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Autonom car rental - highly recommended
We rented a car at Sibiu airport from Autonom, which seems to be Romania's main car rental company. The car was booked through rentalcars.com (our usual site Europecar doesn't cover Sibiu), where Autonom vehicles are consistently the cheapest or among the cheapest of their type.
The car we chose was the most basic, and we were happy to find that this was a brand new VW Polo. The Autonom staff - which at Sibiu airport seems to consist of men in their 20s - are incredibly thorough and helpful. They checked the car in more detail than I've seen before, including checking off the spare tyre and first aid kit. The car itself had a detailed map of Romania, something I've not seen in a hire car before and something that is essential in this part of the world.
The service was excellent - the chap who left us the car even drove into the city centre to show us where to park for our hotel, despite being off duty and giving a lift to friends by that point. Dropping the car off again was just as easy.
Be aware that Autonom will come to meet you if your flight arrives after the counter closes, so choose your arrival time carefully. Our flight was due to land at around ten in the evening, but was early and without checked luggage we ended up waiting a while.
By the way, the car was great - over four days we drove from Sibiu down the Transfagarasan Highway, then up to Micolsoara near Brasov, across to Sighisoara and Biertan and finally back to Sibiu. We spent just £40 on petrol and filled up only when we were heading to the airport.
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Getting to the ASTRA outdoor museum.
The ASTRA museum is an absolute must-see if you are visiting Sibiu, imo. It lies just outside the city, on the edge of the Dumbrava forest. There used to be a tram service (you can still se the line) but now there's only the bus.
Take bus 13 (timetables on the link below). It starts from, and terminates at, Sibiu railway station. You'll see the bus stop to the right of the station entrance. The bus stops at a cople of other places in central Sibiu, including on Boulavardul Corneliu Coposu and Strada Andrei Saguna, but getting on at the station means you are much more likely to get a seat. The journey takes around 30 minutes and Sibiu buses don't have many eats inside.
You can get your tickets from the machines (English language options) at the railway station bus stop. There may be machines at the other stops as well, I didn't look. Make sure that you buy two tickets, because there is no ticket machine at the museum itself. And also make sure you validate your ticket when you board using the stamp inside the bus (put the ticket in upside-down).
You can't miss the museum stop because the bu pulls off the main road and comes to a halt by the entrance building. It's very obvious.
The journey itself is interesting as it takes you through some of Sibiu's suburbs and past a very large cemetery, so the bus can get quite crowded at times as local people get on and off.
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I only used the local buses for my trip to and from the wonderful ASTRA outdoor museum.
It seems you need to buy tickets from a machine, not from drivers, though I can't be 100% sure about this...there is no ticket machine at the museum complex. I saw plenty of ticket machines at bus stops on my way to and from the museum but it still might be a good idea to buy two tickets at once, one for the outward journey and one for the return.
The ticket machines outside the railway station, where I began my journey, accepted lei (plasticised notes must make machines much happier, I think) and gave me my two tickets.
Experience in other European countries meant I looked around when I got on the bus to see if there were validation (date-stamp) machines and, seeing someone else using them, I tried. And failed miserably the first time. The validation machines are, quite literally, just a stamp. You have to put your ticket in upside-down, so the full stamp number can appear on the blank side. I put mine in with the printed side upwards, so the stamp was partly lost. A helpful local managed to sort me out.
As far as I could tell, tickets are a flat fare of 3 lei (around 0.60GBP, 0.68 euro).
The buses I took were not particularly new (and had obviously once been smoking buses...perhaps they still are, for I saw no non-smoking signs?) but they did the job perfectly well. And using local buses is an excellent way of getting to know a place......
You can find bus timetables and route info in Romanian on the Tursib website below, under 'Trasee'.
For longer journeys, e.g. out to the surrounding villages, you need to look at the Transmixt website http://www.autogara.transmixt.ro/ The Transmixt bus station is next to Sibiu's railway station.
Website: http://www.autogara.transmixt.ro/
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Airport taxis (and airport buses).
Interesting experience. Arriving on the last plane of the day I found that there was only one taxi waiting outside (the others, presumably, snapped up by fellow travellers). A very pleasant woman driver with adequate English waved me over and, when asked, told me the fare would be 5 euro or so.
I knew this was a bit of a rip-off, not least because the fare should legally be paid in lei, but I also didn't want to hang around the airport. I felt quite confident that I would give her 5 euro (a fair-enough price, imo) and pay not a penny more, regardless.
She drove like a bat out of hell, quite the most 'interesting' taxi ride I've ever had, but after 10 minutes or so we arrived safely as near to my hotel as was feasible. I said 'That'll be 5 euro then....' and she, rather disgruntled, agreed without argument.
So that was fine.
On my return to the airport the hotel booked a taxi for me. It cost 12.84 lei (around 3 euro) so my 'bit of a rip-off' idea was correct.
But it was only a bit of a rip-off and I was happy enough to pay the extra 2 euro to get from airport to hotel easily and quickly .
Whilst hanging around the airport on my way home i noticed a phone outside with a helpful list of taxi numbers and the drivers' names. Useful to know if there are no taxis left when you arrive, especially if you are on the last lane of the day.
The airport is served by buses...lines 11, 112, 116, 117 and 118, according to the airport website...but you'll need lei to use the machine by the bus stop to buy bus tickets.
You can check timetables on the official Sibiu bus website http://www.tursib.ro/ under 'Trasee'.
Website: http://www.sibiuairport.ro
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Sibiu airport: small but pleasant....
