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if each team can only spend 100 million, for example, once the teams spend that much then they cant spend anymore. they will need to spend the money they have more wisely. that is what i am getting at. i understand how salary caps work, and i understand players would prefer to go to ny or boston over kc for example. you can bet your sweet A** that the yankees are going to spend whatever they need to spend to not be made to look foolish again...even if that means 300 million. Teams like toronto and tampa cant afford that, hence the need for a salary cap. I understand players have contracts that need to be honored, but mlb might need to say, for example, in the year 2008 teams will need to limit their payroll to 100 million or whatever it could be. that way teams can plan for this. A salary cap can work and probably should be implimented in the next 5 or 7 years
Man, how many times (in several different threads) do we need to explain this whole cap thing to people? A cap won't help baseball. Players are still gonna go where they want to go, and that is to teams like Boston and the Yankees who can win every year. Do you think someone's gonna pick the Diamondbacks over the Yankees if he wants to win a championship? Someone in this thread already explained why a cap works so well in football and why it won't work in baseball (or hockey for that matter) so do some reading and you'll see for yourself.

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On June 30, 1948, AT&T Bell Labs unveiled the transitor to the world, creating a spark of explosive economic growth that would lead into the Information Age. William Shockley led a team of researchers, including Walter Brattain and John Bardeen, who invented the device. Like the existing triode vacuum tube device, the transistor could amplify signals and switch currents on and off, but the transistor was smaller, cheaper, and more efficient. Moreover, it could be integrated with millions of other transistors onto a single chip, creating the integrated circuit at the heart of modern computers.
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FOOD- DISH- Italian remedies: La Cucina defies 'curse' on Water
Back in 2003, Dish wondered if the space now occupied by La Cucina might be cursed. After all, the seemingly perfect restaurant spot on Water Street, strategically located near successful restaurants like Metro, Oxo, Bang, and Mono Loco, had been home to Farruggio's, which replaced Petra, which replaced East-West, which replaced Club 216, which replaced the Silver Fox.
"Is the building cursed? Interior too small? Bad feng shui?" Dish wondered.
"It's difficult for people to grasp the idea that a restaurant could do well here," says Meridith Benincasa, who with her husband/partner (and high school sweetheart) Francesco Benincasa, will be celebrating their third anniversary in the "cursed" space on April 14.
"We didn't even find out about the 'cursed space' reputation until after we moved in, but people don't stop bringing it up," Meridith says.
She's amused by the way people cling to the perception, continuing to ask her how the restaurant is doing in a concerned way, as if it were only a matter of time.
"It's kind of embedded in people's minds in a strange way," says Francesco, who does the cooking at La Cucina. "For example, when we started our new construction a year ago, during which we closed for 10 days, people thought we had closed for good... when in fact we were expanding!"
Indeed, public perceptions are hard to change. Still, there is local evidence that blows the idea of various "cursed" buildings around town out of the water.
For example, the original Bodo's on Emmet Street, which used to be a Roy Rogers restaurant, was considered one of the more "cursed" buildings in town. Obviously, "cursed" isn't a word that comes to mind when you think of Bodo's.
Likewise, Zocolo's space on the Downtown Mall (which used to be Moondance, which used to be Aschill's, which used to be the Charlottesville Yacht Club which used to be O'Dowd's) was once considered cursed, a perception the smokeless upscale nightspot seems to have dispelled.
"Charlottesville is such a crowded restaurant town that it takes time to differentiate yourself," says Francesco, whose strategy has been to build strong personal relationships with his customers. He's also relied on something he refers to as "the immigrant model."
"I think it's good that I came from an old-fashioned restaurant background," he says, "where everything is done by the family and you take on staff only when you can."
As a testament to his family's love of cooking, Benincasa says he didn't eat soup out of a can until he went to college. "Everything I know about cooking I learned from my family," he says. His father, Ugo, originally from Calabria, owns the historic Sheridan Livery Inn and restaurant in downtown Lexington, and has started and sold a number of area restaurants.
"We are truly trying to capture the essence of Italian food: very rustic, very true to the food Frankie grew up with," says Meridith.
"We've tried to model La Cucina after the trattorias in Italy," say Francesco, "and that's not always what everyone is used to when they think of American-style Italian cooking."
As he points out, La Cucina makes their own Calabrian-style sausage, serves up their eggplant parmigiana with a layer of boiled eggs on top, makes a minestrone soup that might change week-to-week, and serves up pasta al dente– real al dente.
Now, if only they'd stop worrying!
Weekend wine tasting
Ah, Dish can't think of a more civilized way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
La Cucina's Francesco and Meridith Benincasa capture the essence of Italian cooking on Water Street.


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Yes! Fallout New Vegas came with a lot of bugs and clearly they won't be all corrected with the patches. Even if we can hope the serious crashing ones are disappearing soon, levitation won't disappear as well as low details rendering for characters (I still hardly believe it's actually the same rendering engine used for Far Cry 2!).
On the bad points I'll also add the radio which is too quickly repetitive and which I've turned of really quickly while I've never turned it off playing Fallout 3.
Nevertheless I just take one point of for that and give it 5/6. Despite its defaults, Fallout New Vegas is clearly my most favorite video game of the year for it really offered me the best RPG experience on video game I've had since ... Fallout 2! If you love role playing, you just have to get yourself Fallout New Vegas. I know I'd spent many hours again in the Wastelands even without the incoming DLC.
And here is the trailer for first DLC, "Dead Money", to be released on December 21st.
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The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care
Health Professions Press, 1997 - Health & Fitness - 250 pages
The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care shows how easily you can make a difference in the life of a family member or client in your care.
Here's the help you've been looking for: families will gain a renewed sense of hope, nursing facility staff will find simple applications for resident care, adult day center staff can enrich programming and attract more volunteers, and individuals with emerging Alzheimer's disease will gain valuable insights.
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PLSJC Director Alan Hall writes a weekly column discussing library and community news, history, and other interesting subjects.
Jefferson County's public libraries have been saved from closure thanks to the actions of thousands of Ohio's citizens, both here and across the state.
The largest outpouring of support for any agency in recent memory clogged the phone lines in Columbus, jammed the e-mail servers, and overwhelmed FaceBook and Twitter to assure the Ohio General Assembly and the Governor that Ohioans do use their libraries!
Jefferson County residents have returned over a half million dollars to its library system; dollars that had been proposed to be cut from the Public Library Fund.
I am humbled by the outpouring, as well as the calls and e-mails to the local library with countless stories of how the local library impacted someone's life.
Governor Strickland's proposed cut of 30 percent to the Public Library Fund was reduced to 11 percent in Conference Committee.
Added to the 20 percent reduction due to declining revenue collections, we still have a large budget loss to address, but not nearly as high as proposed.
My thanks to State Senator Wilson and Rep. Domenick for their support of libraries, and their understanding of the importance of local libraries.
As everyone knows, we are in difficult economic times, and the library system wants to do its part.
But a total 50 percent cut is unreasonable for an agency whose use is increasing with the economic decline of our times.
A cut in library funding to that magnitude angered people frustrated with the economy who are turning to public libraries for education, information, and personal growth.
When you have been the library director for 26 years, many people recognize you, and stop and tell you both good and bad things about the library system.
A man told me that he was in the Main Library recently, and he noticed the portrait of Andrew Carnegie that hangs over the front door.
The framed portraits were provided to the library buildings funded by Carnegie as part of the celebration of his 100th birthday in 1935.
Anyway, this man told me to "take a second look" at the portrait, as he thought "Carnegie looked a little mad" at the thought of a cut in funding for libraries.
If you have read any of Carnegie's writings, he felt that the local library was the "people's university," the way for the common man to better himself – thus the basis for Carnegie's funding of thousands of libraries.
I thought that Ellen Summers Wilson, the first librarian, could be heard stomping around the attic, growling at the thought of a cut in library funding.
We now must move on to develop a workable budget, and continuing providing library service to our community.
In the meantime, knowing that a cut is still being addressed; people have asked what they can do.
I suggest that you can give the library a gift of a new book, or perhaps remember someone with a Memorial Book donation to the library.
With libraries busier than ever, and less funds to buy new titles, a new book would be appreciated by the library and your fellow library users.
