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A lot of people are excited about the idea of straw bale construction; however, they stumble a bit when it comes to estimating the cost of their potential home. I very often receive emails from people checking out plans on StrawBalePlans.com asking how much a specific plan will cost to actually build. That's such a hard question to answer and here's why.
Exactly what a project costs to build will depend so much on where it is built. This is because both labor and material costs vary greatly by region. A yard of concrete may cost $100 here in Oregon and that same yard can run upwards of twice that in other parts of the world. So how is someone supposed to make an informed decision about what plan to buy and what that plan might cost to build?
The answer is actually very simple: start with a rough estimate of the cost. If you are simply considering a plan for construction and are not actually costing it out piece by piece for your construction loan, then you don't have to be that accurate. Just a rough number will let you know if it is in your price range or not. Here's what I suggest, looking at two different scenarios. First, let's consider that you plan to hire out the job to a contractor. This is the absolutely easiest way to get a rough cost for the house. Contact the contractors you think you may hire and send them the link to the plans you hope to build. They can get a sense of what's involved and give you a rough starting point. Be clear with them that you are not asking for a hard number, just something to let you know if things are in the right ballpark, or even the right game.
Here's s tip, if you don't have a specific builder in mind, but know that you do indeed want to hire the job out, get some help in finding the right company. Talk to friends and family who have recently had work done to see if they would recommend their contractor. From there, drive around your town or city and stop in at job sites to meet contractors. Check out the site. Is it tidy? Is it a mess? Do the workers on site take pride in their work or are they a rough group of individuals whom you wouldn't want to leave alone on your property? You can learn a lot about a company by watching the folks in the field. Once you find some folks that interest you, dig a little deeper. Talk to the owners of the homes they are currently building (you can find owner records at county offices, very often online) and see if they like the company. If so, call the company up and ask for some further references.
You want to get this right, so don't skimp on the amount of time you spend finding the right company. Finally, trust your gut. If something tells you it's not the right match, then it's not. Period. You don't have to justify it to yourself or anyone else. Just move on to the next option. You always want at least three contractors, so keep looking. Another way to start the search is to look at the company's license number. If they have an old number, they will have been in business a long time. Construction is a difficult business. Anyone who has been in business a long time has obviously done something right. That's a good indication that they know what they are doing. Don't settle for just the number though. Do the extra research as well.
So what if you plan to build the house yourself? In this case, your looking for just the material costs and that's hard to get from a floor plan online. You would need an actual set of plans to get an accurate bid on materials, so that doesn't help you if you are currently plan shopping. After all, you probably don't want to spend a couple thousand dollars on plans only to discover you can't afford to build the house. In this case, the answer is also quite simple. Once again, talk to some local builders in your area, and once again, call three of them. This time your question are simple and may be even quicker and easier for the contractors to answer. Keep in mind that although you may not intend to use a contractor, this conversation may inspire you to change your mind. Good contractors are a wealth of information and can be a huge asset to your job. Keep an open mind and, who knows, you may end up hiring one of the people you talk to. If you are clear that you will not be hiring them, you may want to consider paying them a small stipend for their efforts to help you with your numbers.
Question #1: What do you charge per square foot to build a house of mid to high end finish? You can clarify your "quality" by saying, you want something that fits in the upper end of the market similar to the homes on street "X" in town "X". This gives the builder reference to what quality you are looking for. Let them know that you understand that it's impossible to give an accurate bid on a house they haven't seen, but you are simply looking for rough numbers to help you get your money lined up properly.
Question #2: Of that cost, what is the labor value of the money and what is attributed to materials? You want to know how much the materials would cost, so this is one way into that answer. If they say that X% represents the material costs, you have a number to work with. Compare all three numbers (from the three different contractors you called) and average them together. Now, because you are building straw bale, not conventional, you may need to add 5% to the cost you have come up with. This covers things like the extra cost of interior and exterior plaster as opposed to drywall and cement-board siding. In addition, you may want to add another 5% to the cost to offset the fact that the contractor is probably getting his/her materials at "contractor pricing," something you won't get. Now you can use that number to test drive any plan you are considering by multiplying it by the square footage of the home. Is this accurate? No. Is it close enough to get you moving the right direction? Yes.
