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A series of star-shaped macromolecules bearing distinct symmetrical branches with alternating organoiron complexes and azobenzene moieties were synthesized using both convergent and divergent approaches. The various azo dye and organoiron-containing branches were reacted with multifunctional cores v...
There has been tremendous interest in organoiron macromols. This interest stems from their application as chem. sensors, electrocatalysts, modified electrodes and photo-active mol. devices. Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a no. of different classes of organoiron macromols. co...
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Cyclopentadienyliron coordinated chloroarenes were utilized to synthesize novel classes of cationic organoiron methacrylate and styrene monomers via metal-mediated nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions. These monomers were subsequently polymerized using a radical initiator to produce the corr...
A no. of sol. organometallic polymers with pendent cyclopentadienyliron and pentamethylcyclopentadienylruthenium moieties were prepd. under mild exptl. conditions. These polyarom. materials contained ether, thioether and amine bridges. These polymeric materials were characterized using NMR, GPC and ...
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Radical polymerization of methacrylate and styrene functionalized polyaromatic ethers coordinated to cyclopentadienyliron cations.
Arom. ether complexes of cyclopentadienyliron contg. pendent carboxylic acid groups were reacted with methacrylate and styrene functionalized mols. These diiron complexes were subsequently polymd. in the presence of AIBN to give the corresponding polymethacrylates and polystyrenes with organoiron fu...
Organometallic and conjugated organic polymers held together by strong electrostatic interactions to form luminescent hybrid materials.
The organometallic polymers ([Ag(dmb)(2)]BF(4))(n) (dmb = 1,8-diisocyano-p-menthane) and ([Pt(2)(dppm)(2)(CNC(6)Me(4)NC)](BF(4))(2))(n) (dppm = (Ph(2)P)(2)CH(2), CNC(6)Me(4)NC = 1,4-diisocyano-tetramethylbenzene) were reacted with the conjugated organic polymers of the type (-Cz-C(6)H(4)-)(n) and (-...
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Electrochemical reduction studies of a series of η6-polycyclic and η6-heterocyclie arene-η5-cyclopentadienyliron cations were carried out in different solvents and at different temperatures. The complexes were reduced in two one-electron steps. Stability of the first reduction product was much hi...
A review. Metallodendrimers can be assembled in a no. of ways (covalent, ionic, hydrogen-bonding, coordination), wherein the metal plays key roles: sensor, catalyst, electronic, magnetic, or optical device. The mol. engineering pertaining to the metallodendritic design is relevant to multiple aspect...
Polydeltacylene (I) having >95% cis-configuration was prepd. by ring-opening metathesis polymn. in presence of ReCl5. Treatment of I with dimethyldioxirane gave quant. epoxidn., and polynorbornene exhibited similar behavior.
Nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions in cyclopentadienyliron complexes of chloroarenes and nitroarenes.
n6-Chloroarene or nitroarene-n5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates react readily with CF3CH2OH/K2CO3 or with piperidine or piperazine to give nucleophilic aromatic substitutions with Cl or NO2 as the leaving group, further demonstrating an activation for SNAr reactions by complexation to the ...
The introduction of cyano groups into arom. sulfones is of interest in light of the potential uses of these materials as monomeric units in the synthesis of engineering thermoplastics. Organoiron complexes (I) were initially prepd. by reaction of p-dichlorobenzenecyclopentadienyliron with various di...
Radical polymerization of organoiron (alkynyl methacrylate)s afforded a series of organoiron poly(alkynyl methacrylate)s with the ability to coordinate dicobalt hexacarbonyl. The polymers were post-modified with dicobalt hexacarbonyl moieties through reaction with dicobaltoctacarbonyl. Gel permeatio...
Substituent effects in the iron 2p and carbon 1s edge near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy of metal arene complexes and polymers.
We have examined the electronic structure of a series of metal arene monomers and polymers by near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. We observe that electron-donating or -withdrawing substituents have a measurable effect on some features in the NEXAFS spectra of these species. Howev...
A no. of sol. organometallic polymers with pendent cyclopentadienyliron and pentamethylcyclopentadienylruthenium moieties were prepd. under mild exptl. conditions. These polyarom. materials contained ether, thioether and amine bridges. The following figure represents one of the organometallic polyme...
A review is presented on the use of metal coordination polymers for nanofabrication. Nanostructures of metal nanoparticles and semiconducting metal oxides made from polymers coordinated to the precursors are presented. [on SciFinder(R)]


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Having to pay for parking
I didn't like that the shower had poor water pressure
Breakfast, WiFi service.
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everything pool, the breakfast, everything so close to my room, not much walking
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The parking fee
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I wish we would have had two glasses in the room instead of or in addition to the two styrofoam cups.
The convenience of the location.
Could use some up to date cosmetic touch ups.
Enjoyed our stay. Breakfast was great. So fresh!
Close to all the tourist spots in downtown San Antonio Very pet friendly; saw a lot of dogs all through out my stay Continental breakfast was very good
They need to leave enough towels for 4 adults Bigger beds; beds were not big enough for 2 adults per bed. They should be queen size beds for the price they charge More reasonable prices Parking is not free; you have to pay a lot of money for parking. Total for 3 night stay came up to almost $800.00!
Hotel close to town
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I would return for stay there;)
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Room walls were thin so I could hear our neighbors easily.
Staff very helpful and courteous. Location is excellent.
Location is unbeatable! Right across the street from Mall and Riverwalk entrance. Around the corner from the Alamo. On-site coin laundry was a plus. Beautiful well, maintained pool area. Breakfast was delicious. Staff was friendly and accommodating. Room was spacious and clean! Once road construction in the area is finished will make for easy access to the loop. I will stay here everytime I am in the area-no question:)
Had to pay for parking. 0n-site restaurant food was not good at all.
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The Firepower is a granturismo which, according to Chrysler, is said to demonstrate the brand standards of elegance, refinement and affordability. The Chrysler-branded concept pushes beyond the sports car realm by blending expressive detail and engineering.
In January 2004 Chrysler got us all ecstatic when the ME Four-Twelve concept debuted in NAIAS. The American company was finally going to get a supercar with class. Of course, the Dodge 's Viper is technically a Chrysler vehicle, but it's a little "rough around the edges". The ME Four-Twelve proved that Chrysler can combine extreme performance and luxury. Everything was set for production until the suits at Daimler-Chrysler started to question economical viability.