This fall, we will likely develop a list of things that you can volunteer to do at your local library.
The library closed for 3 months in 1924 when we couldn't afford to buy coal for the boiler.
In 1934, operating funds were so short that all evening hours were ended to save on electricity.
The roof leaked so bad in 1948 that people donated rags to help soak up the water so as not to damage the books.
Emergency hours were common in 1973 during the energy crisis.
And the Dillonvale Branch was flooded in 1990 and closed for months to allow clean-up after the flood filled the library with water.
Hopefully, this too shall pass, and a hearty thank-you to everyone for their help!


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"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" burned up the box office Friday, bringing its total U.S. ticket sales to $70.5 million, according to Lionsgate, the film's distributor. That figure for the Jennifer Lawrence-starring sci-fi action movie, which includes the money brought in by Thursday night showings, puts the sequel on pace to break the record for the biggest November opening ever.
"Catching Fire's" box office take so far is slightly better than the first "Hunger Games," which took in $67.3 million through its opening Friday last year and went on to make $152 million in its first weekend. If "Catching Fire" keeps the tempo, it will unseat "Twilight Saga: New Moon" for the November record, but come up shy of early predictions that it would threaten "Iron Man 3" for the biggest opening of the year. "Iron Man 3" drew $174 million in its opening.
REVIEW: 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' burns bright with fiery Katniss
"Catching Fire" looks like it will have no trouble catching on with audiences. It drew an "A" grade from CinemaScore, a research firm that polls moviegoers who have seen the film, portending a strong word-of-mouth. It also looks like the new movie is drawing a broader audience than its predecessor. For the under-25 crowd, the audience has been evenly split between men and women, compared with the first film, which skewed more female.
The film is drawing audiences overseas, generating $64 million in ticket sales through Friday from the 65 countries it's now playing in.
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You might even get to operate a forklift (although you will need certification first). If you've got your CDL (commercial driver's license), or are planning to get one, then you should consider becoming a warehouse truck driver. This job involves transporting goods to and from the warehouses on a set route.
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Any news from Paris Ray?
Hi ray, can you clean down yr inbox?
Happy birthday Ray!
Hi Baldric,
Not sure if you remember the three youngsters that used to attend to HMS Sultan fencing club, but yes. We've become interested in fencing again and we don't know where any local clubs are, is the club that closed, re-opened or have you passed on your previous members to another club?
Thanks, Jack
Hi Ray (don't have your email on work computer)
Sister in law in Aberfeldy said "The traffic seems to be getting through from A9. Customers have been out from Kenmore to here today so I assume it's passable"
It should be OK to go the simple route - M90, A9 to Balinluig, A827 to Kenmore. I looked at the camers on the M90 http://trafficscotland.org/lev/?mi=10 and there's 2 lanes open now and no snow forecast.
Good luck, enjoy the wedding!
Ray, do you have details of who to contact about gaining access to the membership database? I know that Alan (at the SF office) gets some updates sent to him, but I am thinking of writing something to query the live database - maybe via cell phone (WAP) or iPhone
we have the same friend, but I have another one, so I must be twice a popular
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|Nom du fichier : Deus Ex : Human Revolution [Xbox 360] - Auteur : ANO
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When hacking, save the game. Thenm hack the optional nodes but do not complete the hack. After you hack the nodes, load the previous saved game. Repeat the process. When you finally complete the hack, you will get all the nodes (from the previous times you loaded) on top of the nodes you get normally. Use this on the computer in Jensen's office for 500 experience points every time you load for easy Praxis points.
Hack everything possible if you have the required Hacking skill. This will result in easy experience points as well as possible access codes and credits.
Non-lethal takedowns and kills are worth more experience points than the lethal variety. Note: If you have the Reflex Booster Augmentation you can will earn 125 experience points from a non-lethal takedown.
In Hengsha, China every store has a back door. Open it, then walk inside for a Traveler bonus of 100 experience points.
Unlimited ammunition
Upgrade your Hacking and Strength until you can pick up turrets. They contain unlimited ammunition. Set them down or allow them fire while you move. Note: This also can be done with robots.
Storing items
When you throw an item on the ground, the game will keep it there, even if you leave the area.
Picus Communications: Funicular
When you must wait for the Funicular to come up in Picus Communications, enemies will appear. Before pressing the elevator button, save the game. Use heavy objects to block both entrances into the room. Note: This requires the Move/Lift Heavy Objects Augment. You can use the two vending machines outside the room, two crates next to the security computer, and the turret in the centerto block the lower doorway and the side corridor. If done correctly, the guards will remain outside while you are waiting for the Funicular.
Control dialog view
Hold [Aim] and use the usual controls to look around during the third person dialogs between Adam and other characters. Note: This will not work during intermission sequences.
Easy stealth kills
If you prefer to take your enemies down quietly but are be finding it difficult, find an indestructible object such as a barrel or container and take it with you. When you find a group of enemies, stand in a position where you want an enemy to approach. While holding the barrel, throw it next to yourself or close to where you wish your target to approach. The entire group will be alerted upon hearing the object slam to the ground or wall you threw it at, but only one should approach to investigate. The enemy will walk to the area alerted, stand where the sound came from, then begin to walk back after finding nothing. You can now knock them out or kill them undetected at your desired location. Note: If you throw the object a long distance, the investigating enemy may track the object's flight path directly back to your position. It is better to throw it nearby for repeated use.
Terminal usernames and passwords
Use the following username and passwords to access the corresponding terminal."
Sarif HQ
Sarif Industries F2: Username: "fpritchard" Password: "nuclearsnke"
Sarif Industries F3: Username: "tbruger" Password: "eclipse"
Sarif Industries F3: Username: "ajenson" Password: "mandrake"
Sarif's Office: Username: "amargoulis" Password: "gsspgirl"
Factoring Lans F1: Username: "doutchman" Password: "windmill"
Admin F2: Username: "fmarchand" Password: "factotum"
Admin F2: Username: "gthorpe" Password: "hydro"
Admin F2: Username: "rmccauf" Password: "hvywethr"
Admin F2: Username: "sgrimes" Password: "ovid"
Admin F2: Username: "tcaldwell" Password: "talon"
Admin F2: Username: "mross" Password: "lions"
Admin F2: Username: "fbrooks" Password: "tipple"
Admin F2: Username: "vclark" Password: "tigers"
Admin F2: Username: "cparker" Password: "zinc"
Admin F2: Username: "mlatona" Password: "redwings"
Admin F4: Username: "jthorpe" Password: "hydra"
Factoring Labs F1: Username: "doutchman" Password: "windmill"
Jenson's Apartment Lobby: Username: "sterhorst" Password: "queenbee"
Apartment 3 F2: Username: "docta" Password: "atcod"
Apartment 3 F1: Username: "omalley" Password: "trojan"
Police Department F1: Username: "bsterling" Password: "investor"
Police Department F1: Username: "pdick" Password: "lectrolam"