If you want accuracy, you will need accurate plans. The only way to get accurate plans is to purchase a set of quality construction plans, specific to straw bale homes, like those on StrawBalePlans.com, or to design your own. I have spoken before about the importance of quality design and how much of an impact a good set of plans (or a bad set of plans) can have on a job. If you are working with an architect or designer who has never designed straw bale before, be careful. They may pretend they know what they are doing, but if they have never designed in the medium before, they are likely making it up as they go along. Stay tuned to their progress and be willing to question things that don't make sense to you. What's better is to get informed yourself. The best way to get informed is to get training. Come to the Denver Design Workshop in October and learn how to design your plans specific to straw bale construction. You can read books as well, but the most up to date information is what I will be sharing in Denver, plus you'll get a copy of my upcoming book: A Modern Look at Straw Bale Design Details.
Estimating is a whole new topic and one too big to cover here. I have written several pieces about it on StrawBale.com and a quick search for "estimating" at the top of the page will help you find those. Here are some direct links: Estimating 101; Estimating Tips, and Estimating and Creating a Budget. These articles will get you headed in the right direction. If you plan to estimate and build for yourself, I strongly recommend that you check out my course on how to be your own contractor. It doesn't matter if you know how to build well. If you have never estimated a job or contracted a project, you will need guidance. Making a mistake in your framing can be simple to fix; however, messing up your estimate and/or other aspects of contracting can be the end of your project. Be smart and get the guidance you need BEFORE you get started.
About the Author
Andrew Morison is a specialist in straw bale and green construction. He has shown thousands of people how to build their own straw bale projects through his comprehensive series of instructional straw bale, concrete foundation, and plastering DVDs, as well as his hands on workshops. You can check these out at www.StrawBale.com/store.
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3 Responses to "How Much Will It Cost?"
Denise Thornton Says:
May 2nd, 2012 at 6:47 am
I couldn't agree more about the importance of a good plan.
You noted that some people might hesitate to spend money on a plan, but looking back from a house that doesn't actually fit their needs or function well, I suspect they would wish they had invested up front in good planning.
We are working with a firm, Whole Trees Architecture and Construction, who are experienced in straw bale construction. Our house plan includes building with unmilled, branching timbers, cutting edge infloor solar heat and a sod roof.
Though people like you are establishing guidelines and standards for straw bale construction, it's still a new material, and I can't imagine going forward without well-thought-out, detailed plans.
Straw bale is an amazing material. I have visited as many homes as possible and explored many more online, and it seems very clear that a good plan can make all the difference.
Thanks for your sage advice.
Dale Says:
May 2nd, 2012 at 10:08 am
Andrew, Once again excellent advice on a complex subject.
I would add one piece of advice gained from personal experience. Do not trust an architect or designer to give you a cost estimate. I went to an architect that was highly recommended, one whose designs I liked, and asked them to design a major remodel within a certain budget. When I took the completed $3,000 plans to three contractor/builders the lowest bid came in at over double the budget I had given the architect. The builder I liked best then worked with me and we came up with a rough drawing that the builder felt would come close to my original budget. Simple changes like eliminating multiple roof lines and putting the mechanical room and bathrooms in close proximity ended up saving tens of thousands of dollars. The rough drawing we came up with then went back to the architect for construction drawings and after another $1,000 I had plans that worked within my budget.
Greg Says:
May 4th, 2012 at 4:37 am
Thank you for this article. It's biggest hurdle I've had to building Strawbale. I'm a businessman and an engineer… must… have… budget…
Thanks again


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Let's see how long have I used Linux as a desktop? Hmmm. Over 10 years? That's right. And the first issue I had at that time was finding an easy way to get to my ISP. The second issue at the time was the lack of a graphical web browser. Then Netscape produced an unsupported one that worked fine.
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I'm attempting to remember a time when something about Linux didn't draw criticism. I'm also attempting to remember a time when Windows didn't draw criticism. What about when my Mac crashed a dozen times a day?
I also recall how Darl McBride told the world he would beat us into flat Coca Cola cans or something like that. He had me shaking in my Dockers. I didn't own any Dockers at the time.
People forget that Linux grew out of community. A bunch of young kids in college produced it over the Internet communicating on usenet. That was around 1991. In 1994, Linux had 30,000 users. Most of the developers were kids.
Who really knows how many Linux users exist on the planet? At the same time, how many Windows users exist on the planet given the piracy in more countries than one can count?