The car would have been unquestionably very desirable, but few could have satisfied that desire at an estimated price of $ 200,000.
Also making a business case for the supercar, which would likely have topped $200,000 and sold maybe a few hundred copies a year, was difficult, hence the decision to scrap the project. But in 2005's NAIAS Chrysler brought to our attention a replacement for the ME Four-Twelve, The Firepower concept which shares the Dodge Viper race-bred chassis and the 6.1 liter V8 HEMI recently launched on the Chrysler 300C SRT-8. The concept was announced to go from zero-to-sixty in just 4.5 seconds and reach thrilling 175 mph top speed, all of that via an automatic 5-speed transmission (with AutoStick feature – the alternative of manually selecting gears) also common with the 300C SRT-8.
In terms of market success it appears to be a good bit easier for the Firepower, especially since it would reduce some R&D costs by sharing parts with Viper and the 300C. So the rumors regarding While Chrysler wanting to put this car into production seem to be highly probable. The concept itself seems to be a stock car preview, rather than a technology showoff. And by utilizing an already-existing chassis, as well as a "lesser" HEMI engine, a production version of the Firepower should cost less than a Viper. An estimation made on this specs places a production Firepower at about the same price as a new Corvette.
The FirePower was Chrysler's first V8 engine. Introduced in the Fall of 1950 for the 1951, the FirePower had hemispherical combustion chambers, leading some to refer to this engine as the early Hemi. It was replaced by the Chrysler RB engine in 1959, though the hemi heads would live again in the RB-based 426" Chrysler Hemi engine in 1964.
Chrysler, Dodge (Red Ram), and DeSoto (FireDome) all built their own versions of this engine (but not Plymouth which stayed with poly-head engines). The Chrysler, Dodge, and DeSoto versions were all independent with almost no parts in common. There was no Plymouth hemi engine until the 1964 426.
The Chrysler Fire Power engines were the first Chrysler Corporation Hemis. They had the largest bore center distance of any Chrysler engine (except the B/RB) at 4.5625".
The main competitor of the upcoming Firepower seems to be Chevrolet Corvette. Equipped with the legendary "SmallBlock", these days a 364 cubic inches OHV V8, pulling 404 bhp the 6th 'Vette is able to sprint from zero-to-sixty in 4.2 seconds and reach 186 mph. Corvette is also offered in a high-performance version, the Z06, which gets on Dodge's Viper territory.
Also the GR-1 based on the platform of the Ford Shelby concept shown last year could be Ford's riposte to GM's Corvette and Chrysler's Firepower.
Body & chassis
Firepower is a two-seat coupe with a Corvette-humbling 425 bhp 6.1 litre hemi V8. Like the Chevrolet that defines this genre, and the Viper whose platform it shares, it has a classic long hood-short tail alure emphasized by door shuts that wrap round the rear wheel arch and visually move the cab even farther rearward.
"As designers, we challenged ourselves," said Trevor Creed, Senior Vice President – Chrysler Group Design. "How could we best encompass such strong Chrysler models as the Crossfire, which began the brand's move toward a higher level of performance and elegance, while looking to the most extreme expression of engineering and design such as last year's prototype, the ME Four-Twelve? Firepower uniquely bridges these two worlds."
Even if the car is Viper-based the designers envision "Firepower" as more grand tourer than outright sports car; hence the softened suspension and five-speed automatic transmission.
Overall design combines aggressiveness with style, with a dominance of the first component. The vague sense of déjà vu is due to sharing the same platform with the Viper and the exterior edges of the Crossfire. The general fluid lines are broken up only by the overcrowded bonnet, that features four air exhaust outtakes. A nicer touch is given by the front arches metal plates engraved with the car's name. The creasing lateral line ends in a beautifully sculptured rear witch might resemble to some to an Aston Martin DB9's, also it doesn't reach the European's finesse. The Firepower is more svelte than its Dodge sibling, but in the flesh the car lacks the unique visual drama of the similarly proportioned Ford GR-1 concept.
The HEMI tucks neatly inside Firepower's long hood, which gracefully flows into the raked windshield. There are elegant touches, inside and out, such as the CHMSL (Center High-Mounted Stop Lamp) which is worked into the roof-mounted satellite antenna, that seems to be a BMW one mounted backwards.
Besides the esthetic purposes of the body finish we can clearly see the functional ones, required by traveling at high speeds. Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling was used to shape the body with aerodynamics in mind. The low mounted Chrysler grille seems to serve for proper engine cooling as well. Down force in the rear is also achieved through this modeling.
Our artists best guess on the final product's design is that the LED lights will be replaced with regular ones, the bonnet will get a e neater shape and the wheels will decrease in size. The rest of the details are good for assembling.
All of that body-work is supported by the Viper's chassis, a ladder frame with double A-arm independent suspension for both front and rear.
Front: Brembo Vented Discs, 4-Pot Calipers, Power Assist, 14 inch large
Rear: Brembo Vented Discs, 4-Pot Calipers, Power Assist, 12 inch large
Tires & Rims
Firepower concept uses massive billet aluminum wheels measuring 19*12 inch for the front and 20*12 inch for the rear
Tires are Michelin Pilot Sport 275/35 R19 up front, 335/30 R20 in back (size is likely to decrease on the production version)
Engine & transmission
Gear ratios: 3.59:1, 2.19:1, 1.41:1, 1.00:1, 0.83:1 (presumed)
The 425-horsepower, normally aspirated 6.1-liter HEMI is the highest specific-output engine ever offered by the Chrysler Group. Its 69.8 horsepower-per-liter rating exceeds even that of the legendary 1966 "Street HEMI." Torque is rated at 420 lb.-ft.
When SRT (Chrysler's "Street & Racing Technology" division) set out to develop a more powerful HEMI they were mindful of the engine's heritage, which led to adopting traditional HEMI engine cues, such as an orange-painted cylinder block and black valve covers.
The SRT power-train engineers achieved more horsepower by adding more cubic inches, increasing the compression ratio, redesigning the cylinder head intake and exhaust systems for increased flow, and increasing engine speed, compared to previous HEMI.