Police Department F1: Username: "jballard" Password: "solempire"
Police Department F1: Username: "jchampagne" Password: "grimster"
Police Department F1: Username: "wgibson" Password: "baronnull"
Police Department F1: Username: "rdeckard" Password: "unicorn"
Police Department F1: Username: "hellison" Password: "cordwainer"
Police Department F1: Username: "bbethke" Password: "maverick"
Police Department F1: Username: "pcadigan" Password: "desprit"
Police Department F1: Username: "mfrezell" Password: "liezerf"
Police Department F1: Username: "whass" Password: "catharsis"
Police Department F2: Username: "fnicefield" Password: "patriotism"
Police Department F2: Username: "cleboeuf" Password: "dasteer"
Police Department F2: Username: "rpenn" Password: "apophenion"
Police Department F3: Username: "cwagner" Password: "fuckface"
Police Department F3: Username: "fmccann" Password: "solanum"
Police Department F3: Username: "jalexander" Password: "basileus"
Police Department F3: Username: "bgum" Password: "justicar"
Police Department F3: Username: "guest" Password: "password1"
Police Department F3: Username: "amurphy" Password: "thighgun"
Fema Camp
Fema Yard F1: Username: "wks0012" Password: "ntlec59"
Fema Yard F1: Username: "spaxxor" Password: "neuralhub"
Fema Interior B1: Username: "spaxxor" Password: "neuralhub"
Fema Interior B1: Username: "spaxxor" Password: "neuralhub"
Fema Interior B1: Username: "wks0010" Password: "usprokt"
Fema Interior B1: Username: "lbarret" Password: "bullskull"
Fema Interior B3: Username: "spaxxor" Password: "neuralhub"
Fema Interior B3: Username: "spaxxor" Password: "neuralhub"
Fema Interior B3: Username: "wks2011" Password: "crrctions"
Fema Interior B3: Username: "wks3021" Password: "hmldsec1"
Fema Interior B3: Username: "wks4145" Password: "hmldsec2"
Hung Hua Hotel: Username: "msuen" Password: "oleander"
Alice Gardens Pod 1: Username: "asgarden" Password: "rbbthole"
The Hive: Username: "bbao" Password: "vanguard"
The Hive: Username: "wbees" Password: "paperfan"
Tay Zong Medical
Pool: Username: "poolrm" Password: "pelagic"
F1: Username: "lgeng" Password: "gehong"
F3: Username: "zarvlad" Password: "muonrule"
F3: Username: "rkumar" Password: "outback"
F4: Username: "nemuni" Password: "ironfist"
F4: Username: "tymmf" Password: "ebrain"
F4: Username: "gengl" Password: "pangutym"
F3: Username: "mwells" Password: "lavadome"
F3: Username: "jricard" Password: "macro"
F3: Username: "atresman" Password: "skylark"
F3: Username: "sbernard" Password: "dumbass"
F6: Username: "jkenney" Password: "montroyal"
F6: Username: "dgassner" Password: "oneida"
Restricted Area F1: Username: "pcorbo" Password: "spitfire"
Restricted Area F1: Username: "bshupper" Password: "widget"
Restricted Area F1: Username: "jchapman" Password: "diode"
Restricted Area F1: Username: "jchapman" Password: "diode"
Restricted Area F2: Username: "emasse" Password: "moufette"
Restricted Area F2: Username: "bnorthco" Password: "sterling"
Restricted Area F3: Username: "ltodd" Password: "titom"
Detroit Convention Center
F3: Username: "wtaggart" Password: "marjorie"
Territory B1: Username: "zhengl" Password: "hirollr"
Territory B2: Username: "ttong" Password: "mirrshds"
Hengsha Seaport
Seaport F2: Username: "prmtr01" Password: "collosus"
Seaport F3: Username: "jwang" Password: "mainman"
Omega Ranch
F1: Username: "dfalk" Password: "topfrag"
F1: Username: "eblake" Password: "hndstuth"
F1: Username: "dabblett" Password: "monastic"
F1: Username: "ogomez" Password: "techsmex"
F1: Username: "lmorano" Password: "morpheus"
F2: Username: "aoconnor" Password: "keppler"
F2: Username: "pwalts" Password: "ruckus"
Port of Entry: Username: "kathys" Password: "mssinghme"
Landing Pad: Username: "amelie" Password: "lstforever"
Hyron Project: Username: "hualing" Password: "iwntlove"
Hyron Project: Username: "daiyu" Password: "frgottn"
Hyron Project: Username: "marilyn" Password: "yyyyyy"
Tower: Username: "isabella" Password: "rhemmberme
Access codes
Use the following codes to bypass the corresponding location.
Sarif HQ
Helipad Storage: 8053 (security panel)
Sarif Industries F3 (Denzel Mitchell Office): 1364 (security panel)
Sarif Industries F3 (Ted Bruger Office): 9642 (security panel)
Sarif Industries F3: 0250 (security panel)
Sarif Industries F2 (Frieda Malik Office): 5475 (security panel)
Sarif Industries F2: 3716 (security panel)
Sarif Industries F2 (Mike Pine Office): 4145 (security panel)
Sarif Manufacturing Plant
Assembly Line 1 F2: 1505 (Bomb Panel)
Detroit City Streets
Detroit City Streets (North): 0187 (security panel)
Detroit City Streets (Central): 0002 (security panel)
Detroit City Streets (Central): 1904 (security panel)
Detroit City Streets (Central): 2928 (security panel)
Detroit City Streets (Central): 6542 (Laser Grid Panel)
Detroit City Streets (East): 4891 (security panel)
Detroit City Streets (East): 1966 (security panel)
Detroit City Streets (Southwest): 4626 (security panel)
Detroit City Streets (Southeast): 5551 (security panel)
Detroit City Streets (Southwest): 8982 (security panel)
Detroit City Sewers: 2599 (security panel)
Detroit City Sewers: 0000 (bomb panel)
Detroit Sewers: 8218 (laser grid panel)
Detroit Sewers: 0110 (security panel)
Detroit Apartments
Jensen's Apartment: 5375 (safe panel)
Apartment 2 F1: 0739 (safe panel)
Apartment 2 F2: 3733 (security panel)
Apartment 3 B1: 8974 (security panel)
Apartment 3 F1: 1077 (security panel)
Apartment 3 F1: 1029 (security panel)
Apartment 3 F1: 1031 (safe panel)
Apartment 3 F2: 3663 (security panel)
Apartment 3 F2: 8221 (security panel)
Apartment 3 F2: 2356 (security panel)
Apartment 4 F3: 1948 (safe panel)
Apartment 4 F3: 7767 (security panel)
Detroit Derelict Row
Derelect Row F1: 3290 (security panel)
Derelect Row F1: 5962 (security panel)
Derelect Row F3: 5463 (safe panel)
Detroit Police Department
B1: 2599 (security panel)
B1: 7366 (laser grid panel)
B1: 7366 (laser grid panel)
B1: 9212 (security panel)
F1: 4816 (security panel)
F1: 1856 (security panel)
F3: 2231 (security panel)
F3: 6065 (security panel)
F3: 3727 (security panel)
Fema Camp
Fema Interior B1: 7984 (security panel)
Fema Interior B1: 7984 (security panel)
Fema Interior B1: 7984 (security panel)
Fema Yard F1: 7984 (security panel)
Fema Yard F1: 7984 (laser grid panel)
Fema Yard F1: 7984 (laser grid panel)
Hengsha City Streets
Hengsha Streets (West): 3444 (safe panel)
Hengsha Streets (East): 1381 (security panel)
Hengsha Streets (East): 1339 (security panel)
Hengsha Streets (East): 1379 (security panel)
Hengsha Streets (East): 7845 (security panel)
Lower Hengsha Streets (South): 5377 (security panel)
Hengsha Buildings
Hung Hua Hotel: 7657 (safe panel)
Alice Garden Pods F1: 3785 (security panel)
Alice Garden Pods F1: 3824 (security panel)
The Hive: 0415 (security panel)
The Hive: 8953 (safe panel)
Tai Yong Medical
Storage Area: 4865 (security panel)
Storage Area: 5720 (security panel)
Storage Area: 0821 (security panel)
Pool: 7934 (security panel)
Pool: 9409 (laser grid panel)
F1: 4713 (security panel)
F3: 9762 (laser grid panel)
F3: 9762 (laser grid panel)
F3: 2459 (laser grid panel)
F3: 5126 (laser grid panel)
F4: 2967 (security panel)
F4: 3090 (security panel)
F4: 6906 (security panel)
Penthouse: 0117 (safe panel)
F1: 0068 (security panel)
Restricted Area F1: 0101 (security panel)
Restricted Area F1: 1006 (security panel)
Restricted Area F3: 1980 (security panel)
Harvester Territory B2: 7920 (safe panel)
Hengsha Seaport
Seaport F1: 7785 (security panel)
Seaport F2: 4589 (security panel)
Seaport F3: 3295 (security panel)
Omega Ranch
Omega F1: 2410 (security panel)
Omega F1: 9992 (security panel)
Omega F1: 2535 (laser grid panel)
Omega F1: 1385 (security panel)
Omega F1: 0111 (security panel)
Omega F1: 0111 (security panel)
Omega F2: 5377 (security panel)
Omega F2: 1504 (security panel)
Port of Entry: 7153 (security panel)
Machinery: 9823 (security panel)
Machinery: 9823 (security panel)
Tower: 8024 (security panel)
RoboCop reference
In Detroit, in the police station on the top-most floor, there is a Detective Alex Murphy. This is RoboCop's real name. If you sneak up on him and another police officer talking in his office (there is an air vent in the office) you will hear them talking about an old movie where a cop gets turned into a cyborg.