I'm willing to admit Windows owns the PC business. I also recall that Microsoft gave Novell a free ride when it came to patent infringements. Let's consider that free ride for a moment or two while I yawn.
I seem to recall something about unfair trade practices. Can a monopoly favor one organization with the same product offering over another? Hmmm, I'm not a lawyer and I don't practice law. But, as a private citizen, I can recall some interesting legal battles here and there. Something about Linspire comes to mind. And something about announcements that stop people from buying products because of threatening announcements also comes to mind.
I don't know the outcome of these so called threats.
I do know I won't lose no sleep over that, cause I gotta plan - James Blunt.
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MS is for slow death?
As pointed out MS has the same fate of Novell which it sbjected to a death earlier. Now that Linux is sweeping the third world countries and in few years applications similar or even better are for Linux Ms will be subjected to a slow death unles it changes the way it takes it business.
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Where have you been Rich? Apple brought out various updates to its hardware over the years and similarly with its operating system culminating in the most recent OSX.
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CLEVELAND — Marc Trestman's day wasn't going well.
"The Plan,'' the Bears' case-closed, double-bolted decision to start Jay Cutler once he returned to health, was looking sickly early in the fourth quarter Sunday. Cutler, making his first appearance after four stellar games by Josh McCown, already had thrown two interceptions against the Browns, one of which was returned by safety Tashaun Gipson for a touchdown.
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With about 11 minutes left in the game, Cutler reared back and threw a pass intended for Alshon Jeffery. Browns linebacker Jabaal Sheard hit Cutler's arm just as he let go of the ball at his own 46-yard line, and the pass lost some of its power.
With Jeffery behind him, Gipson stood like a center fielder waiting on a lazy fly ball. If he had yelled out, "Mine!'' I don't think the other outfielders would have waved him off. But he misread the ball. He slowed at his own 5-yard line, stepped back to the 4 and took another step to the 3 before mistiming his jump. The Immaculate Miscalculation?
Jeffery pulled in Cutler's pass with the care of someone being handed a newborn, then fell into the end zone. The touchdown tied the game and changed everything for the Bears in a 38-31 victory.
"The Human Highlight Reel,' teammate Earl Bennett called Jeffery afterward.
Was that part of "The Plan?'' That somehow, some way Jeffery would find a way to make an athletic catch after a defensive back missed a two-foot putt, pardon the mixed-sports metaphor? If it was, then Trestman isn't just a genius, he's a hokey Hollywood scriptwriter.
The Bears' victory over Cleveland raised their record to 8-6 and kept their playoff hopes alive. With Detroit not playing until Monday night, they had first place to themselves in the NFC North.
There was so much riding on Trestman's decision to finish the season with Cutler, who had been sidelined by an ankle injury. The people's choice was McCown, who had averaged 351 passing yards the previous three games. But Trestman seemed oblivious to the potential ramifications of going with Jay over Josh.
"I don't look at anything as me having something at stake,'' he said. "Every decision we make is completely within the interests of our football team and what's best at this time.''
Trestman doesn't deal in hypotheticals. He has said that repeatedly since the season began. Fortunately, the rest of us aren't burdened by such constraints. If Cutler had played in the second half the way he had played in the first (73.9 rating), Trestman would have found himself wanted, and not in a good way.
Come to think of it, just like last week.
"There was a lot of noise around our team'' going into the game, Trestman said. "They hung together.''
Afterward, the Bears talked about the "adversity'' they had faced Sunday (poverty? homelessness? death of a loved one?) and their resiliency (better). They easily could have let this game get away, especially with the way their defense has played this season. They did not. And many other quarterbacks would have had a hard time dealing with the criticism Cutler faced last week for the crime of not being McCown. You might have thought he was the guy called up to replace Gandhi.
Cutler finished with a very Cutler-like line: 22 of 31 passes for 265 yards, three touchdowns, two interceptions and a rating of 102.2.
But everything started with the pass that a Browns safety had and then didn't. Even if Gipson had picked off the pass, a roughing-the-passer penalty would have given the ball back to the Bears. But who knows if they would have gotten into the end zone again? Maybe the Browns hold on to their 24-17 lead, and the Bears never get any traction.
"Just making a play,'' Jeffery said.
And saving a head coach from a ton of abuse. Trestman might want to volunteer to be Jeffery's Secret Santa this year.


