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iPad: A love story. Part 1Posted: April 20th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Apple Store, cool, helpful, iPad, number one, Number two, portable, practical, SNL, Target | No Comments »
I was out of the country when the iPad went on sale. I was traveling with my iPod Touch, which has done a completely adequate job of keeping me connected and semi-organized when away from my desk. But the iPad really intrigued me. Here was a device that could not just extend my iPod Touch with a larger screen but potentially replace a laptop. A device that I could actually use to record ideas, do some writing and maybe even maintain an up to date schedule.
So upon returning from my trip about a week after they were introduced, I went to the Apple Store and checked them out. Yes they were very cool but I was not totally sold. I wanted to check around the web and see what real users were saying. The associate told me they were on back order and the best thing to do was to reserve one as the backlog was about 5 days. As the reservation was non-binding, I agreed. Five days would certainly give me enough time to decide. He stepped me through the process on-line, using a 27″ iMac and then congratulated me when it was complete.
The next morning I got an email "congratulating" me as my iPad was waiting for me at the Apple Store. So 5 days became 24 hours. I waited for my kids to get home from school and asked them if they wanted to go with me to the Apple Store. Number One, who wanted his own iPad, said no. He was going to wait for me to buy one and use mine first (like that was really going to happen). Number Two said sure and he would even get me his "friends and family" discount -which I don't understand as he has no family working at the Apple Store but he said he was friends with Jordan, the manager. Number Two is 13.
So we go to the store and find Jordan. She is about thirty, attractive, tastefully tattooed and yes friends with my 13 year-old son. I give her a copy of my congratulatory email, she checks it out and then she proceeds to congratulate me too. My son asks her about the discount. She smiles and apologizes. No one is getting the F&F discount. I think to myself, he is obviously not that friendly with her. She leaves us to retrieve the iPad from the back of the crowded store.
Jordan comes back with my iPad and John. John congratulates me too. They begin to double team me about the benefits of Apple Care. Normally I blow these things off but 2 years ago when I bought my first generation Kindle, it stopped working after a week. Fine, include the Apple Care. Satisfied, Jordan handed me completely off to John to process the sale.
i told John that I wanted a keyboard. As we were walking across the store, he tried to sign me up for mobile me. I told him that between google docs and dropbox I was covered. He pressed me again, telling me that I could have access to all my files from any computer. I told him that I already had access to files from any computer. He shrugged and led on.
I was going to buy the bluetooth version but John steered me toward the docking keyboard as it had special iPad keys. Fine. Ring me up. The whole deal was just short of a grand. John took my Amex card and swiped his iPhone terminal. The card was good. I wanted to yell "approved" like Kristen Wig on SNL but this was the Apple Store, not Target. And besides my son would be mortified.
Despite my protests, John went to the back of the store to get us a bag -it was part of the Apple Store experience. He returned and packed us up. He congratulated me one more time, this time he raised his hand in the air, trying to give me a hi-five. I complied as it would have been awkward to leave the guy hanging.
As we walked out of the store, I mentioned to my son that it was a bit cult-like being congratulated over and over again for dropping a grand on something that I was not sure I actually needed. "Dad, you have an iPad".
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United We Stand is a hip hop dance group which is made up of 14 members. The group have entered a number of UK and world dance competitions and although they have placed in the final, they are yet to win any major competitions but have high hopes that BGT will be their opportunity to prove themselves and win. The group rehearse together three or four times a week at a dance space in East London and the group describe themselves as a big family and like to socialise together whenever they aren't dancing.
What made you audition for Britain's Got Talent this year?
The company has been established since 2005 and most of us teach young people as well as perform. We want to follow our dreams of performing around the world whilst giving back to the young by building a studio/community centre and giving them good opportunities that could change their lives. We felt that this competition was just the ticket in accomplishing both of these goals and making it a reality for us.
What's the most exciting thing about your Britain's Got Talent experience so far?
Sitting around the television, all together as a group watching our first audition back. To know that people all around the world had seen that clip of us dancing, especially the younger generation and to know that to some, we were an inspiration to strive and work hard for your dreams. We can't have any better experience than that.
Are you nervous about performing in the live shows? Which Judge scares you the most?
We are definitely nervous! Especially as our concept for our semi-final is something that we hope viewers at home will connect with and understand. But we are also very excited and can't wait for the new chapter in our journey on the show.
As for the Judges, we are nervous about all of them as in their own rights they all bring something to the table. Although we are slightly nervous for Amanda Holden to watch us as in our audition we had Carmen Electra as the guest judge. Amanda is yet to see us dance live and we also know that she is a hard judge to please. Hopefully she will take to us as much as the other Judges did.
What will you do with the £500,000 prize money if you win?
Our goal that we have stated clearly from the beginning is to build a centre for young people in our community. We want to use our talents to make a change in our society and young people are the main people we want to help. Although we do have other dreams of doing tours and performances internationally. We would ideally love to do something with the Olympics as it's a great historical event that's just on our doorstep too.
What does performing at the Royal Variety Performance mean to you?
It would mean the universe to us to know that Her Majesty the Queen is coming out to watch us perform. It would be such an honor and a story that we would tell our children's children about in years to come.
Why should you win Britain's Got Talent?
Because we are a great representation of the young people today. In a time where the world may see images of youngsters rioting, we feel that picture needs to get changed. And we want to show the younger generation from inner city London areas in a more positive light.
How would you feel if you won? What do you want to do at the end of BGT?
I think it would be a mixture of the feeling of pins and needles for the tingling shock of winning. Then the warm feeling of drinking hot chocolate on a cold day for that humbling experience. Topped with the feeling of cold water being splashed in your face to wake you up for the excitement we'd all be going through at the same time.
At the end of BGT, we just want to push the group and its message via performances and shows around the world as well as the group's life-long goal of building our community centre to run our own self esteem building dance classes for young boys and girls that are all around London let alone our community. We just want our existence to make a change whilst flying the British flag.
Tell us something about yourself that people may be surprised to know.
We started with just six members and through hard work and perseverance; we now have our own mini tribe. With the help of this show, the company can now be taken to the next level.
If you could meet anyone in the world who would it be?