Sibiu airport is really very tiny, with only a very few arrivals and departures each day (Tarom, Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa).
There's just one terminal. Landside there are a couple of small cafe/bars (one of which has outside tables, which is nice) and a newsagent. Airside, there's a small bar, an even smaller 'shop' and a duty-free. All staff have at least good-enough English, which is helpful.
There is no currency exchange facility at the airport but there is an ATM and a machine which accepts euro notes (and possibly others). Unfortunately, that machine was out of service when I arrived (around 1900 on a Saturday). As I prefer not to use ATMs when abroad I was pleased that I'd obtained some lei before leaving home, although there are plenty of exchange offices in Sibiu itself, some of which remain open well into the evening.
There are two border control booths (Romania is not in the Schengen zone) and it took me quite a while to get through, because several of the passengers on my flight of 50 or so seemed to be having issues with their ID cards or passports. In the end, I changed lines and...surprisingly...it actually worked and I got through more quickly. While I was waiting it was reassuring to watch my bag making its way round and round the conveyor belt. :-)
Security was quick, efficient and very polite. It's really not worth going through more than 30-45 minutes before boarding. There's nothing to do and when I was there the departure lounge was hot and stuffy.
One of the oddest things about the airport is that you have to be bussed from the plane to the terminal and vice versa. The journey lasted exactly 10 seconds (I timed it).
This is a nice little airport, clean and friendly. Just don't get there too early ...you'll be even more bored than you usually are at airports, even though there are lovely views of the surrounding hills and mountains. :-)
Website: http://www.sibiuairport.ro/
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When looking for a flight to Sibiu to attend the 9th annual VT Meet, we were told by our organizer Codrutz that there was good connections from Munich, Germany. So that's what we did. We booked AIR CANADA / LUFTHANSA leaving Sunday, June 16 and returning Thursday June 27 - Toronto - Munich - Sibiu. The price was $1,189.46 CDN each.and we booked through EXPEDIA.
Our departure from Toronto was delayed for almost two hours as there was a maintenance problem with the bathrooms. But overall the flight was good and the meals just OK.
Really liked Munich Airport which is very user friendly. Some good restaurants and a "Comfort Lounge" where you can sit and put your feet up.
The flight from Munich to Sibiu was with Lufthansa CityLine and that was good and very short - one hour & 45 minutes.
We arrived in Sibiu Monday, June 17 around 5:00 p.m. After collecting our luggage, we walked outside the airport and got a "Yellow Taxi". As I didn't have any Romanian currency yet, I offered the driver 5 Euros to take us to our hotel. He was OK with that as it was more than if the meter was on.
On the return to Sibiu Airport, the Hotel called a taxi for us. The taxi picked us up just behind the hotel, as the main street is pedestrianized. The fare came to 12 lei or about $4.00 CDN.
Website: http://expedia.com
Flying to Sibiu
There are no direct flights from London to Sibiu, but that doesn't mean that it is difficult to get to. There are several options, and I chose to fly with Lufthansa via Munich, as the timings suited me best and I could fly from my nearest airport, London Heathrow.
Three weeks previously I had been at Heathrow Airport to catch a plane to Ancona in Italy, and on this occasion to Sibiu in Romania. But both journeys started the same way, with a Lufthansa flight to Munich. As before the flight was good and uneventful, and we were served with a drink and light breakfast (a cheese and ham hot roll). I arrived in Munich on time and with two hours before the flight to Sibiu - enough for a leisurely coffee before meeting up with fellow travellers Alyson and Teresa.
The flight to Sibiu also passed smoothly and again we were served with a drink and small snack – this time, apple cake. As we came into land I got my first look at the scenery around the town, which seemed very pretty - forested hills and small red-roofed villages, each with a church at its centre.
The airport in Sibiu is very small so we were soon through customs. I changed some money at the efficient ATM machine and we then caught a taxi into the centre. It was quite a short ride, and as we went our friendly lady driver pointed out a couple of sights. We were dropped off in the Small Square and walked a short distance from there to the hotel, as the area around it is pedestrianised.
My return flight allowed me much less time to connect at Munich. I had gambled on the Sibiu flight being on time but storms meant that it took slightly longer than scheduled, and I had to run to make my flight. Another time I would choose a later flight rather than have such a rush.
Next tip: Taking a taxi
Website: http://www.lufthansa.com
Taking a taxi
Sibiu is a compact city, or at least the historical and most interesting part is very much so. But if you want to go a bit further afield you will find the taxis efficient and very reasonably priced, although the charges did seem to be a bit erratic, especially for travel to and from the airport.
When we arrived at the airport Alyson, Teresa and I caught a taxi into the centre which cost 21 LEI. We thought this very reasonable, especially shared between three, but on our return Teresa and I paid only half of that so realised we had perhaps been over-charged on our arrival. On the plus side, our lady driver was friendly and pointed out a couple of sights.
The other occasion on which we caught a taxi was to go to and from our Sunday dinner at the Golden Tulip Hotel. This was a short distance (we could have walked it in 20 minutes but were finding the heat draining) and the charge of about 5 LEI was a bargain.
You'll find taxis at stands in key places such as the car park just south of the city walls near the Philharmonic Theatre, or like us you can ask your hotel to call one for you. On both occasions when we did this we only waited a minute or so. Note that if you're in part of the pedestrianised area you will have to walk a short distance to a place where the driver can pick you up.