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CLEVELAND, OH – There's an April 24, 2013 article in the Cincinnati Post that reporter Sharon Coolidge wrote about Cuyahoga County Executive Ed Fitzgerald and his FBI career. Coolidge's article was promoted as an "in-depth" profile the day he announced his official pursuit of the Democratic nomination for governor. It offers another glimpse of the spin he's put on his brief FBI crime fighting activities since joining the world of politics.
He practiced law for a short time and then pursued a career in the FBI, training at Quantico, Va. He was assigned to the Chicago office, where he investigated political corruption and mafia influence in Cicero, Ill. He helped bring the Cicero crime syndicate to justice. FitzGerald and his wife liked Chicago, but they wanted to raise their family in northern Ohio. They moved back to Lakewood in 1998.
Coolidge's article is the first to reference the "Cicero crime syndicate" as the investigation Fitzgerald claims to have "headed up" on the Cuyahoga County website where he lists his biography. A Wikipedia article about him says he "participated" in the investigation of political corruption in Cicerco, Illinois. He told reporters at his announcement for governor that, "I'm the only person that's, I guess, ever run for governor of Ohio that actually has a record investigating corrupt politicians, putting them in jail and taking a corrupt system and making it a more transparent and honest system."
Records from the U.S. Department of Justice and articles about the FBI's investigations of Cicero, Illinois politicians and mobsters between 1992 and 2005 identify the FBI agents and prosecutors who were involved. Fitzgerald's name is nowhere to be found.
Cleveland Challenger contacted the Chicago FBI office to obtain a copy of Fitzgerald's personnel file to identify the specific dates of his employment and assignments. The newspaper was told that FBI personnel records are not public.
Fitzgerald has been extremely vague about his FBI activities to reporters who've taken the unchecked version of his alleged crime fighting career and shared it with readers, listeners and viewers. He joined the federal agency sometime in 1995 and left sometime in 1998, according to published reports. He's omitted information about the specific months and dates of his employment, and has never shared information about exactly what he did with the agency as a "crime fighter." The county executive has never revealed exactly who he investigated or put in jail, and how a junior FBI agent came to lead major federal investigations of murderous mobsters and corrupt politicians.
Three major FBI investigations of mobsters and politicians in Cicero took place before, during and after Fitzgerald's brief employment with the agency in the Northern District of Illinois, but nowhere does his name appear in any federal document as playing a "leading" or "heading up" role as he has claimed.
Ernest Rocco Infelice's crime family was brought down by the FBI with his August 19, 1993 sentence of 63 years in prison. That investigation piggybacked one of Cicero town president Betty Loren-Maltese who replaced Henry Klosak when he died in 1993. Klosak had given the mafia the keys to the city's $50 million budget and its employees.
Fitzgerald's two or three-year FBI stint as a junior special agent from 1995 to 1998 could have found him involved with the Loren-Maltese investigation, but records don't show him playing a leading role.
According to a news release issued by then U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Scott R. Lassar, Loren-Maltese's investigation was headed by FBI special agents Kathleen McChesney and James W. Martin. The Loren-Maltese indictment was handed down on June 15, 2001, three years after Fitzgerald left the FBI. In one media interview the Cuyahoga County executive said he was less involved with the investigation of Cicero mobsters and more involved in "helping" to investigate political corruption.
Loren-Maltese, Cicero's safety director, Emil Schullo, former treasurer Joseph DeChicio and seven other defendants were indicted for diverting $10 million in public funds to a third-party claims administrator. The 10 defendants used the money for income, to invest in a northern Wisconsin golf course, an Indiana horse farm, a home and automobiles. The June 15, 2001 indictment charged them with racketeering conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and violating federal tax laws.
According to the indictment, between April 1992 and March 1997, Cicero paid a newly incorporated and unlicensed insurance administration firm, Specialty Risk Consultants, Inc., (SRC), of Schaumburg, approximately $33.2 million. SRC spent approximately $18.5 million on the town's insurance expenses.
Loren-Maltese, Schullo and DeChicio, who comprised the town insurance committee, approved payments of approximately $28 million to SRC, knowing the payments- often weekly wire transfers of money – were made without complying with town ordinances and obtaining approval from the town board, as required by a local ordinance. $10 million was siphoned to the 10 co-conspirators. The time period of this investigation more closely correlates with Fitzgerald's brief FBI employment history. Like he's done as a politician, even with the FBI Fitzgerald never finished a job.