To get more displacement, SRT engineers bored out the diameter of the cylinders by 3.5 millimeters each, to increase the total displacement to 6.1 liters from 5.7 liters. Compression ratio was also increased to 10.3:1 from 9.6:1, unleashing more energy in the combustion process.
Engine breathing was increased with new high-flow cylinder heads, a specially designed intake manifold, and exhaust "headers" with individual tubes encased in a stainless steel shell, all unique to this engine. Larger diameter valves and reshaped cylinder ports in the heads allow for maximized air flow. The intake manifold was designed with larger diameter runners for higher-speed tuning. Exhaust is routed through a larger-diameter (2.75-inch vs. 2.5-inch) exhaust system.
Performance-oriented camshaft profiles were developed to balance total vehicle requirements, simultaneously allowing more air in and out of cylinders. This increases performance and manages a higher engine speed, which is another method to increase horsepower. SRT engineers increased the HEMI's peak engine speed nearly 15 percent, to 6,200 revolutions power minute (rpm) from 5,400 rpm. Intake and exhaust valve stems are hollow, and the exhaust valve stems are filled with sodium to help dissipate heat more efficiently.
The high-performance 6.1-liter HEMI is further strengthened with a host of redesigned components, including a reinforced engine block with increased coolant flow, forged steel crankshaft, high-strength powdered-metal connecting rods, floating-pin pistons (cooled by oil squirters), and an oil pan modified for reduced oil foaming.
The 6.1-liter HEMI's power is channeled through an A580 five-speed automatic transmission with specially calibrated AutoStick® driver-selectable range control, which offers fully automatic or manual shifting selection. A heavy-duty four-flange prop shaft sends the torque from the transmission to an upgraded differential and axles.
Why did they think to use the AutoStick instead of a traditional manual transmission? Simple, this is intended to be a luxury car. You know... the kind of car that shifts itself, allowing easier mobile phone talking and nose powdering during driving. This is another aspect that differentiate Firepower of it's sister Viper, which gets to be the track biting car.
The concept's interior is equally elegant, with chrome accents that are decidedly Art Deco, it represents the Chrysler brand image of beauty and elegance. Color combination consists of Ocean Deep Blue as a primary hue, with Oyster leather and Behr maple accents. Finely trimmed leather-covered sport seats, automatic climate control and a premium audio system provide a tasteful and purposeful interior environment. All touch surfaces – steering wheel, control knobs, and shifter – are finished with fine materials for a luxury feel. Not all of that are going to make it to the production version, plastic surfaces are likely to replace some of the expensive ones in the interior. The instrument panel was designed to display vital information through precisely-detailed gauges, completing the look and feel of refinement.
Closing comments
"It's about 80 percent likely that we'll build this," says a trustworthy Chrysler source, those odds echoed by others familiar with the project.
If that does happen, don't be surprised to see the two-seater's name change by the time it hits production. Chrysler marketers thought they owned the name, which they once used, but it turns out the company no longer has rights. Whether they can negotiate a deal for Firepower - or even want to - is unclear, yet.
The good news is that the design itself is all but completely locked down.
Does Chrysler really need another sports car, a nudge more expensive than the current Crossfire? The automaker is betting the two cars will appeal to distinctly different niches. In case of positive customer feed-back, don't be surprised to see this sports car hit showrooms in as little as two years.


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Factor VIII assay
The factor VIII assay is a blood test that measures the activity of factor VIII -- one of the substances involved in blood clotting (coagulation).
Alternative Names
Plasma factor VIII antigen
How the test is performed
Blood is typically drawn from a vein, usually from the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand. The area is cleaned with germ-killing medicine (antiseptic). The health care provider wraps an elastic band around the upper arm to apply pressure to the area and make the vein swell with blood.
Next, the health care provider gently inserts a needle into the vein. The blood collects into an airtight vial or tube attached to the needle. The elastic band is removed from your arm. Once the blood has been collected, the needle is removed, and the puncture site is covered to stop any bleeding.
In infants or young children, a sharp tool called a lancet may be used to puncture the skin and make it bleed. The blood collects into a small glass tube called a pipette, or onto a slide or test strip. A bandage may be placed over the area if there is any bleeding.
How to prepare for the test
No special preparation is necessary for this test.
How the test will feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the test is performed
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of easy bruising or bleeding, such as hemophilia. The test may also be done to see how well treatment for hemophilia is working.
Normal Values
A normal value is 50 - 200% of the laboratory control or reference value.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What abnormal results mean
Decreased levels may be due to:
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation
- Hemophilia A
- Presence of a Factor VIII inhibitor (antibody)
- Von Willebrand's disease
Increased levels may be due to:
- Advanced age
- Diabetes
- Liver disease
- Inflammation
- Pregnancy
- Obesity
What the risks are
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
This test is most often performed on people who have bleeding problems. The risk of excessive bleeding is slightly greater for people with bleeding problems than for people without bleeding problems.
Special considerations
When you bleed, the body launches a series of activities that help the blood clot. This is called the coagulation cascade. The process involves special proteins called coagulation factors (factor VIII is a coagulation factor).
Each factor's reaction triggers the next reaction. The final product of the coagulation cascade is the blood clot. Blood clots may not form normally if any one of the clotting factors is abnormally low.
Kessler C. Hemorrhagic disorders: Coagulation factor deficiencies. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 180.
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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I created my first email account and webpage in 1996 and since that time have been fascinated by the Internet's power to connect people. My studies at the University of Michigan's School of Information introduced me to new ways of using the Internet, new skills in programming and design and life-long colleagues in technology-based fields, who help me keep my finger on the latest Internet trends.
As it relates to international education, technology is all about reaching students where they are. The current generation of college students is increasingly dependent on the Internet and expects us to keep up with them. There is an anecdote that students are now doing their study abroad research (and most other research) at 3am in their pajamas. If we can reach these students by making study abroad information available at all hours and accessible via the Internet, we will be able to help them make educated decisions, rather than leaving everything up to Google search rankings.
Technology at Miami University's Office of International Education
Over my four years at Miami University, we have introduced several new measures designed to harness technology to the advantage and education of students. These include:
Office of International Education website
When I began at Miami University in 2005, the office website had not been redesigned or updated in any serious way since its creation in 1996. I spent the next six months studying the needs of the office and planning and implementing a major redesign that addressed the different needs of the OIE website's user groups (study abroad students, international students, parents, academic advisors, etc.)