Of course the number one person would have been Michael Jackson. As he has influenced both the music and dance industries. He is a true legend that will always be missed. Others would include Janet Jackson, Nelson Mandela, Timberland and Obama. On a personal level, Simon Cowell as he has a great business mind and being the man behind an empire of great shows, means he is a great role model for being a product of perseverance, determination and drive.
Who has been your favourite act from previous series of Britain's Got Talent?
Naturally, Flawless and Diversity are the two main auditions that inspired us the most. They are two British dance crews that now have a wonderful dance career and are living their dreams every day. This is something that we would wish for ourselves and watching that has been a great aid in pushing us harder.


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When asked how she and Paul Rudd got together in the new trailer for They Came Together, Amy Poehler says, "it's a kind of a corny, romantic comedy kind of story." That line, in itself, is a bit of a cliché, but it's rarely been used so accurately. What follows is an impressively comprehensive list of pretty much every other rom-com cliché, from a meet-cute in a book store to a scene in which Rudd's friends debate the nature of love during a pickup basketball game.
Of course, the entire point of They Came Together is the lusty embrace of those clichés. It's a characteristically self-aware approach to the genre from writer-director David Wain, whose previous films include Wet Hot American Summer, in which Rudd and Poehler also starred. In an era where spoof movies tend to be of the Date Movie or Meet the Spartans variety, it's a relief to see one that looks so promising. Hopefully, audiences respond to this hilariously tweaked riff on the shopworn rom-com genre, which arrives in theaters and on video-on-demand on June 27. --Scott Meslow
It only took 34 words for Senate Republicans to strip away maternity care, mental health benefits, and ambulatory services
After weeks of secrecy, Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, the upper chamber's answer to repealing and replacing ObamaCare. Senate GOP leadership had been working on re-drafting the American Health Care Act, the House Republican bill, since it was passed early last month.
The bill scales back many of the health-care protections embedded in the Affordable Care Act, including stripping away the requirement that insurers cover 10 essential health benefits. Out of a 142-page bill, it took just 34 words to strip away maternity coverage, mental health treatment, and more:
SUNSET OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS REQUIREMENT. — Section 1937(b)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–7(b)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "This paragraph shall not apply after December 31, 2019.". [Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017]
The 10 essential health benefits protected under the Affordable Care Act that would be at risk under the Better Care Reconciliation Act are: pre-natal, maternity, and post-natal care; ambulatory patient services; emergency services; hospitalization, including surgery; mental health and substance abuse treatment; rehabilitative services, including those used to manage chronic diseases; prescription drugs; laboratory services; preventative services; and pediatric care, including oral and vision care for children.
You can read Senate Republicans' entire health-care bill here. Kimberly Alters
Bernie Sanders slams the Senate health bill as 'the most harmful piece of legislation I've seen in my lifetime'
Senate Republicans finally unveiled their health-care bill Thursday, titled the "Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017." The bill had been drafted in an insular, closed-door process by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), to the point where even many Republican senators expressed frustration over the secrecy.
Democrats were quick to condemn the bill, which mirrors much of the legislation that passed the House early last month, promising to end the individual mandate installed by the Affordable Care Act, phase out Medicaid expansion, and allow states to apply for waivers from insurance regulations designed to protect the poor and the sick. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was not impressed:
The bill Republicans announced today is even worse than expected and by far the most harmful piece of legislation I've seen in my lifetime. https://t.co/EIVIdTKY1x
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) June 22, 2017
Republicans want to throw millions of Americans off of health insurance while providing over $200 billion in tax breaks to the top 2%.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) June 22, 2017
The bill is "disastrous," Sanders continued, and Democrats must "rally millions of Americans" against it to ensure it does not pass the Senate. You can read more about the bill here. Kimberly Alters
Senate Republicans released their 142-page ObamaCare replacement bill, named the "Better Care Reconciliation Act," on Thursday after the party's leadership faced criticism for secretly writing the document behind closed doors.
It says right here that it's going to give us Better Care so I don't really see the need for further analysis. pic.twitter.com/Az6CRdcV67
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 22, 2017
"Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017'' No one said I'd have to learn another acronym.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) June 22, 2017
The Senate has named its Obamacare repeal draft the Better Care Reconciliation Act, setting up inevitable McCain-Feingold acronym confusion.
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 22, 2017
An early working version of the document showed it sought to roll back taxes and penalties in the Affordable Care Act, cut back Medicaid expansion, modify federal health subsidies, and give states more flexibility to opt out of some insurance requirements. With a slim majority in the upper-chamber, the GOP needs to get nearly all of its 52 senators on board, because no Democrats or independents are expected to back the bill.
A vote is expected next week. Read the document here. Jeva Lange
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she hasn't seen her party's health-care bill because she's 'not a reporter' or 'lobbyist'
The Senate's health-care bill was written in such secrecy that as of Thursday morning, even many Republicans had not yet laid their eyes on the actual text. While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) briefed the White House staff on the bill's details Wednesday, the actual document is only set to be made public Thursday.
Democrats have issued scathing statements condemning the Republicans for their closed-door tactics, but even some Republicans are feeling their patience splinter. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) issued a sarcastic answer to the Independent Journal Review's Haley Byrd after being asked if she'd seen the text:
I just asked Lisa Murkowski if she's seen any bill text this morning. "I am not a reporter, and I am not a lobbyist, so I've seen nothing."
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) June 22, 2017
Just asked Senator Murkowski if she's annoyed that lobbyists have seen the health bill before her. Her one-word answer: "yes."
— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) June 22, 2017
"As the Senate prepares to finally loop in the American public, already several news reports from outlets like The Washington Post and Politico have published what they're hearing is in the bill," Vox writes. "They are all sourced to lobbyists and aides."
Along with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Murkowski is one of the Republicans' sharpest critics of the health-care bill, and her vote could be critical in deciding if it passes or not. In anticipation of pressure from the White House, she told Politico that if the bill "doesn't work for Alaska, it doesn't make any difference who's calling me." Jeva Lange
After securing its first black Bachelorette — and all the positive press that came along with the poise and humor of Rachel Lindsay — the Bachelor franchise nonetheless found itself in the midst of controversy this month after allegations of sexual misconduct shuttered production on its summer spin-off show, Bachelor in Paradise.