The most well-known of Cicero's mob family investigations began on July 27, 1998, the year Fitzgerald left the agency. Frank Calabrese, Jr. wrote a letter to the FBI and said he wanted to help agents and prosecutors put his father in jail. His father, Frank, Sr., was a member of the Chicago Outfit, a made man, and a key figure in "Operation Family Secrets" as the FBI dubbed the investigation. Calabrese's group of mobsters and hit men committed 18 murders between 1970 and 1986 and ran various old school mob loan sharking activities, drug and theft rings.
The investigation concluded with a 43-page indictment of Calabrese and other Cicero crime family members in April 2005. By then Fitzgerald had worked for Cuyahoga County prosecutor William Mason and was serving on Lakewood city council. By the time Calabrese and his Operation Family Secrets co-conspirators were sentenced to prison in August 2007, Fitzgerald was campaigning to become Lakewood's mayor.
A former Lakewood city employee who worked closely with Fitzgerald said they saw a plaque on the wall in his office that he claims to have received from the FBI for his work with the federal agency. The employee couldn't confirm whether it was authentic or something Fitzgerald had made up at Pete Sudyk's and put on the wall himself. The ex-Lakewood employee believes Fitzgerald worked a desk job at the FBI.
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Celebrate Downtown Jersey City on Saturday, September 20 with the Historic Downtown Special Improvement District's Third Annual "All About Downtown" Street Festival from 11am-6pm!
Savor tasty treats from the hottest area food trucks while listening to a jam-packed music line-up and shopping handmade wares from over 100 local vendors!
There will be plenty of activities for kids as well. Join your neighbors for an afternoon that's "All About Downtown Jersey City!"
- Newark Avenue between Grove Street and Jersey Avenue
- Saturday September 20, 2013 -11:00zm until 6:00pm
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We show that quantum mechanics can be represented as an asymptotic projection of statistical mechanics of classical fields. Our approach does not contradict to a rather common opinion that quantum mechanics could not be reduced to statistical mechanics of classical particles. Notions of a system and causality can be reestablished on the prequantum level, but the price is sufficiently high — the infinite dimension of the phase space. In our approach quantum observables, symmetric operators in the Hilbert space, are obtained as the second order derivatives of functionals of classical fields: f(ψ) → A quant = f″(0). Statistical states are given by Gaussian ensembles of classical fields with zero mean value (so these are vacuum fluctuations) and dispersion α which plays the role of a small parameter of the model (so these are small vacuum fluctuations). Our approach can be called Prequantum Classical Statistical Field Theory — PCSFT.
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I have a wonderful box from 100drine that I bought in Paris. In searching on the internet for more things from 100drine, I came across a marvelous site called Iddko, which has all kinds of whimsical European gifts. I list below my favorites:
100drine Naughty Box...
Russian Dolls sconce...
Paris Skyline bulletin board...
Hummingbird picture tray
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
New Favorite Site: Iddko
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2 comments:
- Mariëlle said...
Thanks for the comment! The ruffley pink dress is by Giambattista Valli (s/s08). And I think you're right Chloe Sevigny wore a dress like that as well last year!
And those gifts you posted are very lovely!
- December 10, 2008 at 8:00 AM
- samontreal said...
Thanks for your reviews.
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Dear ISPConfig 3 Authors,
It seems that we cannot change the default ISPConfig 3 login name "admin".
It is a security weakness. Any chance to change this policy in the next release? :rolleyes:
Maybe you cant rename it but you can anyways deactivate the admin user and create a new user under "System -> CP users" and assign admin rights to him.
Which is in my opionion way more secure, since the admin user has in most cases a default user id, so it is easier manipulated once someone has access to the mysql databse.
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One hip-hop fan is fighting for the right to name a Lower East Side intersection after the Beastie Boys. NY1's Roger Clark filed the following report.
Even though it has changed immensely over the years, Beastie Boys fans likely recognize the corner of Ludlow and Rivington Streets from the cover of the band's second studio album "Paul's Boutique" released in 1989.
"The Beastie Boys represented New York to the core, and it would be great symbolism for them to have a sign here on the Lower East Side," said LeRoy McCarthy, a hip hop fan.