Complete the following achievements to unlock Xbox Live Gamerscore points.
Cloak & Daggers (10 points): Deal with the man in the shadows.
Smash the State (10 points): Help Officer Nicholas take out the trash.
Acquaintances Forgotten (10 points): Follow Pritchard's lead to uncover the truth.
Doctorate (50 points): Read all 29 unique XP books within a single playthrough.
Lesser Evil (10 points): Deal with Mr. Carella's indiscretion.
Motherly Ties (10 points): Put a grieving mother's doubts to rest.
Corporate Warfare (10 points): Protect a client's interests by performing a less-than-hostile takeover.
Talion A.D. (10 points): Descend into the bowels of an urban jungle and confront a warrior-priest.
Gun Nut (20 points): Fully upgrade one of your weapons.
Bar Tab (10 points): Help the Hive Bartender settle a tab.
Rotten Business (10 points): Help a lady in the oldest of professions clean house.
Shanghai Justice (10 points): It may take some sleuthing, but justice must be served.
Hax0r1! (15 points): Successfully hack 50 devices within the same playthrough.
Transhumanist (5 points): Fully upgrade your first augmentation of choice.
Consciousness is Over-rated (15 points): Knock out 100 enemies in a single playthrough.
First Takedown (5 points): Perform your first Takedown. Civilians don't count, so be nice.
Opportunist (15 points): Perform 50 takedowns within the same playthrough. (Civilians don't count.).
First Hack (5 points): Perform your first Hack successfully.
Deus Ex Machina (50 points): Experience all the different endings that Deus Ex: Human Revolution has to offer.
Pacifist (100 points): Complete Deus Ex: Human Revolution without anyone dying by your hand. (Boss fights don't count.).
Foxiest of the Hounds (100 points): Complete Deus Ex: Human Revolution without setting off any alarms.
Up the Ante! (15 points): Upgrade your first weapon of choice.
Trooper (50 points): Complete Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Legend (100 points): Complete Deus Ex: Human Revolution at its hardest setting without ever changing the difficulty.
Additionally there are twenty five secret achievements.
Ghost (15 points): You made it through an entire hostile area without so much as a squeak.
Sentimental Value (10 points): You kept Megan's bracelet for yourself. Apparently, letting go really is the hardest part.
The Take (10 points): Greedy bastard. You accepted O'Malley's blood money and let him go.
Guardian Angel (10 points): You paid poor Jaya's debt in full. How very.. humane.. of you.
The D Project (15 points): You watched the entire credit list and saw the surprise at the end.
Good Soul (15 points): Against all odds, you saved Faridah Malik's life.
Hangar 18 (10 points): You found and read the secret message. Now you know too much..
Super Sleuth (10 points): You really nailed your case against Lee Hong.
Ladies Man (10 points): You convinced Mengyao to spill the beans on the mysterious Hyron Project.
Balls (5 points): Seems you like playing with balls, eh?
Lucky Guess (10 points): Next time, Jacob better use a more complex code to arm his bombs.
Kevorkian Complex (10 points): You granted a dying man his final request.
The Fall (10 points): You sent Diamond Chan on the trip of a lifetime.
The End (25 points): You defeated Zhao Yun Ru and destroyed the Hyron Project.
Old School Gamer (10 points): You found all the hidden story items in Megan's office. Point and Click much?
Unforeseen Consequence (15 points): You convinced Zeke Sanders to let his hostage go.
The Bull (25 points): You defeated Lawrence Barrett, elite member of a secret mercenary hit squad.
The Mantis (25 points): You defeated Yelena Fedorova, elite member of a secret mercenary hit squad.
The Snake (25 points): You defeated Jaron Namir, Leader of Belltower's Elite Special Operations Unit.
The Throwdown (15 points): You convinced the smooth-talking politician Bill Taggart to tell the truth in public.
The Last Straw (15 points): You talked Doctor Isaias Sandoval out of suicide.
The Final Countdown (15 points): You showed millionaire Hugh Darrow that his logic was flawed.
The Desk Job (15 points): You convinced Wayne Haas to let you into the morgue.
Yes Boss (15 points): You had an argument with your boss, David Sarif, and won.
Darker Shades (15 points): You convinced a fast-talking bartender to let you see Tong Si Hung.


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Jason Aldean Issues a Statement About His Divorce
Just hours after the news broke that country superstar Jason Aldean and his wife Jessica Ussery have decided to divorce after 12 years of marriage, the singer has issued a statement.
It was revealed that Aldean filed for divorce in Williamson Country in Tennessee on Friday (April 26), just one day after reports surfaced that the couple had separated. The singer cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the permanent separation.
"This is a really tough time for my entire family. Jessica and I have been together since we were teenagers. We've been through a lot of ups and downs over the years as we grew up together as a couple," Aldean tells People. "She will always be important to me because she is the mother of my children, and I know that we will both always make our daughters our number one priority."
The couple were high school sweethearts, but their marriage took a public hit last year when Aldean was photographed kissing Charlotte Bobcats dancer and former 'American Idol' singer Brittany Kerr in a bar. He attributed the error in judgement to alcohol, and the couple initially presented a united front in interviews. But sources claimed that the couple separated as far back as January.
Still, Aldean asks that fans not jump to conclusions for the reasons behind the split. "I've learned that everyone always rushes to judgement when they hear news like this. That's really hard because no one knows anything about our relationship but us," he explains. "I understand that because of my job, I have to go through a lot of this in the public eye, but for my girls' sake I really wish people would give us some level of privacy and at the very least be respectful of them."
Aldean and Ussery have two young daughters together, Keeley, 10, and Kendyl, 5.


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Pietrok Named Acting Director
Mark Pietrok, a well-known figure in Pioneer athletics, has been named acting director of Physical Education and Athletics. He replaces Clark Yeager, who had served as director for seven years.
In his new role, Pietrok is fully committed to attracting student-athletes who will thrive in the college's challenging educational environment. "I'm committed to recruiting students who will be successful both academically and athletically," he says. "I'd like to continue improving on the success we've built over the last decade."
During the 2012–13 season, 35 student-athletes were named to either the Northwest Conference (NWC) First Team or Second Team, while nine athletes were named to the All-West Region. The Pioneers also finished the year with six conference champions, two NWC Athletes of the Year, and two athletes earning All-American honors. The Pioneers were just as successful in the classroom, with 59 athletes being named to the NWC Scholar-Athlete team.
Pietrok has worked at Lewis & Clark for nearly 25 years. After serving as the college's head athletics trainer, he was named senior associate director of athletics–sports medicine in 2009. The college has launched a national search for the permanent director.


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A Florida sheriff's department is denying a woman's claim that she was strip-searched in public and had her tampon "forcibly" removed by a female officer during a 2011 traffic stop with her children in the car.
Leila Tarantino filed a lawsuit on Aug. 3 in U.S. District Court in Florida's Ocala County against the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. She alleges she was not only frisked but that a female officer removed her tampon during a roadside search on July 17.
The lawsuit names Citrus County Sheriff Jeffrey J. Dawsey and six officers, referred to as "John Doe Officers 1-5" and "Jane Doe Officer," as defendants.
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The sheriff's office denied claims.
"The Citrus County Sheriff's Office wants to go on record as saying the allegations made in this lawsuit are not only ludicrous, but completely untrue," it said in a statement released to NBC News on Monday. "No strip search was conducted, and the plaintiff's tampon was never forcibly removed by any deputy."
Tarantino alleges that she was pulled over by an officer in Beverly Hills, Fla., after she had stopped at a stop sign on South Columbus Street. She said her two children were passengers in the vehicle at the time of the alleged 4 p.m. incident.
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She accuses the officer of pulling her over, pointing a gun at her, yanking her out of her vehicle, handcuffing her behind her back, then throwing her in the back of his squad car, according to the lawsuit. Tarantino claims she asked why she had been pulled over and the officer didn't respond.