Next tip: my stay at the Imperatul Romanilor
Finding your way
Sibiu, or at least the historic part where most of the main sights are to be found, is a compact, walkable city – indeed, some parts are restricted only to pedestrians (like Strada Nicholae Balcescu and the Large Square). Armed with a map you will soon get your bearings, and if not, the streets are all marked with their name, with some attractive street signs such as these.
And when you find something of interest, there is a good chance that there will be information about it nearby. Even the most humble of old houses has a plaque giving its age, and on more noteworthy buildings these also give further details such as the name (see photo three for an example).
Next tip: the so-called eyes of the city
Travelling to and from Sibiu by train.
Sibiu is served by quite a few trains from other parts of Romania aswell as having one daily train to and from Budapest.
When i left Sibiu i took the Budapest train but decided to travel only to Arad in northern Romania where i stayed the night.
The Budapest train left in the morning and it was a very nice train with comfortable seats and a nice little dining car where i sat for a while for a coffee and a read in my book.
Sibiu has several trains a day to Bucharest so if you are coming from that direction then connecting by train should be quite easy.
The train station in Sibiu is just outside the old part of town andfrom the main square it should take you around 15 minutes to walk there.
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We rented a couple of bikes from the City sponsored kiosk at the South East side of the main pedestrian drag. Big yellow, steel frame clunkers complete with fenders and a basket. They were perfect for cruising through the City streets and bike paths. We took them on an east ride to the Astra Park. They rent for 5 lei an hour or 15 lei (about $5) for the day.
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By train from Sibiu to Sighisoara
There are 3 direct trains per day from Sibiu to Sighisoara (7.30, 12.06 and 19.35), 2.30 hours, you buy the tickets for these trains from the conductor in the train. There are also some more train connetions with a change in Copsa Mica.
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Walk in Sibiu
You shouldn't worry about transportation in Sibiu as all points of interests are in walking distance. Choose a hotel in walking distance of Piata Mare (see my accommodation tips) and you not need public transport.
Further away is only the Astra Romanian Folk Civilization Museum for which you need to take a taxi (as they are around 5km from city center) - estimated ride cost is RON 30 (2x15) that is about €7 (2x3,5).
Also the only 5* hotel - the Hilton - is located in Dumbrava forest some 5 km from city center and for which you have to take a taxi.
Getting to Sibiu by plane
Direct flights to Sibiu are from Munich (Lufthansa) and Vienna (Austrian). Two more direct links are from Madrid and Stuttgart, with the Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air.
One stop flights can be made trough Bucharest and Timisoara.
Flying direct to Bucharest is easy from almost every European capital plus Tel Aviv, Moscow, Istanbul, Kiev, Chisinau, Doha, Dubai - then to Sibiu with Tarom (Romanian national airline)
Flying direct to Timisoara is available with Carpatair (private Romanian airline) from cities in Italy, Germany, Ukraine and Moldova - then to Sibiu with Carpatair.
For finding a route from your city (or close airport) I recommend using www.kayak.com or www.skyscanner.com or the Tarom webpage
Website: http://www.sibiuairport.ro/
Bucharest-Sibiu by bus
For this trip, we decided to use the bus instead of the train for two reasons: it's cheaper and the timetable suited better for our plans.
We took the Dacos bus from Militari Bus Station situated on 141 Iuliu Maniu Bvd. You can reach it by subway (Pacii Station) or by busses 61, 62, 136, 137, 150, 236, 421.
Bookings: Make sure you book you seat in advance by calling one of the numbers below (opperating daiy between 7:00 and 23:00) and that you arrive at the station 30 min before your scheduled departure so as to pay for your ticket in the small building situated at the entrance in the Bus Station. If you don't pay 15 mins before departure, you lose your booking. Ask about "Bilete Dacos".
Supposedly, you can also book your ticket via their website but I haven't used this system.
Prices: we were lucky and found a special offer: RON 30 (approx. EUR 7,5) for a one way ticket but I understand the normal price is of RON 48 (EUR 12) for one way and RON 86 (EUR 22) for a round trip.
Schedule (for direct routes):
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Arrival: the bus will drop you at Q7 Bus Stop: 5A Scoala de Inot Str.
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Hello. I would like to get from the Sibiu Airport to Medias. What is the best way to do it. Thanks
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I'd suggest you take a taxi from the airport to Sibiu's bus station (a short trip...should cost less than 5 euro) and then take the bus from there to Medias. You can find bus timetables and information in English here:
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Jerusalem — There were a few spots available this week in the gated parking lot outside the Hebrew University's Givat Ram campus. That's about the only good news that has so far come out of the strike by 4,500 senior faculty members of the country's seven universities, the longest such strike in the country's history.
Launched in October, just after the start of the new semester (and five months after university students waged a strike) the faculty strike has wreaked havoc in an already troubled higher education system.
About half of the universities' courses have been canceled due to the strike while the other half — taught by graduate students or adjunct lecturers — continue. In the meantime, students who have lost much of the semester have yet to receive assurances that at least part of their tuition will refunded.
Last week the country's university presidents asked the National Labor Court to issue a back-to-work order by Jan. 13, a move that has angered faculty members.
"Our salaries have eroded dramatically over the past 10 years, a consequence of a Finance Ministry formula that hasn't kept up with other sectors," says Daniel Hershkowitz, head of the Technion's faculty association. "We want to change the way our salaries are calculated."
The mathematics professor insisted faculty salaries are part of a much larger problem in Israeli higher education, which has seen its government funding slashed $300 million over the past half decade.