McCarthy wants the intersection to be known as Beastie Boys Square, named for the groundbreaking hip hop group made up of Adam "Adrock" Horovitz, Mike "Mike D" Diamond, and the late Adam "MCA" Yauch.
McCarthy says he has received a lot of support for his proposal to honor a group he believes helped bring people together.
"They gravitated toward hip hop music and they used their talents to share their messages with the masses," he said.
Walking around the ever changing neighborhood where the Beastie Boys did some hanging out, residents who chatted with NY1 were all for honoring the group.
"It's an awesome idea, it's a great band, you know, what else could we ask for?" said one Lower East Side resident.
"Good idea. They were a great band," said another resident.
McCarthy says he sees Beastie Boys Square as a way for the city to say thanks to some native sons.
"Every hip hop artist from New York City has always represented where they were from and always shouted it out in their song, we represent New York, as I think it's time for New York City to give recognition to those artists," he said.
McCarthy say he would also like to see other hip hip acts recognized in other parts of the city. Run DMC is already honored in their native Queens, and he's hoping Big Pun could have a street named for him in the Bronx, Wu Tang Clan on Staten Island, and Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls in Brooklyn.
The community board 3 transit committee is expected to vote on the proposal Tuesday night.
If approved, a full board vote, City Council vote and mayor signature would be needed to make Beastie Boys Square official.
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Americans call for a reasonable expectations to privacy. Photo: (Fang Zhe/Xinhua Press/Corbis)
Judge Richard J. Leon has ruled that the NSA's bulk telephone records surveillance program is probably unconstitutional. Though the judge will allow the government to appeal before he shuts down the program, his ruling is a stinging and often caustic reproach to the government's claims about the nature of its surveillance and the legal basis on which it is conducted.
Leon has several arguments.
He notes that the government insists that only "identifiers" that meet the "Reasonable Articulable Suspicion" standards — specific telephone numbers that have been pre-cleared and pre-approved by NSA supervisors — can be checked against the database.
But he points out that the nature of the program itself renders this distinction fairly irrelevant. In order for an "approved" query to have any significance whatsoever, every single number in the database has to be checked against it in order to build a foundation of other numbers to begin the call-chaining process. And since the numbers called by the original numbers are NOT approved "identifiers", the "third" hop used by the analysts to discover who THOSE numbers are calling is analogous to the initial "legal" search, except that virtually all of the identifiers have not been pre-cleared or pre-vetted. Yes, the NSA might mind that Terrorist "A" is connected to "Terrorist "B" through several links, but the middle links — which correspond to actual people — can be queried at will, and can be subject to other intelligence analysis activities, like using public databases to discover who the number belongs to.
It may be necessary for the NSA to do build this haystack, but in doing so, it does, on a daily basis, run the dirty or suspect numbers against every record in the database, which means that the records belonging to you are accessed for the sake of comparison regularly.
(Noting that the U.S. insists that the declassified orders do not specify which telephone companies are compelling to provide records, he writes that "the Government has asked me to find that Plaintiffs lack standing based on the theoretical possibility that the NSA has collected a universe of metadata so incomplete that the program could not possibly serve its putative purpose." "Candor of this type," he notes, "defies common sense and does not exactly inspire confidence!")
So, do you have a reasonable expectation to privacy here? It's true that the Supreme Court held in Smith v. Maryland (1979) that metadata in general was not subject to the same level of protection as other personal or personally generated information. The NSA regularly cites this to say that we don't have ANY expectation of privacy whatsoever to metadata, only to content. But Leon notes that collected metadata today is orders of magnitude more intrusive than metadata collected back when the Supreme Court had to figure out whether a police agency could use telephone records for a short period of time to determine the source of harassing phone calls. (That metadata, not incidentally, was destroyed by police; the NSA keeps theirs for five to seven years). Further, the way we "interact" with our phones is much different than it was in 1979. Phones have become inextricable parts of many people's moment-to-moment existence now, and one would assume that if the way we use a technology changes, the privacy implications would change, too, for better or worse, and that would be something the court would have to consider. (Phones are cameras. Phones are weapons. Phones are books. Etc.)
Further, Leon notes that this program is an institutionalized intelligence gathering mechanism, a formerly secret one, set up between the powerful state and several powerful companies. An individual, single police action it ain't.