Study Abroad Newsletter
The Miami University Study Abroad Newsletter (available via email subscription or an RSS feed) reaches over 2000 subscribers, including students, parents, professors and staff. It is an opportunity for the Office of International Education to highlight certain programs, let students know about upcoming events and deadlines and focus on issues that may be more important at a certain time of the year. These newsletters are also archived on the site so that students can refer back to them or find them in a search of the website.
Department-specific program listings
The most obvious and easiest way to list programs on our website for students to peruse is by country, but many students are in very strict majors or have several majors and minors. For these students, it's very important that they find a study abroad program that matches well to their academic curriculum. We have been working with departments to identify programs that are likely matches for majors in their department or meet a particular departmental need. By listing these on our website, we have helped students make educated decisions and also helped those students who feel overwhelmed by their options.
We created our own "Miami University Study Abroad" Facebook page in the summer of 2008, although we only started to market it at the beginning of the 2008-09 school year. So far, we've found the site most useful for connecting prospective study abroad students with each other (we don't give out information about who's going where, but we give the students a location to share that information with each other).
Facebook has also been useful in promotion and information-sharing on specific programs. When we created a joint study abroad program with Rollins College, the Facebook page we created gave the two groups of students an opportunity to "meet" online and even start making travel plans before they saw each other face-to-face. These Facebook groups are also useful for alumni cohesiveness after the program is over.
Twitter Updates from @MiamiUabroad
I created a Twitter account for the office in the summer of 2008 just to test the waters, but there wasn't much of a presence or interest in Twitter until the spring of 2009. As student interest grew, our Twitter account became more and more active. In addition to responding to student queries and highlighting points of interest around the world, Twitter can be used for contact with colleagues at other study abroad offices or providers. We've often "retweeted" (forwarded) information to our students that highlights our partner providers' programs.
Student blogs
Starting in spring 2009, all students who received scholarship money through our office were asked to do a project in return for the scholarship. Several of the students chose to blog about their experiences abroad. The students who we chose were responsible and eloquent and made some in-depth observations about their study abroad experience, their host cultures and their home cultures.
Studio Abroad
Miami is currently in the process of implementing the Studio Abroad office management product from Terra Dotta. We hope that this one-stop location for all the study abroad opportunities around the world will help students to make more informed decisions. The back-end power is more in-depth than anything we've had before and will make many of our everyday paper-pushing tasks a thing of the past, freeing up more time for one-on-one attention to students.
The advantage of using these technologies is that most of them are free, with relatively little time devoted to their upkeep (in many cases, our student workers can be trusted to maintain them) and a high payoff in terms of students receiving information. The drawback is that students are sometimes hard to reach or hard to convince that they should, for example, follow our Twitter feed. There are many things competing for students' attention. In many cases, getting the student buy-in is just a matter of a little time and effort - once a few students are onboard, the interest will snowball.
Continuing Education
After identifying certain weaknesses in my computer skills, I enrolled in training workshops to correct that deficit, including:
- Microsoft Excel 2007: Workbook Fundamentals II
- Microsoft Excel 2007: Managing, Organizing and Analyzing Data
- Microsoft Excel 2007: Analyzing Data with Charts and PivotTables
- Microsoft Word 2007: More Advanced Features
- Survey Tools & Data Protection


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Miami Beach Police arrested a suspect Thursday in a month-old burglary case, only to find that he was wanted by six other police departments and was responsible – by his own admission - for 14 other burglaries in Miami Beach alone.
"He was proud of his accomplishments to say the least," Vivian Hernandez of the Miami Beach Police said to Miami Herald news partner CBS4.
Dequan Johnson, 32, was arrested Thursday afternoon after two detectives who were conducting surveillance tracked him to the Aventura Mall,according to a press release.
Johnson, of Miami Gardens, was brought in for questioning in connection with a June 8 burglary at the Miami Beach Resort and Spa Hotel where $20,000 in cash, jewelry, and electronics were stolen.
According to the report, Johnson walked into a room that a maid was cleaning, flashing a hotel card and telling the maid that it was his mother's room.
After the maid finished and left, Johnson took off with $1,800 in cash, $10,000 in jewelry, an iPad and Chanel purse.
The room's actual residents, Brazilian tourists Aparecida Pata, 58, and Denize Ferreira, 73, returned from breakfast to find their room ransacked.
Miami Beach Police caught a break when they obtained hotel security camera footage of the suspect leaving the building.
After he was arrested and read his Miranda rights, Johnson confessed to the other burglaries.
According to the 14 affidavits detailing the confessions, the burglaries follow a similar pattern of deception throughout Miami Beach apartments and hotels.
"He had different encounters with either maids or housekeepers," Hernandez said in the interview with CBS4. "He would tell them, basically lie to them, that he was either staying in the room or the guests were relatives of him."
Johnson was charged with 11counts of Burglary and 12 counts of grand theft.
Several other departments – including Miami-Dade, Coral Gables, Sunny Isles, Sunrise and Palm Beach – will be able to clear burglaries, according to the Miami Beach release.
Records show that Johnson has been burglarizing since at least 1997. He has served nearly five cumulative years in prison for various offenses and was most recently released in March 2011 after serving a two-and-a-half year sentence.


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Size of baby: Apparently as big as a sweet potato at this point.
Gender: I'm pretty sure it's a girl. Given my last scan, but we'll confirm that in 2 weeks.
Names: Don't know yet!
Symptoms: Well this week has been hard. Caught a stomach bug, or the flu that was pretty violent for 24 hours. I'm still not over it. Had to go to the hospital for dehydration which could've been dangerous for the baby, if not treated, and that was probably the worst thing to happen to me in months. Found out I'm dead disgusted with having a needle down my arm for more than 3 hours, so I'm kind of not looking forward to birthing in a hospital now.
Maternity Clothes: Yeah, just the jeans though, I can still wear my dresses and leggings and tights which is a relief given the temperature
Weight: I'm at 56 kg now, which is 5 kg more than what I was weighing before.
Fetal Movement: I can feel her pushing for sure, that's what it feels like for me…
Sleep: Decent sleeping even though I get up every hour to pee. That can happen like 6 times a night.
Cravings: I have obssessions like, beets for a week, or bagels, and then I only want to eat that for days. Nothing weird though.