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She claims she waited in the police cruiser for two hours and when other officers arrived, she was frisked and strip-searched at the side of a busy road, the lawsuit alleges. She said her children had been waiting in the woman's vehicle the entire time. The lawsuit's account:
"During her detention, PLAINTIFF was frisked and strip searched twice at the side of the busy road, in plain view of passers by. During one of the strip searches, PLAINTIFF had a tampon forcibly removed by JANE DOE OFFICER.
"At no point was a drug sniffing dog used to search for contraband," the lawsuit stated, adding "None of the officers ever found any weapons, drugs, contraband or anything illegal during plaintiff's detention."
According to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, Tarantino was issued a criminal citation for violation of restrictions on her driver's license. She also was issued a written warning for rolling through a stop sign.
Tarantino's lawyer, Matthew W. Birk emailed to NBC News the following statement: "This case is currently in litigation and will be tried in a courtroom, not the press. The allegations made by Ms. Tarantino are set forth in the Complaint, which is a public record. Because of the sensitive nature of this matter, Ms. Tarantino will not be available for comment until after her lawsuit concludes.
"This case is currently in litigation and will be tried in a courtroom, not the press. The allegations made by Ms. Tarantino are set forth in the Complaint, which is a public record. Because of the sensitive nature of this matter, Ms. Tarantino will not be available for comment until after her lawsuit concludes."
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NO. Only one team member must submit an entry. However, information about other members will be collected.
4. What is the required format for the business plan and presentations?
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What event led to Calvin Coolidge becoming President?
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He took office on August 3, 1923, following the sudden death of President Warren G. Harding (1865-1923), whose administration was riddled with scandal
Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), the 30th U.S. president, led the nation through most of the Roaring Twenties, a decade of dynamic social and cultural change, materialism and excess.
Nicknamed "Silent Cal" for his quiet, steadfast and frugal nature, Coolidge, a former Republican governor of Massachusetts, cleaned up the rampant corruption of the Harding administration and provided a model of stability and respectability for the American people in an era of fast-paced modernization. He was a pro-business conservative who favored tax cuts and limited government spending. Yet some of his laissez-faire policies also contributed to the economic problems that erupted into the Great Depression.
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Country music has never been short on sentimentality, the emotion that carried veteran singer George Strait to his 18th entertainer of the year honor at the 47th annual CMA Awards in Nashville.
Strait, who recently announced his retirement from touring and is currently out on his ";The Cowboy Rides Away"; farewell tour, topped fellow nominees Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift.
"Oh, my gosh — never in a million years," the 61-year-old Texan said after putting his hand to his chest. "My dad's been having some pretty good conversations up there, I have to say," he added with a laugh, glancing skyward. "This blows me away. I cannot believe it," he said as the crowd in Nashville's Bridgestone Arena gave him a standing ovation.
The other big award of the evening went to Swift, who became only the second recipient ever of the CMA's Pinnacle Award, recognizing an artist who exerts extraordinary impact with his or her music internationally. The award was created in 2005 and first presented to Garth Brooks.
The statue was presented to 23-year-old Swift by a phalanx of stars she once opened for as her career blossomed: Strait, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban.
Often criticized for her wide-eyed enthusiasm for various awards she's collected since her career took off in 2006, Swift displayed a sense of humor recalling when Scott Borchetta, the head of her then-nascent record label, called and told her she'd landed a slot opening for Rascal Flatts.
"I said, 'This has got to be a miracle!' and he said, 'No, it's not a miracle; Eric Church got fired for playing too long," she said.
"They told me this was going to happen, but I didn't know it was going to be all this," Swift said, surveying the line of stars flanking her on stage. "You're not only rewarding my hard work and exhaustion, you're rewarding the hard work and exhaustion of my family and my label and anybody who works with me, and most of all, the fans who fill stadium. You have made me feel so special right now. Thank you."
Major category wins also went to husband-wife stars Shelton and Miranda Lambert, each of whom collected a fourth vocalist of the year trophy in the male and female categories. Shelton also took album of the year for his "Based on a True Story…" collection.
The duo Florida Georgia Line took a pair of trophies as duo of the year and for top single for their breakthrough hit "Cruise."
Swift, McGraw and Urban also collected two CMA awards each for their collaborative hit "Highway Don't Care." Song of the year award went to "I Drive Your Truck," a hit for Lee Brice written by Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington and Jimmy Yearey about Jared Monti, a U.S. soldier who was killed in Afghanistan in 2006.
Critically lauded newcomer Kacey Musgraves was singled out as the year's best new artist, for which she thanked her grandmother, whom she described from the stage as "my booking agent when I was 10 years old."
During Musgraves' performance, she pushed the envelope of country music propriety with her song "Follow Your Arrow," in which she reels off life advice including: "Kiss lots of boys, or kiss lots of girls if that's what you're into/When the straight and narrow gets a little too straight, follow your arrow wherever it points." Another lyric in the song, with the recommendation to "roll up a joint" when times get tough, was bleeped for the TV audience.
Kenny Rogers was presented with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award and given a musical salute by Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker and Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles.
Among two dozen musical numbers during the three-hour show, Alan Jackson and George Strait teamed for a tribute to singer George Jones, singing his signature weeper "He Stopped Loving Her Today."
Musgraves and Swift led the nominations for this year's awards with six apiece.
Paisley and Carrie Underwood once again hosted the event, which was telecast live by ABC to most of the country except the West Coast, where it was tape-delayed for prime-time viewing.


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St. Louis Men Help Botanical Gardenby Charlie Raiser '69 • November 2, 2005 Share:
In Saint Louis, our WABASH Day celebration was small, but enjoyable and rewarding. The Missouri Botanical Garden, an institution of international reputation, accepted our offer of volunteer hours, knowing our numbers might be small. They assigned us to a seasonal project at Shaw's Nature Reserve, a 2,400 acre facility about 30 miles from St. Louis that is operated by the Garden.
At the Reserve, they have been restoring a tall grass prairie, and in the fall, this involves collecting seeds as they ripen on the various prairie plants.
Mike Kelley '70, Jim Thomas '73, and Charlie Raiser '69 met Dr. James Treager of the Garden's staff and received brief instruction in how to identify and collect seed from Bidens polylepis, a type of sunflower, and then they went to work. Later, the group collected prairie blazing star, prairie dropseed, and boneset. After a break for lunch, they collected little bluestem seeds during the afternoon session. Everyone enjoyed learning about some native prairie plants in the beautiful October weather, and Dr. Treager expressed satisfaction with both the quantity and the quality of the collecting effort.
Both the Missouri Botanical Garden and the St. Louis area participants in this year's WABASH Day celebration are interested in reprising the activity should WABASH Day become an annual event. With a bit more preparation here, participation could be expanded; we could collect more seeds; enjoyment could be multiplied.


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The Struts hit the road in 2019 with their headlining Young & Dangerous summer tour! The English upstarts released their debut album Everybody Wants, garnering rave reviews as well as a reputation as the saviours of modern glam-rock, ushering in a new era of neo-glam.
Celebrating the release their second album, Young & Dangerous, in the fall of 2018, The Struts welcome more sing-along anthems and riff-heavy melodies that their fans know and love them for. With their lead single Body Talks hitting the top of the charts, Young & Dangerous saw the band hitting the top 20 in the US Rock Charts. With their fan base continuously on the rise, The Struts are the ones to watch this summer.
Compared to fellow Britons The Darkness for their no-holds-barred, over the top style, The Struts also conjure the hedonistic times when rock and roll was king. Frontman and founder Luke Spiller takes to the stage as if he were the re-incarnation of not only Robert Plant but Mick Jagger and David Bowie to boot, filling each driving bacchanalian anthem with hip-shaking swagger, conviction and powerhouse vocals.
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Travel essentials
Although prices have risen since dollarization, those on a tight budget should be able to get by on about $15–20 (£10–14) per day, with the occasional treat. Spending $30–40 (£20–£27) daily will get you accommodation in more comfortable hotels, better food and the occasional guided tour. Those paying over $120 (£80) a day (travelling independently) are likely to find themselves in the country's best hotels and restaurants.
The most widespread hidden cost in Ecuador is IVA (Impuesto al Valor Agregado), a tax of twelve percent added to most goods and services. In lower-end restaurants and hotels it's taken for granted that IVA is included in the quoted price. Other places will add it to the end of the bill, often in tandem with a further ten percent service charge, making the final total 22 percent more than you might have bargained for. Car rental is almost always quoted without IVA. If in doubt, always clarify whether prices for anything from souvenirs to room rates include IVA.