"The universities in Israel are in very bad shape due to these cuts. The result is that class sizes are much larger and the ratio to faculty has increased dramatically. Introductory courses that used to have, say, 50 students now have 200 to 250. Courses run by graduate students that once had 30 students now have 60. It's made our lives impossible."
Full professors earn an average monthly wage of NIS 25,000 (almost $6,500), much more than most Israelis but far below what seasoned academics earn overseas. That's one reason many of Israel's brightest academics move abroad, intensifying the country's brain drain, Hershkowitz said.
No one denies that the big losers in the strike are the tens of thousands of students, including many who must take licensing exams, who are falling behind in their studies.
"The amount a student has been impacted depends on what he or she is studying," explained one university administrator who requested anonymity. "The introductory courses are getting hit especially hard, as are certain subjects like Judaic studies, which are usually taught by senior educators. In the sciences students have a lot of labs that are taught by junior educators, and these are being held."
A Jerusalem mathematics student said her course work and marriage plans have been affected by the strike.
"I was planning to get married at the end of the year and move out of Jerusalem, after the semester ended, but I haven't finished my coursework. We've had to put our wedding plans on hold," she said with a wan smile.
Anna Proviz, a second year student of political science and sociology at the Hebrew University, said that five of the eight courses she had planned to take this semester were cancelled.
Proviz said some of her striking professors had disseminated materials for students to study but that "we don't know yet whether we'll be tested on it.
"This is especially aggravating because I could have studied at a college," Proviz said, referring to the numerous colleges that have sprung up all over the country in recent years. Though colleges turn out many excellent students, they do not enjoy the same status as universities.
"I wanted to get the best education possible, so I chose a university," Proviz said.
Though Proviz did not doubt that her professors deserve a raise, she said the strike has gone on "way too long. At this point I don't think they care about anyone but themselves."
Yoav Moriah, an associate professor at the Technion who is participating in the strike, said students affected by the strike need to see the larger picture.
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Unless something is done to retain Israeli academics, the universities will go downhill, Moriah said.
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Almost all Israeli doctoral students go overseas for their post-doctoral work if they want to secure an academic position at an Israeli university.
"You can destroy a university in a very short time," Moriah said. "Once academics don't return to the universities, the quality that took years and years to generate is almost impossible to replace. Our universities and students deserve better," he said.
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How to Find Your Lost Windows or Office Product Keys
If you're planning on doing a reinstall of Windows but can't find your product key, you're in luck because it's stored in the Windows Registry… it's just not easy to find, and it's impossible to read without some help. Luckily, we're here to help.
As you can see in the screenshot above, the product ID is stored in the registry but is in a binary format that can't be read by humans unless you are some sort of Cylon. You aren't, are you?
We're not really sure why Microsoft went to great lengths to make it difficult to see the product keys for their software, especially since they are stored right in there in the registry and can be read by software, if not by humans. We can only assume that they don't want anybody to re-use a key from an old computer.
The great thing is that you can even recover a key from a computer that won't boot anymore. All you need is access to the disk drive from a working computer. Keep reading for more.
Note: the NirSoft keyfinder won't always work for OEM computers, depending on how they decided to activate the licenses they might have used a single license for all computers. It also doesn't work for Office 2013.
Three Places You Might Find the Key
The key you need will be in one of three places:
- Stored in software on your PC: When you (or your PC manufacturer) installs Windows, Windows stores its product key in the registry. You can extract this product key, and — often — enter it when reinstalling Windows on your PC. Crucially, you'll need to grab it from your operating system before you begin reinstalling Windows or it could be deleted if you format your hard drive.
- Printed on a sticker: Some PCs use a technology called "System Locked Pre-installation," or SLP. If your PC uses this, the product key on your PC — the one stored in the registry, and the one key-viewer applications display — will be different from the actual key your PC needs. The actual key is on a certificate of authenticity (COA) sticker on your PC or its power supply. The one in the registry and key-viewer application is a red herring. This system was common for Windows 7 PCs.
- Embedded in your PC's UEFI firmware: Many newer PCs that come with Windows 8 use a new method. The key for the version of Windows the PC comes with is stored in the computer's UEFI firmware or BIOS. You don't even need to know it — assuming you're installing the same edition of Windows the PC came with, it should automatically activate and work without you needing to enter a key. It'll all happen automatically.
Be sure to use the same version and edition of Windows the computer came with. In other words, if it came with Windows 7 Home Premium, you can't install Windows 7 Professional.
Finding the Windows Key Without Any Software (Advanced Users Only)
Assuming you can boot your computer without any problems, you can easily create a simple VBscript that will read the value out of the registry and then translate it into the format that you need for reinstalling. We're not sure where this script came from, but reader raphoenix posted it on our forum a long time ago, so we're sharing it here for you.
Copy and paste the following into a Notepad window:
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId")) Function ConvertToKey(Key) Const KeyOffset = 52 i = 28 Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789" Do Cur = 0 x = 14 Do Cur = Cur * 256 Cur = Key(x + KeyOffset) + Cur Key(x + KeyOffset) = (Cur \ 24) And 255 Cur = Cur Mod 24 x = x -1 Loop While x >= 0 i = i -1 KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput If (((29 - i) Mod 6) = 0) And (i <> -1) Then i = i -1 KeyOutput = "-" & KeyOutput End If Loop While i >= 0 ConvertToKey = KeyOutput End Function
You'll need to use File -> Save As, change the "Save as type" to "All Files" and then name it productkey.vbs or something similar ending with the vbs extension. We'd recommend saving to the desktop for easy access.