Aversions: I hate seeing anything that isn't cooked, or raw. Or chicken bones and whatnot. Just gross.
What you miss: Right now I miss Alex since I'm in Montreal and he's not. Didn't think it would be that hard to live without your boyfriend when pregnant but it's definately harder than ever now to be without him and without the support. I've usually been away from my past boyfriends for way longer without really feeling the physical need, but right now it feels awful to be away from him.
Best moment this week: Having our family find out we are having a girl
What I Look Forward To: Meeting her.
Other Interesting Things about This Week: I can't forget to wash my hands every 10 minutes in the plane anymore. Man. Never again.


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Wendy's scores with new strategy
Better times lie ahead for the burger chain.
When Wendy's (WEN) CEO Emil Brolick was hired last year, the burger chain was in the midst of an identity crisis. That's no longer the case.
The company made famous in folksy commercials featuring its late founder Dave Thomas has moved into the lucrative fast casual market with premium offerings such as the W burger. Brolick is also sprucing up the chain's locations and stressing the importance of good service. Though he took the job only in November, he is already seeing results.
Revenue in the last three months of 2011 gained 5.6% to $615 million, surpassing the $613 million predicted by analysts, though income from continuing operations fell 30% to $4.3 million. Same-store sales in North America rose 4.4% -- the chain's best performance in eight years -- helped by the popularity of offerings such as the revamped Dave's Hot 'N Juicy cheeseburger. Skeptics are clearly coming around.
For instance, the blog GrubGrade gave a positive review to the W burger, saying, "I didn't love it by any means -- and God knows I probably put something tastier in my mouth that very day, much less the entire year -- but I honestly enjoyed it for what it was."
Investors have also liked what they've been seeing. Shares are up nearly 7% over the past year, outperforming McDonald's (MCD), which eked out a gain of 1.53% during that same time. Earnings per share are expected to hit 18 cents this year and 24 cents next year, which would be a significant improvement from the 14-cent level Wendy's has earned for the past three years. Corporate insiders are also loading up on shares.
The one negative on Wendy's stock is that analysts have a one-year price target of $5.55, which is about where it trades now. If the company continues to improve, those figures will be adjusted.
Jonathan Berr is a freelance business writer. He owns shares of McDonald's.
It's always been [and always will be] Wendy's burgers, McDonald's fries... Frosty notwithstanding. And I do agree with "Someone" to an extent, the new fries definitely taste better, but the old ones? you literally couldn't give those to homeless people on the streets who were staving. The were gross.
Post the response, Gunnar... because I do not believe you.
First of all, they would not have responded, "... you must 'of' had the flu..." the word is HAVE... you must HAVE had the flu... HAVE, not OF, HAVE.
But, believe this about Wendy's... they did this $1 promotion... donate a dollar to their charity, buy a key-ring Frosty amulet and you will get a small Frosty free for the entire year.
Guess what... THEY DON'T HONOR those amulets!
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Adult Nonfiction TP570 .F543 1998
Fisher, Joe
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Summary: Grow Your Own...Brew Your Own! If you have a backyard, or even a sun-facing porch, you can greatly enhance the flavor, aroma, and uniqueness of your homebrew by growing your own hops, brewing herbs, and malt grains. Easy instructions will help you put the "home" into your homebrew from setting up your first hop trellis, to malting grain at home, to brewing recipes specially formulated for homegrown ingredients. When you grow your own organic ingredients, you can be sure they are the freshest and purest available.
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It's not that I don't like you – surely you're my readers, I appreciate you greatly.
But life has its way of changing things – and it's changed me these past few months.
To give you a brief rundown of how I'll use a nice easy to read set of bullet points.
I finished a month long roadtrip this summer with an amazing woman. I learned a great deal about living on the road even though I had been doing it for nearly eight months. What it's like to take care of your space, be direct and honest with other people, reach out when you need to, and take care of myself both physically and mentally.
The roadtrip also helped me disconnect from a number of addictions or habits I had cultivated over the years. An addiction to being connected was broken because I was in a car in the middle of nowhere half the time where my iPhone didn't even get voice service. An addiction to coffee was broken when in Chicago I made the decision to cut it out of my life. Three months later and I don't need coffee or caffeine, my energy levels are more even (I wake up naturally without an alarm about 9:30am everyday) and I don't spend as much money feeding that addiction.
I cultivated a practice of doing yoga every morning. I call it a practice and not a habit because it's a conscious choice every morning to get up and flow through my sequence – it's a part of my centering each day. On top of that I added rigorous body weight intervals to increase strength, endurance, and power (while home I managed to add about 8 lbs. of muscle mass in less than 6 weeks).
While there I helped (i.e. smooth talked) them renovate my old bedroom into a library space. This involved sorting through about two decades of attic and storageroom stuff of theirs and sending it to Goodwill, the dump or repackaging it for sale or storage. Then tearing out a ceiling and a wall, sanding down a floor, staining the floor and building a wall to wall bookcase with my dad.
Additionally I spent time helping my father after a surgery around the house. Cutting down trees that had been bent over in an ice storm last winter. Chopping firewood for the external wood furnace that heats our house.
Spending time helping my family through a bit of a rough patch, involving myself in manual labor and creating something with my hands, helping my family streamline a bit of their life – these things have so much reward for me and they took precedence.
I went on a weeklong retreat in Hartland, Vermont hosted by Vida Samiha that focused on sustainability in our lives. It began with a workshop focusing on Design Thinking, Permaculture and the intersection with Social Movements. Tasked to implement these strategies in relationship to a project we were involved in, it really helped clarify where I wanted to go with my work-career-liberation path.
The rest of the week focused on the retreat space where we could reflect on specific terms like oppression, sustainability, and privilege in our lives. It allowed me to connect with individuals doing exceptional work in their communities, explore concepts in a new way, and revisit activist (both socially and ecologically) roots that I have let stagnate.
As part of the retreat I got to share the ideas of the lifestyle design community and the vagabonding community with everyone, including a 45 minute talk about my expulsion from Canada, my embracing of a transient life and minimalism (including the 100 item challenge).
I started exploring the possibility of adding life coaching to my repertoire of skills. I reached out to a few life coaches I know personally and they explained their entry to the field, how they operate and some valuable lessons they have learned in the process (Jonathan Mead talks a bit about this in the latest conversation we had).
