But if you consider two Palm Beach County projects, you realize that the governor cannot have meant what he said...A better explanation for the governor's inconsistent vetoes is that he wanted to show tea party voters that, despite the record budget, he's the same budget-cutter that he was in 2011. And he has a point with his veto of $1 million for Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw's 'violence prevention units' that the sheriff could start with his agency's money and assess. Of course, the governor also got many emails critical of what some called a rat-out-your-neighbor plan. Other vetoes, though, wiped out money for water and other projects that would serve poorer, rural communities where local resources might be tapped out. Still another cut $1 million in legal aid to the poor. In what the governor calls a "Families First" budget, those cuts will hurt families — just those less likely to vote."
Ruth: In Florida, the scheme rises to the top [Tampa Bay Times Editorial] "Take Heritage Property and Casualty Co., for example. Just 10 months ago the firm didn't even exist and had no track record in selling insurance besides a company president with a history of fines and violations from state regulators. But this week Citizens Property Insurance Corp. voted to give Heritage up to $52 million to take up to 60,000 Citizens policies. Talk about the scheme rising to the top. Some nitpickers say this deal stinks to high heaven. Some naysayers kvetch that this is a classic example of insider bigwigs gaming the system. Some holier-than-thou types will look at the $140,000 in political contributions Heritage ponied up to Gov. Rick Scott and the state Republican Party as a damning indictment of the insidious influence of money on policymaking."
Sweet deals are business as usual in Florida government [Tampa Bay Times Editorial] "It is an amazing place, that capital of ours. A city where campaign donations are forever chaste, and conflicts of interest can never be found. If money trades hands and a favorable decision follows, it's not considered shady at all. In Tallahassee, that is what is known as a coincidence. We were reminded of this Candyland innocence again this week when a St. Petersburg company got $52 million worth of business from the state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Did Heritage Property and Casualty Corp. get a corporate care package because it had donated more than $140,000 to Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican Party of Florida? Gosh, no."
Florida Governor Rick Scott asked to return money to insurer in Citizens Property policy deal [AP] "A leading Florida Democrat is calling on Gov. Rick Scott to return $110,000 in campaign contributions from an insurer. Dan Gelber, a former state senator and potential future statewide candidate, wrote a letter Friday to Scott saying that the deal 'smells.' Heritage Property Insurance and Casualty Insurance is getting $52 million as part of an agreement to absorb 60,000 policies now held by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The Citizens board narrowly approved the deal earlier this week. Heritage donated money to Scott's political committee, Let's Get to Work, back in March."
Hue and cry grows over deal for Scott donor [Miami Herald] "Key House Republicans in the Florida Legislature have raised new questions about a unique $52 million deal between an upstart St. Petersburg insurance company and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, said he had 'serious concerns' about the Citizens deal on Friday, zeroing in on a provision that will allow Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Company to cherry pick 60,000 insurance polices with no losses, leaving Citizens with a higher concentration of risk. The company also gets up to $52 million from Citizens surplus fund. 'Once again, Citizens did not provide a sufficient advanced briefing to the Legislature, and the proposal was hastily pushed through a sharply divided board.' Weatherford said. The deal has created a political firestorm ever since the Herald/Times reported this week that Heritage donated $110,000 to Gov. Rick Scott, just two months before Citizens agreed to transfer $52 million to the new company, which opened for business nine months ago."
House speaker cites "serious concerns" about Heritage-Citizens insurance deal [Palm Beach Post] "Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford expressed 'serious concerns' Friday about an unusual $52 million deal a start-up insurer got from state-run Citizens, and a former Democratic legislator called for Gov. Rick Scott to return a contribution from the firm...Gelber described Heritage as 'a company trying to obtain a no-bid giveaway from a quasi-state agency over which you have great influence. You make appointments directly to the Citizens board and regularly conduct oversight of them in your role as the leader of the Florida Cabinet.' Keeping Heritage's $110,000 contribution in March to Scott's Let's Get To Work committee 'only confirms the dark suspicions so many Floridians have about state government,' Gelber said."
Weatherford: I'm 'highly concerned' about $52 million Heritage insurance deal [Miami Herald] "The list of lawmakers criticizing Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for a $52 million takeout deal continues to grow, as House Speaker Will Weatherfordsaid Friday that he had 'serious concerns' about the plan...Weatherford joins Rep. Mike Fasano (R-New Port Richey), Gov. Rick Scott, Rep. Frank Artiles (R-Miami) and former state senator Dan Gelber (D-Miami Beach) in slamming Citizens for the deal."
Fasano questions 'suspicious timing' of $52 million Heritage deal [MIami Herald] "Rep. Mike Fasano is the latest official to raise questions about a $52 million take-out deal between an upstart St. Petersburg insurance company and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Fasano, R-New Port Richey, penned a letter to the state's Insurance Commissioner on Friday questioning whether Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance has already violated a May 17 consent order from the Office of Insurance Regulation. Heritage has firmly denied the accusation. Fasano alleged that Heritage had been contacting insurance agents and policyholders prior to May 23, when the company officially received approval to take out some 60,000 policies in a $52 million deal. That would be a violation of the OIR's consent order, Fasano said, citing a part of the agreement that bans Heritage from contacting 'any potential policyholder, including sending communication regarding this depopulation' prior to the deal being signed."