Once you've saved it, you can just double-click and the popup window will show you your product key.
Protip: If you use CTRL + C when the popup window is active, it will copy the contents of the window to the clipboard, and then you can paste it into Notepad or somewhere else.
Use NirSoft's ProduKey to Recover Product Keys (Even if You Can't Boot the PC)
The easiest way to get access to your product key is with a third-party utility, and there's nobody better at those than NirSoft. Their utilities are always crapware-free, and are always really useful. The only issue with this particular utility is that some antivirus will detect it as a false positive, because some malware might try to steal your product key.
Note: if your OEM installed your computer and used a single key for all their PCs, this key might not actually work to reinstall your computer. Keep reading for more information.
All you have to do is download ProduKey, unzip it, and then run it to immediately see all of your product keys. It's as simple as that.
If you want to recover a key from a dead computer, you can hook up the hard drive to a working PC, and then run ProduKey and use File -> Select Source to point to the external Windows directory. You can then grab the keys from that computer easily.
You can also use a Linux live CD to pull the Windows directory off the other computer and onto a thumb drive, or just grab the registry files if you prefer. If you need help, we've got a guide to pulling data off a dead computer.
Read the Key From the COA Sticker
So, is that product key usable for reinstalling Windows on your PC? If you have a Windows 7-era PC, there's a good chance the PC's key is a single key the manufacturer uses for all their PCs. Thanks to "System Locked Pre-installation," you're not allowed to use that key to install Windows. If you try, you'll get error messages about the key being invalid.
To check, you'll need to look for a certificate of authenticity sticker on your computer. The COA sticker verifies that the computer came with an authentic copy of Windows, and that sticker has a product key printed on it. You'll need that product key to reinstall Windows — and, if the manufacturer used System Locked Pre-installation, that key is different from the one your PC came with in software.
Examine your computer to find the key. On a laptop, it may be on the bottom of the laptop. If your laptop has a removable battery, it may be under the battery. If there's some sort of compartment you can open, it might be in there. It may even be stuck to the laptop's charger brick. If it's a desktop, look on the side of the desktop's case. If it's not there, check the top, back, bottom, and anywhere else it might be.
If the key has rubbed off of the sticker, there's not much you can do. You can try contacting your computer's manufacturer and explaining what happened, but we can't guarantee they'll help. Microsoft would always be happy to sell you another key, though!
Is the Key Stored in Hardware?
Newer Windows 8 PCs can avoid all these problems. The key isn't stored in software where it can be wiped, or on a sticker where it could be smudged off or removed. No one can glance at your computer's COA sticker to steal its product key. Instead, the key is stored in the computer's UEFI firmware or BIOS by the manufacturer.
You don't have to do anything special if you have this. If your computer came with Windows 8 and it doesn't have a COA sticker, don't worry. You should just be able to reinstall the same edition of Windows the PC came with and it should just work without even asking you for a key. (Still, it may be best to run NirSoft's ProduKey and write down any key you find there before reinstalling Windows — just in case.)
The product key system is complicated to understand because Microsoft doesn't really want typical Windows users to reinstall Windows on their PCs. Instead, they'd rather you use your computer manufacturer's recovery media. But the recovery media is full of the bloatware you don't want on your PC — that's why so many geeks often opt to reinstall Windows on their new PCs.


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Advanced Review
Stratospheric temperature trends: our evolving understanding
Version of Record online: 17 JUN 2011
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.125
Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
Volume 2, Issue 4, pages 592–616, July/August 2011
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Seidel, D. J., Gillett, N. P., Lanzante, J. R., Shine, K. P. and Thorne, P. W. (2011), Stratospheric temperature trends: our evolving understanding. WIREs Clim Change, 2: 592–616. doi: 10.1002/wcc.125
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- Version of Record online: 17 JUN 2011
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We review the scientific literature since the 1960s to examine the evolution of modeling tools and observations that have advanced understanding of global stratospheric temperature changes. Observations show overall cooling of the stratosphere during the period for which they are available (since the late 1950s and late 1970s from radiosondes and satellites, respectively), interrupted by episodes of warming associated with volcanic eruptions, and superimposed on variations associated with the solar cycle. There has been little global mean temperature change since about 1995. The temporal and vertical structure of these variations are reasonably well explained by models that include changes in greenhouse gases, ozone, volcanic aerosols, and solar output, although there are significant uncertainties in the temperature observations and regarding the nature and influence of past changes in stratospheric water vapor. As a companion to a recent WIREs review of tropospheric temperature trends, this article identifies areas of commonality and contrast between the tropospheric and stratospheric trend literature. For example, the increased attention over time to radiosonde and satellite data quality has contributed to better characterization of uncertainty in observed trends both in the troposphere and in the lower stratosphere, and has highlighted the relative deficiency of attention to observations in the middle and upper stratosphere. In contrast to the relatively unchanging expectations of surface and tropospheric warming primarily induced by greenhouse gas increases, stratospheric temperature change expectations have arisen from experiments with a wider variety of model types, showing more complex trend patterns associated with a greater diversity of forcing agents. WIREs Clim Change 2011 2 592–616 DOI: 10.1002/wcc.125
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Before upgrading WordPress, I decided I should backup my database using phpMyAdmin. However, the database had been set up long ago by someone before me, so I had to ask my host to reset the password in order to log in to phpMyAdmin.
Now I can log in, but when trying to export the database that I need, I am given the error message: "Error 6 (net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND): The file or directory could not be found."