As part of this process, in addition to researching it, reading about the practice and studying the concepts I had my first coaching session with Jenny Blake from Life After College. It was an amazing experience. She guided me through some visualizations which guided me to a re-imagining of my path in life. It also included an wonderful visual image for me about how I will walk through the world and enact change.
The following work I did at the Retreat and at home has led me to the place where I will be retiring Slacker Reform. Even though I love the name, the work I do here and what it embodies – it lacks a certain mindfulness and calm that I want to embody in my life.
The path I will be walking through the world will involve the retirement of Slacker Reform, however, it will be the birth of the Drop Of Change website and blog.
Drop Of Change's mission is to create sustainable, curious and mindful living.
I hope you follow me on my path to the Drop Of Change – I will continue to write about personal development, lifestyle design, life hacking and all of the issues I address here but the tone of the site will change from Slacker Reform and I will add issues that are important to me like sustainability, design thinking, spirituality, physical practices and more.
If you are interested in the path I have chosen to walk, please visit my personal vision statement that was the culmination of my time at the Vida Samiha retreat.
If you are interested in contacting me, please e-mail me at carl(at)slackerreform(dot)com.
Posted on 30 September 2009
I'm excited to bring you another conversation with Liberation Artist Jonathan Mead. Jonathan is a liberation badass. This year he quit his real job and moved into coaching and writing full time.
I had the opportunity to first speak with Jonathan back in the spring and you can find that interview here.
There's been a lot of change and growth since then and in this conversation we talk about our own personal growth both personally and on a more business level. We're not just talking about this online world either – we explore how we each explain the juncture of the personal development online community and the social worlds we inhabit offline, how we help to enrich the world and communities around us, and inspire others to go out and create change in the world.
Reverse-engineering motivations, how life coaching changes both the coach and the client, and why he's been holed up in a cave (i.e. desk) for a month.
Listen to it here (Donald Trump apprentices need not apply):
Jonathan Mead is the author of the Zero Hour Workweek and Reclaim Your Dreams. He's a regular contributor to Zen Habits. Runs the Black Sheep Project with Jared Kessler. Is the Lead Ass-Kicker for Project Mojave. And is ready to launch his own e-course on how to Get Paid to Exist – an indepth examination about how to turn your passion and skill into a saleable skill.
Excuse the breathing into the microphone – I sound like I've got a respiratory disorder.
Posted on 15 September 2009
Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
That depends a good deal on where you want to go, said the Cat.
I don't much care where, said Alice.
Then it doesn't matter which way you go, said the Cat.
Lewis Carroll
I'm sure you do. If you're reading this you're probably much more interested in where you are in your life and where you are going that the majority of people I meet. Perhaps that rings of a bit of cynicism for the general populace – regardless.
Living your life with a certain care, a certain aesthetic or design requires a conscious choice of the values that will guide us. Otherwise we are asking for directions without having a sense where we should be going. We need not be as blithely unaware as Alice though.
There are many ways, but this is one way I find effective for myself.
Find a quiet space for yourself where you can sit and contemplate. This may be headphones in during your lunch break, in the park, in your favorite arm chair – whatever is truly comfortable for you.
Close your eyes (after you've finished reading this).
Take one, two, three slow deep breathes. With each inhale let your body relax and fill with calm. With each exhale let go of the troubles of your day, the worries and the practicalities. You can get back to them later.
Think about this question: What values do I seek to embody?
Turn it over in your mind, stretch it out, look at it from as many angles as you want. This question is about you. Not your work, your family, or your art.
Picture the person you are in five years – wiser, experienced, learned.
What values does that person embody?
Open your eyes, write down anything that came to your mind. Spend a few minutes writing these things down.
Now look at your list and determine common themes. Repackage them into groups by connecting them with arrows or circling them together.
For each group write out a sentence or two about what that group of kindred values means to you. By giving your value groups specific meaning clarifies what it is embody those values for you.
Words are merely jumbled letters unless meaning is attached.
In determining the meaning for each of your value groups you will realize some values are more shallow or less important than others. Select the top five or six value groups that you seek to embody. Clarify them further.
Repeat this exercise on occasion. At the beginning you may notice your values are material or connected to things in the world, as you repeat this exercise you will find that they become more about who you are.
If you want to see my values which I re-examined recently, click here.
Flickr photo by Kelsey Shay.
Posted on 14 September 2009
Sometimes you outgrow a place in pursuit of your purpose and must accept to leave it and move on to the next step – that is what will be happening in the future.
And so I turn to you, my readers, friends and network, for comments and suggestions on the redirection and branding behind my future blog venture. This time I've got a clear purpose and plan and that starts with hearing from you.
Posted on 08 September 2009
And all around awesome person.
I had the opportunity to meet Cath in Denver for lunch when she was traveling through the U.S. for a month with her husband. We had a great time and snapped the above photo. It really goes to show how you can develop strong connections with people across the globe that resonate with your lifestyle through social networking, blogging and more.
I interviewed Cath last week about her entry into the world of Location Independent living and her Bottom-line Bookclub series.
She shares some fantastic stories about her transition into location independent living and the online world as a complete newbie and the challenges it presented her with. Her ability to understand problems and how to ask smart and open questions really provides insights into how we should approach the difficulties in our life.
She also delves into how our perspective influences the options we see in our lives and how, once we change our way of viewing the world, we open up to the opportunities that were there before us but we failed to acknowledge. Removing the blinders enables us to focus in a whole different manner.
Please enjoy this interview with Cath Duncan.
Her Bottom-line Bookclub series takes one personal development book each month and breaks it down into its core ideas. It's easy to skim over books and material and fail to put that knowledge into action, instead the Bottom-line series gives you a workbook with exercises meant to guide you through the growth process.
This month the book was The Flipside by Adam Jackson. The Bookclub also includes interviews with the authors, a social network to collaborate with other members, and daily tips.
Get a free copy of last months Bottom-line book – Escape from Cubicle Nation by Pam Slim – by giving Cath your feedback just by filling out this survey.
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Posted 18 August 2005 - 07:55 PM
here's the pic I showed on page 4 in this topic:
If it gets to Myriad I was thinking that the plaza could be like a small town in San An. You know. Not surrounded by big skyscrapers.