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what is mean by memory leak in c programming ?? can anyone explain with an example??plz.
memory lead
If you allocate memory dynamically from the heap, then don't return it before the program exits, it's no longer available for other programs.
Here is the example
int main() { char *buffer1; char *buffer2; buffer1 = (char *)malloc(5*sizeof(char)); buffer2 = (char *)malloc(5*sizeof(char)); buffer1 = buffer2; // This will lead Memory leak . . . . }


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What is the simplest way to approximate time after the sun has set? Perhaps using the moon's height and phase? This would make the most sense to me, but what could you do in the case of a new moon?
Another way to find the time is to use well known stars. In the northern hemisphere, you can use the Pole Star and the Big Dipper to tell the time fairly accurately. A good explanation of the procedure can be found here. Here is a abbreviated quote from that site :
The website also gives an example, so you can work trough it too make sure you understand all the steps. You do need to remember of few things, but once you get the hang of it should be pretty straightforward.
I looked online and apparently for the southern hemisphere there is a similar method using the Southern Cross.
An astronomer with a protractor and pocket-calculator can figure almost anything. Unfortunately, though, astronomers don't fit very well in survival kits (and grumble when you try to stuff them in there). So normal people are handicapped, for sure, but we can still say some basic things.
A full moon is opposite the sun, so if you know it's a full moon tonight, and if the full moon is directly south, then you know it's right around solar midnight, that is, 12 hours past solar noon. It's not exact, though, because the moon doesn't trace through the sky at exactly the same speed as the sun.
If you're familiar with the area and practiced, you could use the full moon to estimate hours other than midnight and not be far off, say, within an hour. Note, however, that a sundial (moondial?) trick wouldn't work without some fiddling because the moon is only rarely in the same plane as the sun. The gnomon would need to be adjusted to the right angle - something an astronomer could figure.
Similarly, if a First-Quarter moon is directly south, then you know it's right around 6 hours past solar noon. If a Full moon is south then it's 12 hours past noon, and if a Third-Quarter moon is south then it's 18 hours past noon, that is, 6 hours before noon. A New moon that's south is zero hours past noon, so you can't see it, and it's useless for telling time at night.
None of the above is very precise, but it can give you a rough guide to use when you wake up in the middle of the night for a bathroom break and forgot your watch back in the sleeping bag.
There are very simple ways to use both the moon and the stars to tell time at night. The moon can be used without complicated charts, and the stars can be used with a simple star dial. Here are links: Telling time with the moon without complicated charts, like the one here
To tell time using the stars (if you are a newbie and haven't observed the big dipper in relation to Polaris very often) you can print and use this very simple stardial to tell time at night. Here is the link to 2D-Nocturnal-Celestial-Stardial
If all you want is a rough approximation, this this is extremely easy. For example, if you wake up in the middle of the night, you may just want to be able to look up and get some idea of how much time has passed and how long it is until dawn. Once it gets dark, pick anything in the sky that's easily visible on that particular night, preferably something that's somewhere over in the eastern side of the sky. This could be any object such as the moon, a planet, or a constellation with a distinctive shape. You don't even have to know what it is, as long as you're able to recognize it again later in the night. In 6 hours, that object is going to travel 90 degrees across the celestial sphere. So for example if you wake up and notice that it's traveled about 45 degrees, then about 3 hours have passed.
If you know the stars, look at the constellation in the Zodiac. For example, according to astrology, now the sun is in Aquarius. In reality, it is one constellation backwards, so it is in Capricorn. Then, look at the starred sky - which constellations of the Zodiac can you still see? E.g. if you see (left to right), Leo, Cancer, Gemini, Taurus and horizon, then you know that there is still Aries, Pisces, Aquarius below and the sun is now "at the end" of Capricorn. So actually if you count cca 24/12 = 2 hours per Zodiac sign, then it is cca 6 hours after sunset. This is simple, logical, doesn't require moon, nor any "calibration".
But if you look at the starred sky every night, it is much easier not only to orientate yourself, but also to guess time. E.g. in winter the Orion dominates the evening sky. So if you see it leaning steeply to his right side and low above horizon, you plus-minus know where the west lies, and also it indicates a coming midnight. And if you see the Lion leaning his head just above horizon, you know that you really spend too much time in the pub - the new day will start soon. :) Of course this more or less is valid now, in winter - the situation changes over year, so you must regularly calibrate your star clock. :-)


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G-N getting defensive vs. Barlow
For much of the year, it's been the Gilbert-Northwestern offense that has been the difference between a win and a loss. But today, it's going to need to be the defense that steps up for the sixth-seeded Yellowjackets (9-2) as they take on No. 3 Joel Barlow (9-2) in the Class M quarterfinals at Western Connecticut State University at 6:30 p.m.