On Wednesday, CNN Money offered a glimpse at the contract contestants of Bachelor in Paradise sign before appearing on the show, acquired from a "source close to production." The contract requires contestants to forfeit a breathtaking amount of control over their own likenesses:
After reviewing parts of the contract provided to her by CNN Money, Nicole Page, a New York-based entertainment attorney at Reavis Parent, said that it meant, from the producers' perspective, "I can basically take your image and do whatever I want with it and I own it and you have no recourse." [...]
If a news program twisted the facts about people in this way, they could be sued — and they would likely lose the case. But all of this kind of manipulation is fine on Bachelor in Paradise. The contract makes that clear: Contestants sign away to producers "the right to change, add to, take from, edit, translate, reformat or reprocess... in any manner Producer may determine in its sole discretion." And, once the producers have done all that editing, the contestants understand that their "actions and the actions of others displayed in the Series may be disparaging, defamatory, embarrassing, or of an otherwise unfavorable nature and may expose me to public ridicule, humiliation, or condemnation." [CNN Money]
Contestants further cede their right to a jury trial should they sue the show for any reason, agreeing to subject their claims to the confidential arbitration process. Another lawyer told CNN Money that the contract is "clearly ... one-sided."
An investigation by parent company Warner Bros. into the alleged incident during filming of this season of Bachelor in Paradise, in which consent between two intoxicated contestants during a sexual encounter was at issue, concluded there had been no wrongdoing. Production will resume, though the contestants involved will likely not return to the show. Read more about the rules of Bachelor in Paradise at CNN Money. Kimberly Alters
Swamp update: Trump appoints a registered foreign agent making a 6-figure salary from the Saudi government
President Trump appointed a registered foreign agent earning six figures from the Saudi government to the Commission on White House Fellowships, The Center for Public Integrity reports. The Saudi Arabian foreign ministry has reportedly paid Richard Hohlt some $430,000 for advice since January.
"Trump's decision to appoint a registered foreign agent to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships clashes with the president's vow to clean up Washington and limit the influence of special interests," The Center for Public Integrity notes.
Serving on the commission means Hohlt is one of 19 others responsible for making recommendations of candidates for the prestigious White House fellowships (past recipients include former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Trump's transportation secretary, Elaine Chao). Hohlt confirmed he met this month to interview candidates, which is the commission's only annual responsibility.
"Appointing someone who is registered under FARA as doing work for Saudi Arabia does seem odd at a time when [Trump has] made a very big deal about not having people leave the [government] and then do work where they have to register under FARA," Larry Noble, the general counsel of the Campaign Legal Center, told The Center for Public Integrity.
I will issue a lifetime ban against senior executive branch officials lobbying on behalf of a FOREIGN GOVERNMENT! #DrainTheSwamp pic.twitter.com/g5NrUrzHTt
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 19, 2016
Read the full report at The Center for Public Integrity. Jeva Lange
Shocking report prompts Church of England to admit institution 'colluded and concealed' 20 years of sexual abuse
An independent report found that the Church of England concealed a former bishop's sexual abuse of young men for two decades, prompting the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, to call the church's behavior "inexcusable and shocking," The Guardian reports.
"The church colluded and concealed rather than seeking to help those who were brave enough to come forward. This is inexcusable and shocking behavior," Welby said. The bishop in question, Peter Ball, was jailed in 2015 for admitting to the abuse of 18 men between the ages of 17 and 25 who had sought his guidance over spiritual concerns. Neil Todd, one of Ball's victims, attempted suicide three times before killing himself in 2012.
Welby ordered the review of how the church handled the case, with investigators finding Ball "was seen by the church as the man in trouble who the church needed to help."
"The church appears to have been most interested in protecting itself," the report concluded. Dame Moira Gibb, who chaired the investigation, recommended the church "demonstrate the individual and collective accountability of bishops" and make efforts to improve the support of victims of clerical abuse.
"We can never be complacent," Welby said in response to the report. "We must learn lessons." Jeva Lange


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With dashcams taking off, I am surprised non of the satnav makers haven't produced a decent integration of the two. If I am going to mount a satnav on my windscreen, why not fit a dashcam in the back and kill two birds with one stone?
"The Current Route icon combines the ability to change the route type
between fastest or shortest with choosing between walking or bicycle
journeys. You can also choose to avoid blockages on the journey or add
waypoints, which you can use as an advanced journey planner. ***Sadly, this
is otherwise missing from the new menu system.***"
Am i missing something? What is "sadly missing"? The whole paragraph which preceded the comment? To me it is written as if they are active features not "missing". #confused
Good aesthetic design, but lacks the features of TOM TOM GO1005. I've had several reasons to call TOM TOM to get HD Trafic working, to advise them that features I expect that are on the GO 1005 should be on the GO 6000, especially avoid part of route. Currently only allows to avoid standard parts of the route ie Toll Roads, Bike routes etc., but not parts of the planned route that I'm originally taking. I'm informed, by TOM TOM, that they have 'bugs' in the software, not good for a new product, and that they will be upgrading sofware in September. Just wish they had the best bits of the GO1005 to create a good GO6000. Also you seem to have to touch the screen lots of times to plan a route from the favorites in 'My Places' just to get you started on a planned route, very frustrating. 3 ot of 5 at present.
can anyone let me know if it is possible to install speed camera voice alerts on this new go 6000 thinking of buying one but do not want to go back to moo etc
Don't touch this one!!! you cant import POI's and you cant import and old favorites from your last tomtom
Tomtom going down..
No remote control, no tmc, no nothing...
It sucks.
Do NOT BUY any of the New Go Series Devices. TomTom have crippled these devices/ From a hardware point of view some items like bluetooth & light-sensor are gone. The software features are pathetic. It navigates (on road) tolerably well. It's implementation of UK postcodes is faulty. Many features like co-ordinate input and avoid road block are missing to mention just 2. There is no on-screen battery level indication while navigating. The device just dies unexpectedly while navigating at a critical moment. Full map releases are weeks behind and getting longer, all other TT devices. Oh yes, a handful (1 kilobyte) of map-updates takes 10 minutes to apply. Read TomToms' own support forums for the whole ghastly story.