Now for the circus I thought a good location would be way out of any city. More like in some deserted agrarian zone. Between weed-fields or grass plains. This to give the feeling that it's a travelling circus instead of a permanent one.
The circus is as good as done, some weeks work left. But the plaza/town-center has still some trivial parts to be filled. Don't know how long that'll take.
Anywayz, that's my contribution for now...
Posted 18 August 2005 - 08:50 PM
All pre-planned developments (like Myriad) have 3 basic types of zoning- Residential, Commercial, and Industrial. These are further split into low, medium, and high density.
Myriad should have real zoning restrictions, based on neigbourhood layout (grid pattern roads = financial district, cul-de-sac = suburbs, etc.) and proximity to the center of each island (skyscrapers in the center, suburbs in the outskirts).
This would mean that to build on a lot it has to fit the lot's zoning restrictions. Really, its not a hinderance to development or anything, just claim a lot in the zoned district you want to build in. All in all, it sets a clear path for Myriad Islands' growth and development.
Posted 18 August 2005 - 09:11 PM
Soryy for my english
Posted 19 August 2005 - 08:57 AM
@steve-m - I want a nice flat lot which I can put some commercial buildings on ect...
I had that idea in the PPT but illy told me that island would probably be residential.
Posted 19 August 2005 - 11:54 AM
|QUOTE (Knife @ Aug 19 2005, 10:57)
|I had that idea in the PPT but illy told me that island would probably be residential.
Yea, and it's still going to be like that. Left islands will be residential and right one urban, so no high buildings at all, that's what illcom is for. We also want some areas to be pure countrysite, maybe only with small huts or farms (i think the area N/NW/SW of the crater would be perfect).
Also, if we want some sort of train/monorail track, shouldn't we plan that before splitting?
Posted 19 August 2005 - 04:59 PM
Posted 20 August 2005 - 09:05 AM
Posted 20 August 2005 - 09:11 AM
I also have another thought on trains, and that is a subway. Methinks we should build a subway that runs through the high density areas on Myriad, that is under illcom, my island and perhaps Necrosis and if any more high density islands are developed have it run though there.
My reasoning for this system is because inner city areas are congested with traffic, and the road setup for illcom isn't very traffic friendly, so a fast transport system through high density areas only seems like a good, effective way to carry people through a city. Plus a subway doesn't take up much space on the surface, merely a small entrance in a number of places, and I could probably fit the entrances on my lots alone for illcom. Just for the record, if a subway does go ahead, I would like to develop it
Also, concerning zoning the top left island countryside, we have to be careful about doing so. I know it is designed to be low-density, but we still have to keep any kind of serious commercial or industrial presence away from farms or houses that are spread far apart. The farms or whatever should be confined to the top left quater of the island, which includes the crater.
That's my 2 cents.
Posted 20 August 2005 - 09:47 AM Edited by Knife, 20 August 2005 - 10:43 AM.
The only thing I will say is won't it feel a bit wierd having a whole island that just has houses ect? I think the residential area need a few shops just to make it more realistic.
As for completing illcom...
The highlited lots are the lots I have never seen progress for. The myriad rules say you must show progress and you only have 4 months to complete your lots. Hmmm
Posted 20 August 2005 - 10:19 AM
We really need an update of the official map, but SR is going to be gone for awhile. Maybe we should get a new lot admin.
Also, the 4 month deadline is seldomly enforced. I have had my illsub lots for more than 4 months and I still have ownership of the. But then again, I have in the past released a number of lots, so I guess continuing developers dont have their lots removed.
Posted 20 August 2005 - 10:42 AM
Posted 20 August 2005 - 11:44 AM
Just a few comments here:
- This is NOT a complete release, and is NOT a base to work from for future major releases.
- This does not include any lots/vehicles/weapons whatsoever.
- It was created a couple of months back by me just as a general perspective of the base land in the SA engine.
- The pre-lighting is incorrect and looks odd against the illnorth islands.
- It probably still has the water.dat from Steve's Map Cleaner so if you fall into the water you probably can't get back onto any islands.
- Old col format which is why there are darkness issues.
- Various other things, follow the instructions given, it's easy to install. It has problems so don't complain.
- I gave Gforce this package, so he may have created an edited version or a new package. Either way they are probably the same/very similar.
Install this at your own risk, if it causes any system problems, corrupted files, death etc. then only yourself can be help responsible.
Posted 20 August 2005 - 11:56 AM Edited by Knife, 20 August 2005 - 12:00 PM.
Meh, i'll find out soon
Posted 20 August 2005 - 11:59 AM
Posted 20 August 2005 - 12:24 PM
As for the subway that was mentioned, I like the idea but I see a few problems.
- I thought there was going to be a sewer system. Now I don't know if that's still in development, but if it is, you don't know how it's going to run. There's no layout shown to the public. This might cause overlapping with a subway system. Maybe something could be worked out between each project. Maybe integration of subway into sewer or the other way around would be nice.
- Is it possible to have both a train and a subway? I don't know anything about coding. I only know that SA has a train, no subway.
- If both the sewer and a subway were being made, me thinks it would be best if it could be like an interior, that only loads when you enter it. Otherwise we would have quite a polyloss when just walking on the island.
Also: I like the idea that illcom should be finished first before anyone starts releasing lots for the northern islands.
Posted 20 August 2005 - 12:34 PM
Posted 20 August 2005 - 05:47 PM Edited by Gforce, 20 August 2005 - 05:54 PM.
as for those trains idea's i think that all sections that include a piece of the rail network should be seperate from any of the lots, that way the modeling and lighting stays correct and only needs to be done once,the same idea could apply to all the roads not including the curbs obviously, although in the residential sections of SA R* didn't even bother to lower the curbs around the entrances to houses.
edit: @GT-1 you sent me your package 1 day too late, i already converted the files by then and they are in RW3.4. yes i have a pack together and no it uses none of your files and my gta.dat,map files,ide/ipl numbering are constructed and numbered completely differently
Posted 20 August 2005 - 09:48 PM
|QUOTE (Gforce @ Aug 20 2005, 19:47)
|edit: @GT-1 you sent me your package 1 day too late, i already converted the files by then and they are in RW3.4. yes i have a pack together and no it uses none of your files and my gta.dat,map files,ide/ipl numbering are constructed and numbered completely differently
Are you guys talking of just the empty base land, or completely with buildings and all?