When trying to view my site, I get the message: "Error establishing a database connection." The same message appears when I attempt to log-in to WordPress for my site.
(I suppose that all this is due to the password change?)
What should I do now? Would 'installing' WordPress again solve the issue by giving WordPress access to the database again? Would their be problems in duplicating the tables etc.?
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'HeavyRoute' project presents final results
A key EU-funded research project aimed at improving road safety and capacity while reducing impacts on the environment and maintenance costs held its final meeting in Brussels in June 2009.
transport routes
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The volume of freight transport on roads has grown steadily in recent years and is expected to continue to increase significantly over the next decade. This, together with increasing gross weights and changing load configurations of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), has led to accelerated road surface fatigue and damage to bridges, as well as major traffic management problems in terms of safety and congestion.
Meanwhile, truck operators face the combined challenges of reducing ever-increasing fuel costs, while maximising efficiency and profitability.
Modern technologies reducing the burden
Partners in the HeavyRoute project believe a new generation of maps and map-related systems for trucks can help address all of these issues. Using satellite navigation systems such as GPS and Europe's EGNOS and Galileo, they say they can deliver major benefits to professional drivers looking for the most appropriate routes for their vehicles.
Project coordinator Anita Ihs of Sweden's VTI says "We are combining both existing and new technologies to improve safety and to maximise road capacity and efficiency. The HeavyRoute system uses the latest methods for calculating the safest and most cost-effective routes for road freight transport, taking into account user needs, vehicle operations and environmental costs, but also maintenance costs due to the deterioration of roads, bridges and other infrastructure."
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Funded under the European Union's Sixth Research Framework Programme, HeavyRoute brings together all of Europe's major freight transport stakeholders. Project partners have developed new tools, systems and data collection and interpretation processes to effectively link Europe's road infrastructure via electronic mapping schemes to truck operators and drivers.
Results on show at the HeavyRoute final seminar included three main applications, developed using detailed data on vehicles, infrastructure and traffic, as well as vehicle/infrastructure interaction models:
Pre-trip route planning
- Allowable routes were derived based on HGV-specific data, together with physical and legal restrictions on infrastructure.
- Formulas were developed to address fuel consumption, emissions, noise, safety, driver comfort and infrastructure maintenance costs.
Driving support
- Real time driver warning systems and driving guidelines, for example recommended speed to avoid roll-over.
Monitoring and management of HGVs at bridges
- Advice on speed, minimum vehicle spacing and/or lane change to keep appropriate loading of bridges.
Satisfying conclusion
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Detailed project results were presented by key project leaders, including Kees Wevers of NAVTEQ, VTI's Gunnar Lindberg, Silke Forkert and Thomas Benz of PTV, and Véronique Cérézo from CETE Lyon.
Panel discussions addressed key issues such as appropriate models and data for pan- European applicability. Also speaking at the final seminar, European Commission Scientific Officer William Bird said HeavyRoute was yet another example of excellent research and development being carried out by a strong international and multi-sectoral European team.
"It embodies the ambitions that the Commission has throughout its surface transport research programme," said Bird, "to promote safety and sustainability, to improve infrastructure capacity management, to reduce hazards, to keep traffic flows moving and to bolster the European economy, particularly at such difficult times."


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We treat an outside stray with this once a month and it seems to work well. Her skin is noticeably better now that the fleas are gone. This is the exact same as bioSpot, which a large online pet retailer sells, but it's cheaper! Mother in law also used it for her indoor/outdoor cats which had fleas with success. I was apprehensive about going with cheaper flea and tick medication over Advantage or other high priced products, but I'm glad I tried this and would use it before I ever bought something like Hartz which I've seen cause adverse effects in a friend's cat.
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My Toy Poodles have a bad case of fleas and I thought this would work...Well to my disappointment it did absolutely nothing to kill fleas. I wouldn't waste my money on this product.
My three cats have a few fleas so we decided to try the cheap spot on treatment until we could get Advantage or frontline. After waiting the 24 hours we will noticed fleas. Since then the fleas have just gotten worse and i cant use any other spot on treatment for a month. Don't waist your money on the cheap stuff. I will not be buying any more of the Adams flea products.
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Now I have to flea bomb my house
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I was buying advantage now I save so much money now. And it is shipped to my door. My cats skin is soft and they are flea free. Granted they are indoor cats but still I like to keep them protected and Adams does that.


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Tuesday 9 September 2014, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji
The small island state of Tuvalu imports about 4.5 million litres of fuel per year, the bulk of which is diesel fuel to generate electricity. This is about twice the volume imported in the mid-1990s and accounts for more than 20% of the total Tuvalu gross domestic product (GDP).
Therefore, there is a strong incentive to address petroleum consumption issues in all sectors of the economy and to devise appropriate policy responses to promote energy conservation. More importantly, the high reliance on petroleum for energy needs and the associated cost highlights the importance of introducing energy pricing templates and other instruments to reduce costs and inform policy decisions that will enhance conservation and end-use efficiency.
In partnership with the Government of Tuvalu, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Petroleum Advisory Service, conducted a petroleum industry review (PIR) and presented the PIR report recommendations to the government during its recent in-country mission. The mission involved consultations with several industry stakeholders, including the private sector on the PIR recommendations and their implications. The team also assisted in the development of strategies and activities as part of an action plan to progress work toward achieving the agreed recommendations.