TomTom managers will obviousely sucseed in leeding their company into desaster! The GO 6000 is far away from that You would expect to get from one expencive and brand new product. It is even much less usable then the last generation (1000) of TT-Nav's :-( Realy sad! Only to say: I have been using TT's since they very beginning. And the 6000 may be my very last one TT
I've just sent my GO 6000 back to TOMTOM : this thing is a toy, not a top of the line GPS system. It lacks basic features due to oversimplification … stay with the 1005.
you can import all your favorites and POIs
I tend towards being a Luddite, who has no use for a Smartphone and resisted the distraction of Satnav while driving. Recently my personal circumstances changed – I now need a Satnav – and so following extensive research the TomTom GO6000 seemed to meet my requirements.
However reading the reviews on this site, and others, I was concerned that this piece
of equipment might not be a good investment. Further researched encouraged me
to buy one and see if it would satisfy my needs.
Yes there are few paper instructions and the initial download did take a while on
my rural broadband. I spent a period of time finding out how things worked. Then
I took to the road using it on known journeys and played with various features.
I am surprised the initial download did not take longer, when one considers the information available from the data base.
The paper instructions were scanty and could be improved, however a little quiet
time with the equipment before going on the road and then using on known routes
where all this Luddite needed to get used to methodology and explore the potential.
There is a lot of useful information and impressive functions in the data base. The
traffic updates seem to work well and changes the routing when needed to avoid problem areas during the journey.
As a total novice I have been very impressed and would recommend the TomTom GO6000 to anyone and not to be put off by the negative reviews.
It does what it claims.
I could be petty about a few minor points; however I look forward to this helping me for
years to come.
I'd like to make Linux users aware of a problem: updating the GO6000 is only possible via Windows or Mac PCs - not via Linux. I'm using Ubuntu 13.1 and expected that the GO update is web-based only, but a little piece of Software "MyDrive") needs to be installed locally - not available for Linux. (In times of platform-independent Java et al, I was negatively surprised).
I've tried the Wine tool, but can't get "MyDrive" working with it.
This is a no-go for me and I'll have to return my brand new sat nav - pity, because I really liked it.
well done:]
Last week I bought a TOM TOM Start 60 from John Lewis on line. Imagine my surprise when it refused to acknowledge my postcode was a legitimate address declaring it as an 'unknown location' and/or 'an unmade up road' The firm refunded me yesterday having tried in Store to enter my details on its demo. tom toms with the same result. My 6 year old garmin accepted my post code. So I have now bought another Garmin which was demonstrated in the store to accept my code and address. Why with a new model should tom tom do this?
You are completely illiterate.
Avoid at all costs! This latest range is a complete disaster for tomtom lovers. There are so many glaring shortcomings in this pile of satnavs, soon to be destined for the rubbish dump (already being sold off by disgruntled buyers on Ebay). For me the final nail in the coffin is not even being able to add your own points of interest which is an absolute must for professional drivers. The 6000 is just a shiny toy for those who buy before checking.
Correct. Demonstrates how ill-informed the negative comments are.
Unbelievably ignorant comment.
Graham makes a good point. Many of us with older TomTom devices have used TYRE to plan routes on PC and transfer them to ITN file on TomTom but that's not possible on the newer models like the 6000.
Graham's comment is not ignorant but informative.
Third Party POIs now supported with latest software update,
wish it had caravan dimensions built in :( No option for caravans these days from tomtom
Go 6000 is garbage, the 6100 probably too.
Go 6000 has 6200MB for maps. After 2 updates maps take up 6550MB so you are forced to buy an extra SD Card. I'm sure Tom Tom will sell you one for an occasional price! Of course you don't have to buy from them but that still is an extra cost to already expensive GPS.
Updates suck! Instead of updating the new parts of the map you have to download the whole 6550MB every time and I remind you that the size is growing.
I have 8Mbit/s Internet, it should take about 2 hours to download it but it takes about 4 hours! When you star downloading the old maps are automatically removed from the device and the update mechanism has no way of continuing from where it left when the download is interrupted. So if during those 4 hours you get a power lost, some network issues, your PC will go to power saving or simply TomTom's servers will get overloaded you are left with a dead device. Your only help is to restart the download and hope it won't break this time. In the worst case scenario you can waste couple of days to get updates and NOT be able to use your GPS during that time.
The Big Brother syndrome. To plan routs you can use MyDrive software but only when you're online. If the TomTom servers are down or you are with your laptop in the middle of nowhere then "sucks to be you".
Main menu. Sluggish! When the sun heats it up a bit then it's even slower. When navigation is on and you need to do something on the device then you better be very patient. If you want to stop the navigation there is no close and obvious button, you have to go to Menu -> Current route -> Stop navigation which takes a while.
Navigation. In 3D default position is too close and the auto zoom on turns zooms way too much, so if you have a couple of turns in a row you won't see the next one until you are on it so you can't prepare.
Doesn't have all addresses, meaning not all house numbers are listed on the same street.
Firmware is tested on the end users, not before lunching. There was a version that made the GPS randomly restart while navigating.
Now the power button doesn't put the device to sleep, it just dims the screen till the device runs out of battery, then it just dies which shortens the battery life.
Who knows what next firmware update will brings us?
Request to avoid traffic isn't easily noticeable so you have to set it to always avoid traffic but then you tend end up in the middle of nowhere wondering why.
Not tested roads! I've been to Italy this summer 2016 and GPS kept trying to take us through closed roads. Not under construction, just roads that lead to forests where only the forest ranger had the possibility to open the gates and go through.
Weak screen glass. I bought a special casing for it with memory foam inside and still the screen got scratched. Must have been my diamond finger nails ...
The Go 6000 is just 45 European countries and 6,2GB for maps and the Go 6100 has 8GB of memory but the map for whole world so it looks like they were hoping to make an extra cash on SD Cards or that people would buy a second GPS or something ...
On a desktop review the GO6000 looks like a good product, but having had one of these for a couple of years I can only endorse a lot of the operational criticisms below.
The new problem I have found is that in normal use the battery only likely to last a couple of years (which TomTom will then charge you Euro 105 to fix.)