Does the government have a compelling enough interest to justify these privacy violations? Leon concludes that they haven't made that case. There is no important government interest that would be placed in jeopardy if the program were adjusted to require some sort of individualized suspicion to be articulated, he writes, and the government never produced evidence that the program had stopped an imminent terrorist attack that a program with more safeguards would not have.
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Book your room at Mercure Hotel Bochum City
Standard Room, 1 Double BedMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 1 child)
Room, 1 Double Bed (Privilege)Max Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Standard Room, 1 Single BedMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Room, 1 Single Bed (Privilege)Max Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
4-star hotel in Bochum with a restaurant
Situated in the city center, this hotel is close to Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul, Zeiss Planetarium Bochum, and Bochum Civic Theatre. Also nearby are German Mining Museum and Bismarck Tower.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Mercure Hotel Bochum City features a sauna. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and a 24-hour business center.
Room Amenities
LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature wireless Internet access (surcharge), air conditioning, and climate control.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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At your hotel
Mercure Hotel Bochum City features a sauna and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
This 4-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 10764 square feet (1000 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Mercure Hotel Bochum City is a smoke-free property.
- Sauna
- Fitness facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Restaurant
- Elevator/lift
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Total number of rooms - 162
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 14
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (feet) - 10764
- Smoke-free property
- Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Year Built 1996
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (meters) - 1000
- Number of meeting rooms - 13
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in lobby
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access (17.00 EUR per 24 hours surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access (17.00 EUR per 24 hours surcharge)
Park your car
Self parking (surcharge), RV, bus, truck parking
In your room
- Pay movies
- Room service (limited hours)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Climate control
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Satellite TV service
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Complimentary newspaper
- In-room safe
- Soundproofed rooms
- In-room massage available
- Shower/tub combination
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Desk
- Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
Eat and drink
Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Twintower - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and brunch.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
The fine print for Mercure Hotel Bochum City
When you arrive
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Your pets
Pets allowed, Only dogs and cats are allowed, Maximum number of pets per room 2
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Cash Deposit Required
- Breakfast fee: EUR 17.00 for adults and EUR 9 for children (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 17.00 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: EUR 17.00 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: EUR 12 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: EUR 7.00 per pet, per night
- Late check-out fee: EUR 30
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 25 per night
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
Hotelstars Union assigns an official star rating for properties in Germany. This property is rated 4 stars.


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Jacob22 B & B Bed & Breakfast Toronto
Official Contact Details - Jacob22 B & BPhone: 1 416 889 6251
Our B&B Jacob22 is situated in a quiet pocket steps away from the core of Church Street Village in Downtown Toronto.
The splendid Victorian house overlooks shady Cawthra Park.
- Price from 65 CAD / Day
- 5 bedrooms
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Our B&B Jacob22 is situated in a quiet pocket steps away from the core of Church Street Village in Downtown Toronto. The splendid Victorian house overlooks shady Cawthra
Adjacent to the park the front steps lead into a 19th century town house with Victorian warmth and style.
After your busy day you find a restful and comfortable retreat from the urban pace of Toronto.
This Church and Wellesley neighbourhood is only a block from Yonge Street the subway, minutes to Yorkville, the Eaton Centre, cafes, restaurants, bars, clubs and a plethora of stores and theatres.
We welcome backpackers to our accommodation! Price includes continental breakfast, wireless Internet, cable TV, full kitchen for guest use, laundry facilities. JacoB22 B&B also offers secluded decks, fire place, and, 24 hours hot water.
All Rooms are equipped with Air-Conditioners, Alarm-radio clock and cable TV.
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The house is situated in the vicinity of Yorkville, the Eaton Centre, Yonge Subway, restaurants and bars. The house overlooks Cawthra Park.
Right in downtown Toronto. Walking distance to Dundas Square, Young street, The Gay Village,St. Michael hospital, St. Lawrence market, The Historical Distillery district, Corck town, Cabbage town, Ryerson Unv. Toronto Univ., Little Italy, Kensigton market, CN Tower, Greek town.
- Address:
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All rooms are spacious,luminously bright, and also well decorated with art works, distinct furnitures!
The Venice room, overlooking the Cawthra park, suitable for 2 or 3 people, with king sized bed and an arm chair, cable TV and DvD-Vhs player. The spacious room is situated on second floor.