Monday 8 September 2014, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji
Progress in sustainable energy development in Pacific small island developing states (SIDS) was marked by two historic events that recently took place with key leadership and support from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The two events took place at the United Nations SIDS Conference on 1–4 September in Apia, Samoa.
The signing of the SIDS Dock Statute on 1 September was regarded as a stunning development, with leaders taking ownership and full responsibility for the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in SIDS. SIDS Dock is a SIDS–SIDS institutional mechanism established to facilitate the development of a sustainable energy economy within the small island developing states. The ultimate goal of SIDS Dock is to increase energy efficiency by 25% (from a 2005 baseline), to generate a minimum of 50% of electric power from renewable sources, and to decrease use of conventional transportation fuel by 20–30% by 2033. By signing the statute, leaders have blessed the establishment of the first ever international organisation to focus only on SIDS sustainable energy challenges.
Over 150 delegates and members of the international development community from more than 45 countries were overjoyed to see leader after leader approach the podium to sign a historic sustainable energy and climate resilience treaty that will significantly change the lives and destiny of over 20 million small islanders for the better.


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Obama Energy Plan Benefits Working Americans
Washington, DC: In a speech today, Senator Obama outlined a comprehensive energy plan that focuses on moving America forward with sensible clean energy proposals that will create jobs and meet our energy needs. Below is a statement from Sierra Club Political Director Cathy Duvall:
Senator Obama's plan will put America on the path to a clean energy future because it prioritizes efforts that will benefit working families instead of the outdated fossil fuel industries. Senator Obama supports creating millions of jobs by investing in the cleanest, cheapest, and fastest technologies to meet our energy needs and stimulate our economy. The mix of short and long term measures includes key goals like:
- A windfall profits tax on Big Oil to pay for $1,000 in immediate consumer relief
- 5 million green jobs
- A comprehensive and science-based plan for tackling global warming that invests in clean energy and protects consumers from rising energy prices
- Increased fuel economy standards
- A national renewable energy standard
- Dramatically increased energy efficiency investments, including retrofitting 1 million homes a year and making all new buildings carbon neutral by 2030
On the other hand, Senator McCain's Energy Policy focuses on the wrong priorities. Instead of helping move America off oil, expanding our clean energy options or investing in a clean energy future that will create jobs our nation desperately needs, John McCain is offering more of the same policies that have devastated our economy. It's no coincidence that these failed policies are demanded by Big Oil and backed up by the more than $2 million in contributions to McCain. McCain's plans won't give consumers relief, but they will mean more profits for the oil companies and a third term for the Bush energy policies that have benefitted wealthy and powerful special interests, while leaving ordinary families behind.


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Shuttleworth to Continue Sponsoring Ubuntu
Mark Shuttleworth, the main sponsor of Ubuntu, may continue to fund the Linux distribution for a few more years.
In an interview with Computerworlduk.com, the South African billionaire explained that Ubuntu vendor Canonical might have an annual revenue of a few million dollars, but it's hardly enough to cover its costs. He goes on to say that it would likely take another three to five years to make it profitable.
Shuttleworth doesn't see any reason to deviate from the company's current business model. Because desktop sales are no longer key revenue sources, services are "the only way to build businesses around Linux." Despite his concern about the current economic crisis, he voices confidence in his blog that it can only help the Linux business model rather than harm it.
In the past, Shuttleworth has always claimed to pursue no commercial plans for Ubuntu. There was never to be a cost-based version; the distribution was to remain free
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Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universitiesby William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, Michael S. McPherson
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The United States has long been a model for accessible, affordable education, as exemplified by the country's public universities. And yet less than 60 percent of the students entering American universities today are graduating. Why is this happening, and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line provides the most detailed exploration ever of college/i>
The United States has long been a model for accessible, affordable education, as exemplified by the country's public universities. And yet less than 60 percent of the students entering American universities today are graduating. Why is this happening, and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line provides the most detailed exploration ever of college completion at America's public universities. This groundbreaking book sheds light on such serious issues as dropout rates linked to race, gender, and socioeconomic status.
Probing graduation rates at twenty-one flagship public universities and four statewide systems of public higher education, the authors focus on the progress of students in the entering class of 1999--from entry to graduation, transfer, or withdrawal. They examine the effects of parental education, family income, race and gender, high school grades, test scores, financial aid, and characteristics of universities attended (especially their selectivity). The conclusions are compelling: minority students and students from poor families have markedly lower graduation rates--and take longer to earn degrees--even when other variables are taken into account. Noting the strong performance of transfer students and the effects of financial constraints on student retention, the authors call for improved transfer and financial aid policies, and suggest ways of improving the sorting processes that match students to institutions.
An outstanding combination of evidence and analysis, Crossing the Finish Line should be read by everyone who cares about the nation's higher education system.
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The authors are emphatic that the United States cannot improve overall educational attainment unless there are significant changes in public higher education. . . . One of the major themes of the book is of the importance of disparitiesand the need to be precise about them.