You might think that this is not an issue if you leave it plugged in in your car, but unfortunately this is a MAJOR problem when you plug it into your computer USB to update your maps; many computer USBs do not provide enough power to keep the device awake throughout the 1-2 hours plus required for the update and consequently without some power from the battery the update falls over leaving your device without any Maps . Aargh
Tried to connect. My TT 6000 to my computer many times over Xmas in the end I've had to send it back just received a replacement just tried to connect it to my laptop and it still doesn't recognize my new TT 6000
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Bayesian multinomial logit: Theory and route choice example
Washington, Simon, Congdon, Peter, Karlaftis, Matthew, & Mannering, Fred (2009) Bayesian multinomial logit: Theory and route choice example. Transportation Research Record, 2136(2009), pp. 28-36.
Statisticians along with other scientists have made significant computational advances that enable the estimation of formerly complex statistical models. The Bayesian inference framework combined with Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation methods such as the Gibbs sampler enable the estimation of discrete choice models such as the multinomial logit (MNL) model. MNL models are frequently applied in transportation research to model choice outcomes such as mode, destination, or route choices or to model categorical outcomes such as crash outcomes. Recent developments allow for the modification of the potentially limiting assumptions of MNL such as the independence from irrelevant alternatives (IIA) property. However, relatively little transportation-related research has focused on Bayesian MNL models, the tractability of which is of great value to researchers and practitioners alike. This paper addresses MNL model specification issues in the Bayesian framework, such as the value of including prior information on parameters, allowing for nonlinear covariate effects, and extensions to random parameter models, so changing the usual limiting IIA assumption. This paper also provides an example that demonstrates, using route-choice data, the considerable potential of the Bayesian MNL approach with many transportation applications. This paper then concludes with a discussion of the pros and cons of this Bayesian approach and identifies when its application is worthwhile
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Coyle event: Last picture show?
Inside the 121-year-old Coyle Theater is plenty of cinematography history.
The theater, closed since 1999, contains vintage movie posters ranging from Cecil B. DeMille's 1952 film "Greatest Show on Earth" to classic Disney films.
There are also film trailers, 35 millimeter deco aluminum reels, standing lobby advertisers and plenty of other equipment.
These items from the Charleroi-based theater's past may provide one of the last opportunities to raise the money needed to save it.
A Coyle memorabilia sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 24 at Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services in Charleroi. The goal is to raise much-needed money to provide a local match toward $425,000 in county and state grants, which the Mon Valley Cultural Trust is in danger of losing.
All profits will be used for the Coyle Theater Restoration Project to continue in its efforts to rehabilitate the theater, said Charleroi Mayor Nancy Ellis, a member of the trust.
A local appraiser is taking inventory, cataloging, pricing and accumulating the items for the sale.
Ellis said the items are still being evaluated, so she is unsure how much can be raised.
The trust needs to raise funds to match Local Share Account grants totaling $175,000 as well as a state grant of $250,000. The county grant would expire by end of the year if not matched.
The state grant would expire by the end of May.
Ellis said the trust is looking at other options for raising money, but would not elaborate.
If the grants expire, the trust could find it difficult to be considered for future grants.
"It is my understanding that the status of the original Washington County Local Share grant that was awarded to the Mid Mon Valley Cultural Trust over five years ago is currently 'on hold' until they can meet the matching dollar requirement that is part of the LSA guidelines established by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development," said Jeff Kotula, chairman of the Washington County Local Share Review Committee.
"To my knowledge, if they do not meet the matching requirement by the end of this year, the original grant award could revert back into the program and could be used for other project needs. Personally, I would like the monies to remain in the Mon Valley and be utilized for a project that brings jobs to local families or improves water/sewage in the Valley, but that may be out of our control as the DCED will most likely will need to be consulted."
The trust has a request for additional Local Share funding before the board. A final decision on any new funds will be made after the trust's end-of-year deadline.
"While I have not had the opportunity to review that application yet, the LSA Review Committee does place a strong emphasis on a history of successful results when a organization reapplies for additional dollars through this fund," Kotula said. "These dollars are meant to be on the field creating job opportunities, attracting business investment and improving infrastructure, not sitting on the sidelines."
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There is one main bedroom and second bedroom in living area. With a private storage room with plenty of space for all your bags and luggage. The kitchen is facing the back yard and it's very fresh and spacious including all the equipment you will need if you plan to cook at home. The living area is bright and the view is stunning, it feels like the door of the city ideal for you to relax in the afternoon and even sun bathe. For you convenience all bed linen and towels are provided.
Perfect for a group of friends or a large family, situated right in the heart of Lisbon, behind the Sé Cathedral, the apartment is the perfect place for you to enjoy your holidays. Within walking distance to most places of interest, a few minutes walking from the famous Tram nr 28 and 5 minutes from the metro station of Terreiro do Paço.
House rulesDeposit €100,00. Please Note the deposit value will be returned via bank transference after your check out.
Check-in is after 3:00 p.m. and need to be arranged before the day of arrival. Please call or send us a message after collecting your luggage at the Lisbon airport, or train/bus station, to let us know you are already in Lisbon. Our representative will give you a friendly welcome and answer any questions you may have.
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Check in on the 24th of December and 31 of December after 6 pm are not allowed..
We will provide you with our contact details after your reservation is confirmed. The apartment will be ready and cleaned for you before your arrival. Fresh towels and bed clothing are also provided and all is included in the total price. You will be given a set of towels per person. Keys delivery: In the apartment. Cleaning: On departure.
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Reviews of this property
Die Unterkunft liegt sehr zentral und ist daher auch gut mit den öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln zu erreichen. Die Wohnung ist hübsch, zwar im 4. Stock (ohne Lift) aber das ist kein Problem. Sie verfügt über einen kleinen Balkon mit Sicht auf den Fluss. Die Wohnung war sauber und hat keine Wünsche offen gelassen. Auch die Uebergabe der Wohnung hat super geklappt und wir haben auch zahlreiche Tipps für den Aufenthalt in Lissabon erhalten.
Quiet, clean and functional.
This small appartment on the fourth floor of an old building in the Alfama area of Lison is remarkably quiet. There's no elevator, so make sure you don't mind going up and down the stairs all the time.