Posted 21 August 2005 - 12:59 AM Edited by Gforce, 21 August 2005 - 01:05 PM.
|QUOTE (steve-m @ Aug 20 2005, 21:48)
Are you guys talking of just the empty base land, or completely with buildings and all?
yes, no lots or missions.
Posted 21 August 2005 - 03:31 AM
|QUOTE (Knife @ Aug 20 2005, 22:34)
|I think all trains should stau underground because if we try and fit one in above ground it won't look right. We just need a simple track and some stations.
I think Myriad could easily acomodate an overhead train, and overhead trains look cool too. I loved the train that runs over Portland in GTA3.
- I thought there was going to be a sewer system. Now I don't know if that's still in development, but if it is, you don't know how it's going to run. There's no layout shown to the public. This might cause overlapping with a subway system. Maybe something could be worked out between each project. Maybe integration of subway into sewer or the other way around would be nice.
- Is it possible to have both a train and a subway? I don't know anything about coding. I only know that SA has a train, no subway.
- If both the sewer and a subway were being made, me thinks it would be best if it could be like an interior, that only loads when you enter it. Otherwise we would have quite a polyloss when just walking on the island.
Actually, a subway couldn't be very high poly, the sections of track dont need much detail, just enough to look like a real subway track.
Conflict with the sewer and the subway would be easy to avoid, you just have one at a lower distance then the other and just make sure any entrances with the 2 dont collide with pipes/tracks.
I am unsure if you can have 2 trains running in SA, but a quick peek in the data/paths folder shows a train.dat and a train2.dat, as well as a lot of node data and a few tracks files. So hopefully it is possible to have 2 trains running.
Also, having the subway as an interior might be a bit iffy, as entrances to subway stations are usually large, not just a door. But I believe the sewer was intended to be made as an interior.
Another problem I just thought of regarding 2 trains, how do we keep the monorail train off of the subway track and vice versa. In SA there is the Brown Streak train and the freight train, perhaps it is possible to confine one of these trains to one track.
Posted 21 August 2005 - 10:40 AM
How hard is it to convert lots. It would be very useful if someone could convert DK Enterprises (one object) for my missions because everythings a bit messy at the mo.
Posted 21 August 2005 - 10:51 AM
|QUOTE (JasonB @ Aug 21 2005, 05:31)
|Another problem I just thought of regarding 2 trains, how do we keep the monorail train off of the subway track and vice versa. In SA there is the Brown Streak train and the freight train, perhaps it is possible to confine one of these trains to one track.
You forgot the SF tram! So it must be possible to attach special vehicles to certain train tracks.
Yea, a subway might be the best solution, since it wouldn't conflict with any lots. Also a overhead train/monorail could be added later, since we'll mainly have low buildings anyway.
@Knife: As for lot conversion, dunno, might be best to import everything we have so far into Max, fix any bugs and do some optimizing, then prelight everything with the same settings as illnorth, and export everything again, properly grouped by area (not a separate ide/ipl for each lot), and reassign new ID#s. Also, txd files need reorganization, with help of txdp we can now put all default textures into an extra txd archive, so we don't have duplicates and waste of space/ressources anymore.
Oh, and a another question, what is the highest ID# used by the generic stuff in a cleaned SA map, how many ID#s will we need for illcom/illsub, and at which ID# shall the illnorth objects start?
Posted 22 August 2005 - 06:31 AM
As for subway entrances, I recommend using 2 of my lots, illcom_c5_r3/illcom_c6_r4/illcom_c7_r4 (all of these would make a good spot) and illcom_c6_r10. c5_r3/c6_r4/c7_r4 would be good as it is right in the city centre, a place where people really need to get to/away from. c5_r3 is a little crowded so I could make some room near the museum or something.
c6_r10 would also be ideal, as you have quite a large amount of medium density buildings, such as NRon, Massivesoft and all of Little Tokyo (which i hope will be finished soon), and my upgrades to pacific bay would also create alot of eJobs, and people would need to get there.
Again, I would like to reitterate my eagerness for the subway, and if it is to go ahead, I would like the opportunity to build it.
Posted 22 August 2005 - 04:05 PM
I shall let out it when to appear enough of tools for change SA and will leave illcom for SA. For VC I shall not let out!
Now I am engaged modelling of different buildings then to create LARGE lot.
Posted 08 September 2005 - 02:30 PM
Don't mind my grammar, it's that time of the night.
Posted 08 September 2005 - 03:53 PM
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Posted 09 September 2005 - 01:07 AM
|QUOTE (GTAuron @ Sep 9 2005, 02:23)
|Well one way or another, the 2 train lines must at least meet somewhere. I dunno about in other countries, but in the UK, the underground and overground trains fit around each other, some stations are pure overground in London, some are pure underground, but a lot of them are both (Mainly the big ones like London Victoria, London Waterloo, London Bridge etc etc). So We COULD have a large station lot somewhere north on illcom, with trains leading overground about the city (maybe above the roads to cause less disruption, lots of overground trains in London almost have a mono-rail feel about em), on the ground round illres and illurb, and an underground part attached to this station for an underground system for illcom, with loads of other stations everywhere. Seems a bit more realistic than having an over and underground train doing the same thing. - GTAuron
That's what I meant to say, I was in one of those late night things, you understand
Posted 09 September 2005 - 05:56 AM
The second track is a subway line, which goes to the high density inner city areas, such as illcom, my island and perhaps Necrosis if necessary. The purpose of this track is to better accomdate travel through heavily congested inner city areas, stopping in places where people need to get to, but the main line doesn't stop at.
For example you have the monorail (or whatever) stop in northern illcom, but not southern illcom, people will need a better way of getting there, and the subway connects these areas. That is just an example, and it would be logical for the monorail to stop in north and south illcom.
But the subway would not goto low density, sub-urban areas, as it would be redundant.
Sydney, has a system similar to this, there are the main train lines which go into Sydney, and then there is the ultra overpriced monorail line, which goes to places the main train doesn't, which would be convenient if it weren't so expensive.
That way you have overground and underground, and they are not redundant.
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I haven't tried to figure out what this says but, he has kept the key parts of the letters so you can still make out what they are.
I need to work out what the key parts on each letter are and how far I can go so you can still know what it is.
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