Another unexpected cost is the $40.80 airport departure tax, payable in cash when you fly out of the country from Quito; at the time of writing, this was $27.17 if leaving from Guayaquil.
Crime and personal safety
Ecuador's reputation for being one of the safer Latin American countries has in recent years been tested by rising crime levels. Still, there's no need to be paranoid if you take sensible precautions.
Pickpockets and thieves favour crowded places, typically bus stations, markets, city centres, public transport, crowded beaches, fiestas and anywhere lots of people congregate to give them cover. When out and about, carry as little of value as you possibly can, and be discreet with what you have. Secret pockets or money belts are useful, but don't reveal hiding places in public. Split up your reserves in different places, making it less likely that you'll lose everything in one go.
On buses, keep close watch on your bags; don't put them under your seat or in overhead storage. The same goes for in restaurants – wrap the bag straps around your chair or leg. Be wary of people approaching you in the street, no matter how polite or smartly dressed. It's a common trick to use distraction to take your mind of your belongings; spilling something messy on you is a perennial favourite. Take care when using ATMs; you are particularly vulnerable from both robbers and card scammers if using machines on the street. Use machines inside banks and buildings where possible, during business hours.
Travelling at night, whether in your own vehicle or on public transport, is a bad idea. This is especially true in Guayas and southern Ecuador, where hold-ups have been an ongoing problem, as well as Esmeraldas province and the border regions with Colombia. In the big cities, especially Quito, always take a taxi at night rather than wandering the streets; it's safest to call a registered taxi through your hotel rather than hail one in the street.
Armed robbery is a problem throughout the country, and is on the rise in Quito's Mariscal district. Other danger spots are parts of the old town, the walk up to El Panecillo (always take a cab), Rucu Pichincha and Cruz Loma volcanoes (not including the TelefériQo complex itself), parques El Ejido and La Carolina. Security in Guayaquil is improving, but nevertheless you should be extra vigilant in the downtown areas, the dock and the airport.
Never accept food, drinks, cigarettes or other objects from people you don't know well, to minimize the risk of drugging. Chemicals have even been suffused into leaflets and paper, which when handled make victims compliant.
Border areas and crossings are always places to be extra vigilant. Drug smuggling and Colombian guerrilla activity along the northern border have made certain (remote) parts of Sucumbíos (capital Lago Agrio), Carchi (capital Tulcán) and Esmeraldas (capital Esmeraldas) provinces unsafe. San Lorenzo in the north has a problem with gun crime and "express kidnappings" have been reported in Huaquillas and Macará on the southern border. The Cordillera del Cóndor, southeast of Zamora, a region long involved in a border dispute with Peru, still contains unmarked minefields and should be avoided altogether.
Stay informed by referring to your government's website for the latest travel advice.
The possession of drugs, regardless of whether it's for personal use, is a very serious offence in Ecuador – one that can end in fifteen years in jail. People who've been charged may have to contend with the country's dilapidated and overcrowded prisons for more than a year before they're even brought to trial, not to mention being at the mercy of corrupt officials, who'll be aiming to bleed them for as much money as possible. If offered drugs in the street, walk away. Don't take any chances with drugs or drug dealers – setups have happened and raids are common in "druggie" places such as Montañita and certain Quito clubs. It's simply not worth the consequences. If you don't believe it, talk to any of the dozens of foreigners languishing in Ecuador's jails on drugs offences (the SAE arranges regular visits).
The only contact you're likely to have with the police (policía) are at road checkpoints at various places around the country, mentioned in the Guide text, where you may be registered. Generally the police are polite and helpful, particularly the specially designated tourist police who patrol gringo-thick areas like La Mariscal, the Panecillo and the Mitad del Mundo
It's rare, but there are reports of corrupt or false police planting drugs in bags – the idea being to extract a large "fine" from the terrified tourist. Plainclothes "police" should always be dealt with cautiously; pretending you don't understand and walking away is a strategy.
If you are the victim of a crime, you should go to the police as soon as possible to fill out a report (denuncia). In an emergency call t 911 in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca, or t 101 elsewhere.
110V/60Hz is the standard supply, and sockets are for two flat prongs. Fluctuations in the supply are common so you need to use a surge protector (cortapicos) if you're plugging in expensive equipment.
Entry requirements
Most nationals, including citizens of the EU, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, do not need a visa to enter Ecuador as tourists, and only require a passport valid for more than six months; in theory, you are also supposed to have a return ticket and proof of having enough money for the duration of the stay too, but these aren't often checked. Your passport will be stamped on arrival and you'll be issued with a T-3 embarkation card, which you should keep – it will be collected when you leave the country. The T-3 gives you 90 days in Ecuador. If you want to extend your stay, you may need to get a visa. People who overstay (or who don't have an entry stamp) are likely to get a $200 fine and deportation within 48 hours, and won't be allowed back into Ecuador for six months.
If you plan to stay in Ecuador more than ninety days or are visiting for some purpose other than tourism, you'll need a visa. Visas are divided between those for immigrants (10-I to 10-VI) and non-immigrants (12-I to 12-X), including those for study (12-V), work (12-VI), volunteering (12-VII), cultural exchanges (12-VIII), or business and tourism (12-IX and 12-X). Each has its own application procedure and fee which vary from $10 to $200 depending on type, plus $30 for the application form. For details, refer to the Ecuadorian Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores website wwww.mmrree.gob.ec/eng/ or contact the Ecuadorian representatives in your country with ample time before you need to travel.
Rules for extending a T-3 embarkation card are regularly changing and are, at the time of writing, causing some confusion among both immigration officials and lawyers. At the moment, it seems a T-3 cannot be renewed, but there are reports it's possible to leave and re-enter the country and be issued with a new T-3 for another 90 days; however, this doesn't seem completely reliable and there have been cases of people being refused new cards. The other option is to get a 12-IX or 12-X visa from the Dirección General de Asuntos Migratorios y Extranjería, Edificio Solís, Av 10 de Agosto 21-255 and Carrión (t02/2227025). Allow at least a week, preferably more, on your T-3 card to obtain the visa. Whichever way you extend your visit, you will only be allowed to stay a total of 180 days in any 12-month period.
Once in Ecuador, visa holders must register at the Dirección General de Extranjería at the corner of San Ignacio 207 and San Javier (t 02/2221817) in Quito, or the Sub-Dirección General de Extranjería in Guayaquil (t04/2322692) within thirty days of arrival in order to get a censo (resident identity card). The process takes several days and quite a bit of to-ing and fro-ing. Holders of immigrant visas will also need to get a cédula (national identity card); ask at the Extranjería for details.
If you're seeking to become a long-term resident, it pays to do plenty of research beforehand and to find trusted people to help you through the complicated legal process. Information and assistance can be found at wwww.pro-ecuador.com.
The law requires you to carry "proper identification" at all times – for foreigners this means a passport. Visa holders will also need to carry their censo and any other relevant documentation. Photocopies of the stamps and important pages are usually sufficient, so you can keep the original in a safe place. In the Oriente and border areas, only the originals will do. If the authorities stop you and you can't produce identification, you can be detained.
Gay and lesbian travellers
Ecuador took a leap forward in gay and lesbian rights by reforming its constitution in 1998 to outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexuality, and again in 2008 to allow same-sex civil unions. Yet it's still a very macho society and public attitudes have a fair bit of catching up to do. There is a blossoming gay scene in Quito and Guayaquil, but gay couples in Ecuador tend to avoid revealing their orientation in public places. Gay and lesbian travellers are probably best off following their example – overt displays of affection are likely to be met with stern disapproval, even abuse.
It's essential to take out an insurance policy before travelling to Ecuador to cover against theft, loss and illness or injury. A typical policy usually provides cover for the loss of baggage, tickets and – up to a certain limit – cash or cheques, as well as cancellation or curtailment of your journey. Most of them exclude so-called dangerous sports unless an extra premium is paid: in Ecuador this can mean scuba diving, white water rafting, mountaineering and trekking. Many policies can be chopped and changed to exclude coverage you don't need. If you do take medical coverage, ascertain whether benefits will be paid as treatment proceeds or only after return home, and whether there is a 24-hour medical emergency number. When securing baggage cover, make sure the per-article limit – typically under £500/$750 – will cover your most valuable possession. If you need to make a claim, you should keep receipts for medicines and medical treatment. In the event you have anything stolen, you must obtain an official statement (denuncia) from the police.