The appartment was very clean and functional, without frills. The balcony is tiny and exactly fits the little table and two chairs shown on the photo - though all of them could do with a coat of paint... The balcony is also south-facing, without any parasol, so on warm or hot days can only be used in the early mornings and evenings.
The contact and hand-over with Short Stay was pleasant and efficient.
A nice and big accomadation. Perfect location. A lot of stairs befor you reach the appartment but after that their is a nice view at the river. She gave us a lot of information about the city.
Uns hat es sehr gut in unserem Apartment in Lissabon gefallen. Die Lage war super, in der Wohnung war alles vorhanden, was wir brauchten und die Schlüsselübergabe bei unserer Ankunft hat problemlos geklappt.
have always had good experience with Wimdu; good housing, good service, rapid assistance with questions and problems.
Apartment was good, especially very quiet and very clean
bisher immer gute Erfahrungen mit Wimdu gemacht; gute Wohnungen, guter Service, rasche Hilfe bei Fragen und Problemen.
Wohnung war gut, vor allem sehr ruhig und sehr sauber
The apartment was very nice and modern and from the small balcony we had a great view. There was even a washing machine and iron if you want to travel with little luggage. Also pays if you have a mild case of high drags the four floors. Unfortunately, the neighbor is feeding in the house across the pigeons constantly ... so purely put chairs if you do not want to constantly wipe pigeon droppings.
The location was great right in the Alfama district with restaurants, small shops and an enoteca next door. When we come again to Lisbon we book again with Margarida. Obrigada!
Die Wohnung war sehr schön und modern ausgestattet und vom kleinen Balkon hatten wir eine tolle Aussicht. Es gab sogar eine Waschmaschine und Bügeleisen wenn man mit kleinem Gepäck reisen will. Macht sich auch bezahlt wenn man einen leichten Koffer die vier Stockwerke hochschleppt. Leider füttert die Nachbarin im Haus gegenüber ständig die Tauben...deswegen Stühle reinstellen wenn man nicht ständig Taubenkot wegwischen will.
Die Lage war toll mitten in der Alfama mit Restaurants, kleinen Läden und einer Enoteca direkt nebenan. Wenn wir mal wieder nach Lissabon kommen buchen wir wieder bei Margarida. Obrigada!
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We were 6 Persons and all of us were content with the apartment. It is beautifully furnished and the location is just perfect. I would recommend it to every one who wants to have a great time in Lisbon and enjoys night life. The apartment is not far from the streets that are full with bars. So for families with kids it can get loud at night but more because the walls are very thin and you can also hear every move from the room next door.
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Forget about the fact that we have lost 13 of the last 19 league games since Boxing Day, and that we have failed to score in 12 of them, and that we have gained only 16 points.
A tense looking Alan Pardew
If we assume that Crystal Palace will not win their last two games at home to Liverpool tonight and away to Fulham on Sunday, and that Stoke do not win at West Brom in their last game, and we lose at Liverpool, then Newcastle will finish in 9th place.
And when you forget about what's happened this year (yes that's very difficult we know), the facts will show that – at least as far as league position is concerned and for teams that were in the Premier League last season – Newcastle will be the most improved side this season – because we will have moved up 7 places in the league – more than any other club.
That;s also true if we are 10th and have moved up 6 positions in the league table.
And Alan Pardew can justify to Mike Ashley that he even did a little bit better than top ten – by finishing in 9th place, even though the owner sold our best player – Yohan Cabaye – in January and didn't replace him.
He could also throw in that we have made one permanent signing over the last tow transfer windows.
So if we do finish in 9th place those could be some of the points Pardew makes when he discusses the season with Ashley (will he use a Powerpoint presentation?), and that meeting will be very soon after the last game next Sunday.
But as we pointed out yesterday, Mike Ashley has a history of going against what the Newcastle fans want.
So we hate to be the bearer of potential bad news – but it could be that Alan Pardew keeps his job in the summer, against all the odds.
And that could be especially true if we do finish in 9th place, and remember every place in the league is worth around £2M this season, and money seems to be everything to Mike Ashley.
Of course one thing Mike Ashley needs to decide is whether keeping Pardew would be a wise decision, given the vicious displays by the fans towards the manager on Saturday – which have to be the worst scenes witnessed for a very long time against a Newcastle United manager.
Alan Pardew may have lost all credibility with Newcastle fans, and that would make it very difficult for him to continue in the job.
And if he does go, then David Moyes has to be a heavy favorite to take over.
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Michael Femia reports a trolley acting as a plow got stuck on Huntington Avenue by the Museum of Fine Arts around 12:30 p.m. Yacques reports it derailed and took out a street light and hit a pole.
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Frederick also happened to photograph the snow mound that did in the trolley before the trolley arrived:


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A zoophyte is an animal that visually resembles a plant. An example is a sea anemone. The name is obsolete in modern science.[1]
Zoophytes are common in medieval and renaissance era herbals, notable examples including the Tartar Lamb, a plant which grew sheep as fruit.[2] Zoophytes appeared in many influential early medical texts, such as Dioscorides's De Materia Medica and subsequent adaptations and commentaries on that work, notably Mattioli's Discorsi. Zoophytes are frequently seen as medieval attempts to explain the origins of exotic, unknown plants with strange properties (such as cotton, in the case of the Tartar Lamb).[3] Reports of zoophytes continued into the seventeenth century and were commented on by many influential thinkers of the time period, including Francis Bacon.[2] It was not until 1646 that claims of zoophytes began to be concretely refuted, and skepticism towards claims of zoophytes mounted throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.[2] However, the term was still used by Georges Cuvier in his Le Règne Animal in 1817, as the title of one of his four divisions of the animal kingdom. And by Charles Darwin in Voyage of the Beagle in 1845.
Other cultures[edit]
In the Eastern cultures such as Ancient China fungi were classified as plants in the Traditional Chinese Medicine texts, and cordyceps, and in particular Ophiocordyceps sinensis were considered zoophytes. [4]
In popular culture[edit]
On an episode of The Bob Newhart Show, the lovable yet befuddled Howard uses the word "zoophyte" during a game of Scrabble for a triple-word score. Although he incorrectly defines the word as "a fight between two or more animals in a zoo," he spells it correctly and wins the game.