The Falcons are led by senior quarterback Jack Shaban and his ability to run the triple option. At 5-foot-9, 165 pounds, Shaban is as elusive as they come, having rushed for 1,841 yards and 32 touchdowns this season.
"Shaban is a great player and has some phenominal stats," said Gilbert-Northwestern coach Scott Salius. "But he's not their only threat. If you take him out of the game, their halfback (Harry Wilson) and fullback (Steve Miller) can also step in and have good games. And their offensive line is great, not huge, but disciplined. They're fast, and they come off the ball quick."
Salius believes the Yellowjackets are going to need a strong defensive showing if they are going to have a chance to win.
"We're going to need to stick to our assignments," he said. "It's a team concept stopping the triple option."
Particularly, Ryan Ott, the senior middle linebacker for Gilbert-Northwestern, will need to continue with his aggressive play. Ott averaged 9.8 tackles per game this season and has played a huge role in stopping the run.
"Ryan needs to be all over the field," said Salius. "He needs to go sideline to sideline and make plays. He's ready for the assignment."
On the other side of the ball for G-N, they've been led this season by senior quarterback John Lippincott and senior running back Tony Ortiz Jr.
Lippincott has thrown for 1,330 yards with 13 touchdowns and rushed for another 629 yards and seven scores. Ortiz has 1,673 rushing yards with 17 touchdowns. But tonight, the Yellowjackets will look for other players to step up and help them to a victory.
"We've definitely progressed as the season went on," stated Salius. "It's not just Tony Ortiz running the ball anymore. We also have the ability to pass. We've gotten away from being so one dimensional."
Ortiz also helps lead the Yellowjackets receiving core with 338 yards and five touchdowns, but they've also gotten significant contributions from senior Seth Dayton (469 yards and four scores) and junior Paxton Franklin (298 yards and three touchdowns).
"Seth has really stepped up for us in the second half of the season," said Salius. "He's a great slot receiver and can run the ball for us from the slot."
Franklin will also play a huge role at tight end.
"He's a threat receiving and can take them out of their gameplan," said Salius.
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I usually get better light at sunrise (compared to sunset). I do though hate to wake up early in the morning to use that light ;)
What are the biggest differences between sunrise and sunset?
Sunrise light is cooler (color temperature-wise) because there are less particles in the air, which is what gives sunsets their multicoloured nature.
Sunrise can be a better time to shoot for few reasons too:
These factors will certainly help to make them more unique and hence more marketable if you happen to be selling them.
Personally I shoot at both sunrise and sunset time of the day, as each has its own unique qualities. I find sunset very colourful and the ability to include people in the image can add interest too.
The sun is in a different place!
I know, that sounds obvious, but, as someone living in a coastal city, I though it ought to be mentioned. In the east, if you want the sun over the ocean, that's a sunrise. If you want a sunset over the water, you need to find a west coast. (Any continent will do.)
Of course, this extends to non-oceanic photos as well. The light in many landscapes is rooted in geography. The morning sun and evening sun show the same mountains very differently -- not in the same human-schedule way a city street may be transformed (working class people early in the morning, yuppie parents with kids during the day, and then the nightlife) -- but still, uniquely.
Sunrise is near the coolest part of the day. As a result, it typically has less wind, and thus less dust. Also, it tends to have somewhat less moisture in the ground than would otherwise be there.
All of this causes a few unique affects
All of these add to a unique look for sunrise.
I'm going to spare you the details about the location of where the sun is when the sunrise/set occurs.
Sunrise shots can require more scouting ahead of time, because you are getting someplace in dark or twilight and it can be difficult to visualize how light will strike the area when it comes up.
Sunset gives you the luxury of having more time to analyze the scene in front of you on the spot, and is I think easier to visualize how the sun will shift as it goes down.
Also, after a lot of shooting both sunrise and sunset it seems like the light stays more "interesting" for longer around sunrise (both before and after) than sunset. I'm not sure why this is, but after a lot of different shoots it sure seems like I have a lot more time to spend on a sunrise than sunsets in general.
The light that first comes up at sunrise is often quite sharp compared to a sunset though, and can really cut through haze.
Due to temperatures at sunrise, low fog is more common, allowing you to take pictures like this one.
Sunrise and Sunset are also very different when it comes to shadows and back light.
Never forget that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Therefore the shadows and light will be a completely different although in both cases the sun is low over the horizon.
So if you want to have the sun in your picture and you are on an east coast beach you have to get up early if you like it or not :-)
Most humans need much more convincing for participating in a shoot during sunrise than during sunset. Applies to models, stylists, assistants etc. On the other hand, wildlife is usually more active during sunrise.
If you need to have a natural-light shot made in a certain day, shooting during sunrise leaves you a second chance in case something goes wrong. In case of a sunset, being late means too late.
Chances of catching rays shining through mist are higher in mornings.