In recent years there has been a rapid expansion of internet facilities across the country. Fierce competition keeps prices as low as $0.50–1 for an hour online in Quito and Guayaquil, and even in areas further afield it's rare to be charged more than $2–3 per hour. This means that unless you are staying for a long time or keeping to the cities and smarter hotels where wireless coverage is becoming more common, it's probably not worth the bother and risk of bringing your own computer to Ecuador.
Most large towns and tourist centres will have an inexpensive laundry (lavandería) that charges by the kilo. Washing and drying are done for you and your clothes are neatly folded ready for collection – a wonderful service for travellers. In other areas, dry cleaners or laundries that charge by the item, which work out to be expensive, are more common. Many hotels offer a laundry service, or failing that are happy to let you use their laundry basin and clothes lines.
Letters and postcards sent from Ecuador can take anywhere from five days to a month to reach their destination, though they're often faster to North America than anywhere else. If you need to send something of value or urgency, you're probably better off using a courier, such as DHL (many offices including in La Mariscal at Colón 1333 and Foch, and Avenida República 433 and Diego de Almagro; find your nearest on wwww.dhl.com.ec), though this is much more expensive. Servientrega (wwww.servientrega.com.ec) has been recommended as a fair-priced domestic courier.
The national post has three levels of service: ordinary, registered (certificado) and EMS (express, the national courier). To give some idea of prices, a postcard sent ordinary costs a little more or less than $1 depending on destination, a registered letter under 20g to Miami costs $2.14, while a packet under 2kg to Europe costs $39. Packets sent by surface mail are ten percent cheaper but much slower.
You can receive poste restante at just about any post office in the country. Have it sent to "Lista de Correos, [the town concerned], Ecuador", and make sure your surname is written as obviously as possible, as it will be filed under whatever the clerk thinks it is; you'll need to have photo ID to pick it up. If there's a return address on it, it will be sent back if you don't manage to pick it up. In Quito, Lista de Correos mail usually ends up at the main office on Espejo and Guayaquil in the old town; if marked "Correo Central", it could well go to the head office in the new town on Eloy Alfaro 354 and Avenida 9 de Octubre. The most convenient post office for people staying in La Mariscal is usually the Surcursal #7, at Torres de Almargo on Reina Victoria and Avenida Colón, which also has a poste restante service.
American Express card holders can make use of AmEx offices for mail services, and some embassies also do poste restante. SAE will take mail, phone messages (during club hours) and fax messages for members.
The widest selection of maps covering Ecuador is published by the Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM) in Quito, up on the hill overlooking the Parque El Ejido at Senierges and Paz y Miño (you'll need to bring your passport or ID along), which has maps on a variety of scales. The most useful maps for trekking are their 1:50,000 series, which show accurate contour markings and geographic features and cover most of the country except for remote corners of the Oriente. Unfortunately, popular maps are often sold out, in which case you'll be supplied with a difficult-to-read black-and-white photocopy. Maps are also available in a 1:250,000 series for the whole country, and a 1:25,000 series for approximately half of it. You may need a supporting letter from a government agency if you require maps of sensitive border areas and the Oriente.
Quito's best bookshops stock general maps of Ecuador as well as a series of blue pocket guides to Ecuador by Nelson Gómez E. published by Ediguías, which have reasonable fold-out colour maps of the country and major cities, local tourist guides and a country road map of mixed reliability.
The US dollar is the official currency of Ecuador. Bills come in denominations of $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. Coins come in a mixture of US- and Ecuadorian-minted 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cent pieces, plus $1 coins only minted in the US; Ecuadorian coins can't be used abroad. The $50 and $100 bills are rarely accepted at most shops and restaurants, and small change is often in short supply, so bring plenty of low-denomination bills from your home country if possible.
Take a mixture between cash (in US dollars; other currencies are difficult to change), traveller's cheques (again US dollars; American Express has widest coverage) and bank cards when travelling to Ecuador; credit cards have the security of payment protection insurance and are one step removed from your bank account in the event of theft, while debit cards are cheaper and more convenient to use. Although it's common now to use ATMs to access the bulk of your travel money, don't rely solely on plastic – quite apart from loss or theft, Ecuador's electronic banking systems frequently go down too.
ATMs are widespread in Ecuadorian cities. Many machines are connected to the worldwide Visa/Plus and MasterCard/Cirrus/Maestro systems and a smaller number accept American Express and Diners Club cards. Usually, you won't be able to withdraw more than around $300–500 from an ATM in a day (depending on the bank), and a handling charge of around 1–3 percent will be deducted from your account if using a credit card (check interest rates before you travel for cash advances as these can be high) or typically a small flat fee for a debit card.
Traveller's cheques are getting difficult to change, even in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca, where most banks are currently not taking them; casas de cambio are your best bet, but the commission is sometimes unfavourable.
Full-time students should consider getting the International Student ID Card, or "ISIC card" (http://www.isic.org/), which in Ecuador is the only widely recognized student identification entitling the bearer to discounts at museums, some attractions and hotels, and occasionally with airlines and tour agencies, as well as to many other benefits. In some cases, only students at Ecuadorian institutions are eligible for the discounts.
The same organization offers the International Youth Travel Card to those who are 26 or younger and the International Teacher Card for teachers, offering similar discounts. All these cards are available from affiliated offices around the globe; check their website for your nearest branch.
Opening hours
Most shops are open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 6pm. Many occupy the family home and, outside the biggest cities, open every day for as long as someone is up. Opening hours of public offices are generally from 9am to 5 or 6pm Monday to Friday, with an hour or so for lunch. In rural areas, the working day often starts earlier, say at 8am, and a longer lunch of a couple of hours is taken.
Banks do business from 8 or 9am to 1.30pm, Monday to Friday, sometimes closing at 1pm on Saturdays. Some banks extend business to 6pm during the week, though with reduced services. Post offices are open Mondays to Fridays from 8am to 7pm, closing at noon on Saturdays, and telephone offices are open daily from 8am to 10pm; in rural regions and smaller towns, expect hours to be shorter for both services. Museums are usually closed on Mondays.
Many Ecuadorians make their calls from the numerous public phone offices in every town and city in the country, which are usually the cheapest and most convenient places for you to make local and national calls too. The nationalized telephone service is operated by CNT (Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones), though you might still find offices with the old livery of Andinatel (in the north) and Pacífictel (in the south and Galápagos); and Etapa for Cuenca. Inside the phone office you'll normally be allocated a cabin (cabina) where you make the call, and then you pay afterwards. In many cities, the nationalized phone offices are quickly being superseded by private and franchise offices, which often have longer opening hours and better rates for both domestic and international calls. The mobile phone companies Movistar and Porta also operate phone offices and card-operated phone kiosks, which can receive incoming calls; cards specific to each company are bought at nearby shops. These tend only to be economical to use if calling mobile phones of the same company.
There's a three-tiered tariff system for domestic calls with CNT: local calls from the state services cost around $0.11 per minute, regional calls $0.15, and national calls $0.22. Calls to mobile phones are charged at $0.25 a minute. International calls from CNT offices are $0.18 per minute to the US, $0.28 to Canada, $0.40 to the UK, $0.57 to Ireland, and $0.87 to Australia. It's usually a lot cheaper to make international calls from internet cafés using Skype or other similar internet telephone services.
Calling from hotels is convenient, but usually involves a big surcharge; check prices before using a hotel phone.
Mobile phones
The three Ecuadorian networks use GSM 850 (Movistar and Porta) and GSM 1900 (Alegro) and soon 3G 850. However, roaming is not cheap, so if you expect to use your mobile or cell phone often, you should consider getting a phone and account in Ecuador. The SAE sells secondhand phones, or if you need one for a short period only, you could rent with wwww.rentacellular.net.