In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by 19th century science fiction author Jules Verne, the term is used many times when describing the sea-life seen by the passengers.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, E. M., ed. (1983). Chambers 20th Century Dictionary. Edinburgh: Chambers. p. 1524.
- ^ a b c Appleby, John H. (1997). "The Royal Society and the Tartar Lamb". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. JSTOR 532033. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1997.0003.
- ^ Large, Mark F.; John E. Braggins (2004). Tree Ferns. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9.
- ^ Halpern, Miller (2002). Medicinal Mushrooms. New York, New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-87131-981-0'.'
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1. Re: Cheap shared storage for test RACNiket Kumar Dec 10, 2012 12:11 PM (in response to user498566)use openfiler freeware for nfs storage.it can also use vmware disks.
2. Re: Cheap shared storage for test RACVictor Armbrust Dec 10, 2012 12:13 PM (in response to user498566)Are you using 2 or more real machines? You can use VM environments then use a Shared Disk configuration to create RAC config.
3. Re: Cheap shared storage for test RACuser498566 Dec 10, 2012 12:41 PM (in response to Victor Armbrust)Thanks to All,
I have already created RAC with vmware on dedicated machine. I created two RAC node on vmware (RAC1, RAC2) but somehow it's not stable. Now I am planning to create RAC with two node cluster (real machines) with oracle certified shared storage device. I was looking that option if any such shared storage device is available in market which is less expensive.
4. Re: Cheap shared storage for test RACLevi Pereira Dec 10, 2012 12:59 PM (in response to user498566)Two options:
The Oracle VM templates can be used to build clusters of any number of nodes using Oracle Database 11g Release 2, which includes Oracle 11g Rel. 2 Clusterware, Oracle 11g Rel. 2 Database, and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) 11g Rel. 2, patched to the latest, recommended patches.
This is supported for Production.
Learn how to set up and configure an Oracle RAC 11g Release 2 development cluster on Oracle Linux for less than US$2,700.
The information in this guide below is not validated by Oracle, is not supported by Oracle, and should only be used at your own risk; it is for educational purposes only.
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Edited by: Levi Pereira on Dec 10, 2012 10:59 AM
5. Re: Cheap shared storage for test RACBilly~Verreynne Dec 11, 2012 6:43 AM (in response to user498566)
user498566 wrote:Yes. Firewire 800 external drive with dual ports, allowing 2 servers to connect (via Firewire) to the same drive. LaCie drives (1TB and up) starts at $200.
Is there cheap shared storage device is available to create test environment RAC.
Assuming your servers/PCs do not have Firewire, then 2 Firewire PCI cards are also needed - pricing is less than $40 locally.
You also need the Firewall Linux kernel driver, configured to allow shared ("non-exclusive logon") connection to the Firewire drive. This was problematic back on RHEL3, but I assume that these problems have since been sorted in the 2.6 kernel tree.
Have not seen a cheaper (real h/w) shared storage solution than this. And it should suffice for a R&D style 2 node RAC.
6. Re: Cheap shared storage for test RACuser498566 Dec 11, 2012 12:32 PM (in response to Billy~Verreynne)Thanks to all for valuable information.


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2012 Kentucky Derby Contenders
The 2012 Kentucky Derby will take place this Saturday, May 5th at the legendary Churchill Downs race track in Louisville. The event is scheduled for a 5:00pm ET start and will be broadcast live on NBC. Excitement around this year's race is high with several horses being viewed as potential candidates to win the first leg of the Triple Crown series. Among the strongest 2012 Kentucky Derby Contenders are Union Rags (+450), Bodemeister (+450), Dullahan (+700), and Gemologist (+700), but the odds makers are also keen on a number of other colts, including Alpha (+1000), Creative Cause (+1000), I'll Have Another (+1300), and Hansen (+1400).
Bodemeister, Union Rags, and Gemologist are the biggest entries in the 2012 Kentucky Derby, but this year's field is the strongest in years and the latest Horse Racing Odds reflect that fact. The following is a quick run down of a few potential winners and what they have done leading up to Saturday's race.
Dullahan (+700): Comes from solid bloodlines on both sides as his ancestors include Unbridled, Mr. Prospector, and Smart Strike. Took first in the Blue Grass Stakes in mid-April and also won the 1 1/16 miles, Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity last November. A veteran of eight races, but six of those took place last year.
Creative Cause (+1000): The Giant's Causeway sired colt has four wins in eight career races, but has never finished worse than third. Creative Cause last ran at the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby in early April where he took second place behind fellow Derby entrant I'll Have Another. Creative Cause has competed in four Grade 1 races so Saturday's competition level should not intimidate him.
Alpha (+1000): Sired by 2006 Preakness Stakes winner Bernardini, Alpha has never raced on anything but a dirt track. The bay colt did produce a lackluster 11th place finish at last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile, but he has two wins (Grade 3 Withers Stakes, Count Fleet Stakes) and one second place result (Grade 1 Wood Memorial) since that poor run.
I'll Have Another (+1300): I'll Have Another has five races on his resume and four of those were graded stakes events. Produced a pedestrian sixth place finish at the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes last September, but comes into Saturday's Derby on a two race win streak after having won the Grade 2 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (February) and the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby (November).
Hansen (+1400): Another colt with great pedigree from both dam and sire as its bloodlines include Unbridled, Storm Cat, and A.P. Indy. Hansen has competed in six races, taking first in four of them, including the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, and second in the other two. Most recently placed second to Dullahan at the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes.
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Catch the Current
God's Love Language
Abandonment is practiced by continually losing your own will in the will of God; by plunging your will into the depths of His will, there to be lost forever! ~ Jeanne Guyon
When you love someone, finding the best way to express your love can be difficult. Neither friendship nor true courtship can ever be forced. Love must be cultivated. Sometimes, however, love drives us to extremes. Although counselors and relationship "experts" tell us that being too pushy with people will usually backfire on us, my college roommate had a different experience. The courtship of Frank and Sherry was a match made in heaven. Well, at least in Frank's mind, it was.