The Paris room, suitable for 2 people,with a queen size bed, Alarm-radio clock and cable TV and DvD-Vhs Player. The intimate room is situated on the second floor.
The New York room, suitable for 2 people with a queen size bed. Alarm-radio clock and cable TV and DvD-Vhs Player. The cozy room is situated on the second floor.
The Mountain Lake room A beautiful room suitable for 2 people with a queen sized bed, a large private sun deck. Alarm-radio clock and cable TV, Dvd-Vhs player. The bright Room is situated on the third floor.
The San Fransisco room,overlooking the Cawthra Park suitable for 2 or 3 people with a king sized bed. Alarm-radio clock and cable tv, Dvd-Vhs player. The luminous is situated on the third floor.
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- Research the property thoroughly on the internet to see if there is any history or mention of scams associated with the property.


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THQ trounces Obama's paltry offering to the Queen with a gold-plated Wii
When Obama visited the Queen of England, what'd he give her? An iPod. Not an awesome, customized iPod, though to his credit he did personalize the contents with a "rare songbook signed by Richard Rodgers" and pictures of the Queen from an earlier visit to America. That, and the Queen pretty much gave him the same — a framed picture of herself.
Video game producer THQ took a look at all that and decide to one-up them all (not that it was too hard). The company sent Queen Elizabeth II a gold-plated Wii console with a matching Wiimote and nunchuck, as well as a copy of THQ's new title, Big Family Games. It's all just a promotion for THQ, of course, but hey — would you say no to a gold Wii?
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1992 Lincoln Town Car User Reviews
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Daun writes:
1992 Lincoln Town Car Cartier Review
nice smooth ride! everything digital!
gas mileage in town kinda rough
Sean writes:
1992 Lincoln Town Car Cartier Review
Gorgeous car, nicely optioned, rode like a dream.
No telling how many miles were on it, not a whole lot worked properly, tranny slipped, power steering pump broke, etc.
Leanin' Lincoln — This car rode nice despite the two blown air shocks on the drivers side. The car titled noticeably to the left while sitting and driving. When you took a hard left turn, the exhaust would magically get louder until you straightened out. The speedometer worked for about 5% of the time of my ownership. The AC didn't work, but the seats were still as comfortable as sitting on the couch at home. This car had the rare E&G Classic Edition which included imitation convertible roof and matching Continental 5th wheel on the rear.
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2011 Lincoln Town Car Reviews
It Is A Great Car
The Town Car has performed as it was built to do. It is comfortable, fuel efficient for a conservative driver, and has had no mechanical problems. I am nota fan of vinyl tops but on this car but it do... Read More
2010 Lincoln Town Car Reviews
Why You Want It So Bad....
I prefer the look of either the Crown Vic or the Grand Marquis a bit better, but there's not much difference. The Town Car rear lights just don't do anything for me. Ride with any of the three is grea... Read More
2009 Lincoln Town Car Reviews
Wish Every One Can Afford One Town Car
A nice comfortable reliable soomth riding low cost American car. hope America make more and more car like this and make the price in range so that every one can afford this. There is so many luxury c... Read More
Lincoln Town Car
It was a geat car that i got to rent. It was great for the long road trip to NY and with unlimited miles it was great deal. Also it did surprisingly well on gas for a V8. Half a tank which is 9.5 gall... Read More
2007 Lincoln Town Car Reviews
Great Car For Long Drives.
The Lincoln Town Car is a great car. I wish Lincoln had just given it an engine and transmission upgrade to get more horsepower and updated the interior with modern options. I am not interested in any... Read More
Good Cruiser
im getting 21 mpg highway and around 16 in town, car doesnt have much pickup from dead stop, steering is like driving a boat. it has been a reliable car, very good looking and smooth down the highway,... Read More
2006 Lincoln Town Car Reviews
Plesantly Supprised
Hey am in no way a Ford guy but they really did a great job on these and there work vans. I was surprised to see how many of these cars are running strong with high mileage. I strongly recommend there... Read More
We Really Like Our '06 Lincoln Town Car.
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Already made your mind up what kind of holiday you'd like? We have offers on both city and country breaks with a wide range of holidays for couples and families, for a night, two nights or longer!
Whether booking a trip to an attraction and need somewhere to stay, are escaping out to the country or visiting the city, we have all manner of locations and deals on hotels, bed and breakfast and glamping as well.