If you're using an analogue (film) camera, consider bringing fast film (400ASA and above) for the gloom of jungles and forests, while 200ASA is more appropriate for the brighter conditions elsewhere. It's best to bring your own film and batteries from home, but both are available in the bigger cities; check the expiry dates before purchase. You can transfer pictures taken with a digital camera onto disk or have them printed in the larger tourist centres to free up space on memory cards. Rechargeable batteries are ideal as the shelf-life of batteries bought in the Oriente or coast is often badly affected by heat and humidity.
You'll get best results when the sun is lowest in the sky, as you'll lose detail and nuance in the high contrasts cast by harsh midday light, though you can reduce heavy shadows using fill-in flash. Mountaineers with digital cameras should take their batteries out while climbing and carry them somewhere warm under their clothes; cold batteries lose power in seconds, usually just when you want to take that spectacular mountaintop sunrise. Always respect people's privacy and never take someone's photograph without asking first; usually they will be flattered or sometimes ask for a small fee or for you to buy something.
Ecuador is 5 hours behind GMT (the same as US Eastern Standard Time), and the Galápagos Islands are 6 hours behind GMT (or one hour behind US EST).
Tourist information
There's a Ministry of Tourism information office, sometimes labelled "iTur", in every provincial capital and the main tourist centres. Some offices won't have an English-speaker on hand, but almost all have rudimentary maps, lists of hotels and restaurants, leaflets and probably basic information on any sites of interest in the area. Many regional centres also have tourist offices run by the municipality, which can be as good or better than their government counterparts.
Travelling with children
Ecuadorians love children and will usually go out of their way to make life as easy for you as they can. Tourists per se can be a bit of a puzzle to the many Ecuadorians who have never left the country, but parents and their children represent something everyone understands – a family. Gringo children are something of a novelty, particularly outside the big cities, and will usually quickly attract the attention of local kids, who'll want to have a look and a chat. Before long, the whole family will be out too, and social barriers will crumble away much faster than they would under normal circumstances.
You and especially your children will get the most out of such openness if you take some time to learn some Spanish. You'll be amazed at how quickly children can pick it up when properly immersed for a week or three, and most language schools are very accommodating of their needs You'll also be amazed at the heart-melting effect it will have on even the surliest Ecuadorian when your child speaks to them in their own tongue.
For most travel, children pay half-price, and on a few things, such as trains, they go for free. Long-distance buses are an exception and full fares have to be paid for each seat, though if the trip isn't too long and the child not too big, they can sit on your lap without charge and even be plonked on a chair whenever the bus clears. Longer bus journeys can be very wearisome for children, but with forward planning it should be possible to break up any lengthy hauls into smaller chunks, which will allow you to see more on the way. If a big trip is unavoidable, consider taking an internal flight as these are relatively cheap for adults, while children under 12 go for half-price and under-2s pay just ten percent. In rural areas, you'll often find people will offer you a ride, through kindness, when they see you walking with a child.
Children will also regularly get half-price rates for their accommodation, and occasionally be let off for free, particularly if young. Teenagers often appreciate hotels with plenty of secure outside or communal space, so they can have some freedom for a wander.
Ecuadorian food doesn't tend to be a big issue for children; old favourites like fried chicken or breaded fish and french fries are available just about everywhere. Experimenting with exotic fruits and juices can be a sneaky way to get youngsters interested in trying new foods, and if they hate everything bar the most familiar brands, these are available across the country, too.
Travellers with disabilities
South America is not the friendliest of destinations for travellers with disabilities, and sadly Ecuador is no exception. In all but the very newest public buildings, you're unlikely to find much in the way of ramps, widened doorways or disabled toilets. Pavements are often narrow and full of obstructions.
About twelve percent of Ecuadorians have a disability, and many manage with the assistance of others. Some of the smarter city hotels do cater for disabled guests and Quito's segregated bus systems afford access too, at least outside rush hour when it's not too crowded to get on in the first place. Travelling further afield in Ecuador is likely to throw up difficulties, and you may have to forego the idyllic rustic cabañas in the middle of nowhere for a luxury chain hotel, or substitute local buses for taxis or internal flights.
Women travellers
Travelling as a lone woman in Ecuador presents no major obstacles and can be very rewarding – if you are prepared to put up with the occasional annoyance and take a few simple precautions. Unwanted attention is the most common irritation and usually has to be borne most often by fair-headed women or those who most obviously look like gringa; dressing or behaving provocatively is only likely to make the situation worse. Being whistled, hissed or kissed at is part of the territory, but these situations are more a nuisance than a danger and the accepted wisdom is to pointedly ignore the perpetrators – shouting at them will only encourage them.
More serious cases of sexual assault are a concern in Ecuador for lone women; minimize risks by treating known danger situations with caution. Beaches are regarded as unsafe for women alone; generally anyone, even in groups, should stay off beaches at night. Avoid walking alone after dark anywhere and hiking alone. Hotspots for the latter include Rucu Pichincha and Cruz Loma near Quito, and Laguna Mojanda and El Lechero near Otavalo; if you want to hike in quiet places near tourist centres, go in groups. If you become the victim of rape or sexual assault, report the incident immediately to the police and your embassy in Quito. It must be stressed most Ecuadorians are friendly and respectful of solo female travellers, and few experience problems while travelling through the country.
Sanitary protection comes most commonly in the form of towels, with tampons being hard to get hold of outside the cities.
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Historical Newspaper and Magazine
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This page lists databases produced by states or their political subdivisions that index articles in newspapers, journals and magazines that may be historical or genealogical resources. In most cases the full article will not be online. In many cases the article will be available through Interlibrary Loan at your local library.
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- Alaska
- Alaska Newspapers Index - Indexing for a number of Fairbanks Newspapers from 1900-1975 and for the Juneau Empire for 1992-1999. Searchable by headline and year for all newspapers. Juneau Empire may also be searched by reporter or abstract.
- Florida
- Florida Biography & Citation Index contains references to biographical information on notable Floridians in the books, periodicals, vertical files, newspapers and maps of the State Library's Florida Collection. Some of the resources indexed are rare, but many are current periodicals that might be found in local libraries. The records in this index are a subset of the State Library of Florida's library catalog and are searched through the Library Online Catalog. To search for just the Florida Biography/Citation Index citations, click on the "Power Search" option (under the search box), and then on the search form, choose Florida Biography & Citation Index from the "Location" dropdown box. On the results of your search, you will see a list of the records with a call number in the format FLCITE(374332.1). Click on the "Details" button to see the record. On the detailed record click on the "Catalog Record" tab to see the list of citations for that record.
- Missouri
- Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Historical Society of Missouri - This catalog provides information regarding the newspapers on microfilm that are available from the State Historical Society of Missouri to the public on-site and through interlibrary loan. The Society's newspapers on microfilm offer information about the day-to-day lives of Missourians and the political, cultural, economic, and religious events that have influenced them. These Missouri newspapers document events and public opinion from the state's rural environs to its largest metropolitan areas.
- Oklahoma
- Historical Society Research Center Newspaper Articles - Allows searching of the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Newspaper Article database. One can search by first or last name, newspaper title, article title, subject, geographic names, author, date, page number, column number, or notes.
- Oklahoma Periodicals Index - Oklahoma Periodicals Index is a searchable online index about people, places, history, culture, wildlife, and natural history in the state of Oklahoma. The index consists of four key periodicals: The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Today, Outdoor Oklahoma, and Persimmon Hill. Index is produced by Oklahoma State University.
- South Dakota
- Newspaper Vital Records Index - From the website, "Search for newspaper articles concerning your relatives. Main topics include birth, marriage, and death, along with various other categories."
- Wyoming
- Greater Yellowstone Bibliography The Greater Yellowstone Bibliography (GYB) contains over 28,900 bibliographic citations to scholarly, popular, professional, and creative literature about the greater Yellowstone region of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The GYB includes citations to journal, magazine, and newspaper articles; books; book chapters; conference papers; state and federal government documents; theses; maps; CDs and CD-ROMs; sheet music; and promotional brochures and souvenirs. Some references to manuscripts, photographs, and museum artifacts are included, but these are not a major focus for adding to the Bibliography.
- Wyoming Magazine Prospector Provides author and subject keyword access to over 15,800 articles, poems and short stories from 45 current or ceased Wyoming magazines, including Annals of Wyoming, In Wyoming, Wyoming Wildlife, Wyoming Homes and Living, Teton, or Yellowstone Science.