I still remember when my college roommate set out to win the affections of a young lady on campus who seemed to have absolutely no interest in him. For weeks, Frank would talk to me about his irresistible interest in Sherry. Although unrequited, he talked about her and his determination to take her on a date. She had made it clear, via campus intelligence, that she did not want a date with Frank. That news only fueled Frank's determination.
Day after day, Sherry was all I heard Frank speak about. If he had focused as much on his studies as on her, he would have graduated at the top of his class. Over the weeks that followed, I watched with astonishment as he set out to win her affections. He investigated her in every way that was both imaginable and legal. He studied her to find out what her hobbies and interests were and he set out to win her, not on his terms but on hers. He was so love stricken that he became totally preoccupied with learning how to speak her love language. And learn it he did. In a matter of a few months, he had graduated from a first date to a strategically engineered moment when he asked her to marry him. To everyone's surprise, even to Sherry's, she said yes.
Dr. Gary Chapman has popularized the concept of learning how to speak people's "love language." His book, The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts, on the bestseller list again this week, has sold over 7 million copies. According to Chapman, there are five primary love languages. They represent the various approaches of expressing love that uniquely mean the most to us. The five love languages he cites are:
Quality time.
Words of affirmation.
Physical touch.
Acts of service.
The underlying principles are that 1) we generally prefer to have love expressed to us primarily in one of five key ways, and 2) we erroneously tend to express love to our spouse in the way in which we most want it expressed to us. So, the Big Idea of the book is that we, in order to be more effective at love, need to find out the way people desire and need to be loved. That's exactly what Frank did, long before Chapman's book was ever published.
Love languages. I wonder. What is God's primary love language? In all the ways you might choose to express your love for him or to him, which of them really capture his attention the most?
Christ's Love Language
The Apostle John discovered what others missed. While many in his day were looking for a way out of Roman oppression, out of this life and into the next, out of an illness or dilemma and into health, John was looking for a way in, into the heart of Jesus, into His will and into His ways. Consider the following passage, exclusively pondered and penned by John the Beloved. See if you can find God's preferred love language within it?
Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him (Jn. 14:21).
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text: The largest career fair in the state took place in Orono on Wednesday. The University of Maine Career Center hosted the event as a way to help students and employers connect. For the 15th year, officials with the University of Maine Career Center are bringing students and employers together in one place. " It makes it really, really easy for both the employers and the students to connect without having to travel all over the place," said Patty Counihan, director of the career center. About 1,000 students checked out job opportunities ranging from business to military and lots of specialties in between. " There's a bunch of businesses around so I figured, hey, I'll come check it out, see what they have to offer," said Michael Kuhn, a student at the University of Maine. " It's definitely a good way to get your foot in the door," added Nikoleta Shanos a junior at the school. WB Mason is just one of the companies hoping to find some new employees. " We really like young, energetic, hard-working people," said John McDonald, a sales trainer with WB Mason. 45% of the employers at the fair graduated from the University of Maine. Marie Herbert with WB Mason, is one of them. " It's fun to see old faces, and I also enjoy talking about my job and getting to kind of brag about what I do and try to get some good candidates to come work for us," said Marie Hebert. More than half of the employers at the fair have full-time jobs to fill, many of them are local, some are worldwide.


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no disconnecting means at the electrical service entrance
hi all, trying to sell my house and the inspectors wrote that there was no disconnecting means at electrical service entrance. My home was built in 1986 and from my understaing this is a pretty new code. Is my house grandfathered in? or does this need to be fixed? If it does need to be fixed I was quoted $1000 for an electrician to do it. Is this a reasonable price?
If it it was not a code when your house was built, then you should not be required to update to current codes (unless local rules apply).
The buyer will try to use this as a way to reduce the asking price. Ask the inspector to cite the code requiring you to update the disconnect.
this is not a new requirement. The oldest code book I have handy is 1993 and it was code then and I am fairly certain is was code for quite a few years before that. I would really have to do some digging to find a1984 NEC (they go in 3 year cycles with the newest being 2008 so figure backwards from there and you would have an '84 code during this time) but I really believe it was code back then.
So, do you have to upgrade?
If the inspector says you do, chances are youdo. Many areas require a house to be brought up to current codes when they are sold. It is not unusual nor new.
Yes, it is a local thing everywhere I have seen that does require it. It is not an electrical code thing but a building code thing.
$1000 does seem a bit salty though.
Just out of curiosity, can you describe what you have?
From what I gather, you have an electric meter on the outside of your house. There's a service cable running from the meter can to the electric panel inside. The panel doesn't have a main disconnecting breaker inside it?
The inspector is right, there needs to be a disconnecting means either outside the house or inside the house. It is code and has been for some time. Whether or not the house has to be brought up to code prior to sale would depend on the lender and local practices.
I can tell you that I wouldn't buy a house that didn't have a disconnecting means. In the event of an emergency you need to be able to kill the power to the building, and it makes servicing the panel easier.
$1000 seems a bit steep, but probably not by much. An exterior disconnect could be installed with minimal effort in most cases, and would involve some internal wiring configuration changes in the panel as well. A competent electrician could knock it out before lunch.
Inspectors?.....as in real estate home inspectors? Or inspectors as in local codes department inspectors? Dollars to donuts you have a split bus panel and the 6 disconnect rule applies to it and the inspectors are home/real estate type.
Hi Nap
Seems like a good possibility that he is going off a home inspector not seeing a remote single disconnect or main panel with main breaker. Split bus panels are often called for not having a "main" by those unfamiliar with the use of 6 throws in the upper part of the panel substantiating the requirement as a disconnect.
BTW I know that you know all that ......:thumbsup:
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1986??? I'm gonna have to question a split-buss panel. Although anything is possible.
There HAS to be something somewhere. Period.
IF it has to be fixed it will cost $1000. FOR WHAT? How do you know something has to be fixed? Did someone come and look at it to give you that quote?
Isn't all panels split buss? L1 & L2.
boo hiss boo hiss:laughing: Also, I must confess, I got those pics from www.inspectorsjournal.com Which, I believe, this HI was citing the same "issue"
How could those panels be compliant when all of them had more than six handle throws. What am I missing here? Please enlighten me.
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