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"Identifying the causes of the college dropout crisis matters enormously, and [Crossing the Finish Line] tries to do precisely that. . . . For all the book's alarming statistics, its message is ultimately upliftingor at least invigorating. . . . Crossing the Finish Line makes it clear that we can do better."David Leonhardt, New York Times
"Crossing the Finish Line serves as a wake-up call to educators and administrators, and provides valuable data that will help universities to invest their resources in nurturing the talents of all their students. It also provides a disturbing glimpse of the far-reaching effects of limited expectations and diminished educational opportunities."Devorah Bennu, Nature
"The most comprehensive look yet possible at the determinants of graduation ratesand what might be done to improve them. Bowen and McPherson are economists and bring economists' sensibilities and methods to their subject. Much of the book uses regression analysis to assess the impact of various factors on college completion (e.g., socioeconomic status, financial aid, and institutional selectivity) after adjusting for other factors such as students' high-school grades and test scores. Individual chapters deftly summarize what is known about each topic and then often extend that knowledge substantially. . . . The book provides new and often surprising insights on other major determinants of college completion. The chapters on financial aid, in particular, are masterful. . . . Crossing the Finish Line exemplifies the best that social science research has to offer: rigorous empirical analysis brought to bear on a major public policy issue. Bowen, Chingos, and McPherson have provided an essential resource that both researchers and policymakers will consult for years to come."Richard C. Atkinson and Saul Geiser, Science Magazine
"The authors of Crossing the Finish Line have done a masterful job of introducing multiple concepts and combining their presentation of complex issues into a well organized text which not only paints a clearer picture of college completion in American public universities, but also gives significant attention to major findings from their research in each chapter. This book has truly established itself as one of the most impressive collections of analyses and discussions from a massive higher education dataset and should therefore be required reading for current students and added to the personal libraries of the entire higher education community."Toyia K. Younger, Journal of College Student Development
"The authors are emphatic that the United States cannot improve overall educational attainment unless there are significant changes in public higher education. . . . One of the major themes of the book is of the importance of disparitiesand the need to be precise about them."Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed.com
"Among the book's central themes: Large disparities exist in graduation rates by gender, ethnicity, and family income, even after accounting for differences in standardized test scores and high-school preparation. That is not exactly news, but the book grounds those findings in an unusually rich set of data. . . . Mr. Bowen and his colleagues put forward two arguments that are likely to fuel debate for several years. . . . The first argument is that money matters. . . . The second argument is that admissions offices should downplay the SAT and ACT, and instead lean heavily on students' high school grades. . . . The tuition and SAT debates are, of course, evergreens of education policy, and they might still be running long after everyone who reads this article is dead. But some of the most provocative sections of Crossing the Finish Line have to do with a third, less familiar debate: Why, exactly, are graduation rates stronger at selective colleges?"David Glenn, Chronicle of Higher Education
"While the findings might eventually inform students choosing colleges, the more immediate audience is policy-makers and educators. Bowen's previous data-driven work, on affirmative action and college athletics, has been hugely influential. Again with this project, he and his co-authors gained access to information allowing them to track thousands of individual students over time. The findings paint a grim picture of wasted opportunities, but also suggest even relatively modest efforts to provide students more information and encouragement could substantially 'increase social mobility and augment the nation's human capital.'"Justin Pope, Associated Press
"An important and insightful analysis of a major issue for contemporary America. . . . The authors succeed in portraying the problem and its solutions in a dense, evidence-based study, a complex yet well-structured and readable work that is essential for those interested in higher education and public policy."Elizabeth Hayford, Library Journal starred review
"Among its many accomplishments, this book documents the fact that college completion depends on more than financial means and intellectual ability."David Bressoud, Mathematical Association of America
"A wealth of fresh insights and research."Mark Harper, Daytona News-Journal
"This book is highly recommended to anyone who wants to be in touch with the latest literature and trends in student retention and persistence at the national level."Joshua L. Brittingham, NACADA Journal
"Full of important information about who succeeds in American public education, this book is a key contribution to the literature on who graduates, what they study, and what circumstances seem to support or impede their success."Diversity Web
"Crossing the Finish Line is a trenchant and revealing look at the success of America's public universities in graduating all students. . . . Using a data set of twenty-one flagship institutions and four public state systems, the authors are able to answer heretofore confounding questions about who is graduating from college, when they are doing it, where this is happening, and possible reasons why some students graduate while others do not."Kolajo Paul Afolabi, Harvard Educational Review
"While I most highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in higher education policy issues in general, and college graduation in particular, higher education researchers and analysts will find this book to be particularly useful as a springboard to other relevant studies focusing on issues such as the effect of high-tuition/high-aid policy or in-depth analysis on the issues related to over-matched and under-matched students."Dongbin Kim, Higher Education Journal
"Professionals across the board, including researchers, administrators, educators, and policy makers will find Crossing the Finish Line informative and compelling, and will be able to apply the findings of Bowen, Chingos, and McPherson (2009) to their own endeavors."Lynette O'Keefe, Education Review
"Do not come to this volume faint of heart. This is a book so full of ideas, research, and implications for practice that it is not an easy read. It must be absorbed over time, and digested in a manner that allows the reader to pull together all the facets of its very rich panoply. However, approached in this way, it will be deeply rewarding. Not only will the reader be better informed but also prepared to develop a course of action that will make the United States and our colleges and universities much better places for our young to grow and achieve their potential."Dean Kay Whitla, Continuing Higher Education Review
"In the course of reading this work, I found it to be an inspiring book. It aims to answer big questions with important consequences for our future. It was written by scholars who care deeply about how the market for higher education works and the role that universities play in producing human capital. Their knowledge on the subject and their grasp of the literature are truly remarkable. For these reasons, policy makers and researchers working on the market for higher education or on the transition from high school to college will certainly learn a lot from this book."Flávio Cunha, Journal of Human Capital
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William G. Bowen is president emeritus of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Princeton University. Matthew M. Chingos is a fellow at the Brookings Institution and a research associate at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Michael S. McPherson is president of the Spencer Foundation and former president of Macalester College.
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