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Just a note for those interested in purchasing a Lanos.
A few weeks back I purchased a New 2001 Lanos Sport (Just like the one on the post above). I paid $12,032.00 including the Destination charge and the "Optional" custom floor mats. ($13,500.00 sticker with these items). Several dealers said there was no discounts off the $13,500.00 stickers price. They said it is a low priced car with no margin for discount. However I did some research and invoice on this car is $11,400 + $430.00 destination charge + 53.00 for the Floor mats (dealer cost) + $200.00 for advertising fee's. That's $12,083.00 as true Dealer cost.
I chose the car for it's standard features plus I liked it's "sporty" appeal. I looked at ALL the comperable models. (Toyota Echo, Mitsubishi Mirage, Honda Civic, Ford Focus, Hyundai, etc..)No one, offered similar features for a price close to Daewoo. Comparable models in other brands with the same features were SEVERAL thousand more. ( if they even offered them) Some of the Standard features on the sport are...
Power windows
Premium Stereo (CD and Cassette player)
Intermittent Wipers including Rear wiper
Power door lock
"Leather seats" (yeah, That right leather!)
Leather wrapped steering wheel
Air Condition
Power passenger side Mirror
Driver and passenger air bags
Daewoo, not being real well known, I was very hesitant before making my final decision. I read customer feedback on every "board" like this one before making my purchase. Overall, most if not all Daewoo owners reported Great feedback.
Now that I have bought my Lanos, I can report that I made the right choice. This is a great car. Daewoo has the potential to become a contender in the US auto market. The initial quality is way better than KIA for the same money, and styling, performance and handling is better than Hyundai. However, this car doesn't deserve to be in the same catagory as Kia or Hyundai. They should be compared with other "imports" and not with just the "Korean" manufacturers.
I would have no problems recomending a Daewoo to anyone. My advice is take one for a test drive. You will be pleasantly supprised.0
Hi all:
I am shopping around for a new car and fell in love with the Daewoo Lanos Hatchback. It really fits my personality-trust me. However, I live in Burlington, Vermont and have yet to see anyone driving a Daewoo. Does anyone know if there is a Daewoo dealership in Vermont? I know that this car is for me. Merci, Ricardo0
Not sure if there is a dealer in Vermont, but you can do a search on their website for a dealer in your area.
Good luck. You'll love the car.0
mjm Posts: 2Hey Richardi, the Goss Dodge dealer on Shelburne Road is a Daewoo dealer. A good friend is in the process of picking up one from Earth Cars.0
Thanks for the information on the Daewoo Hatch back in Vermont!! I went out to Gauss Dealership in Burlington a couple of weeks ago after they closed on Sunday. I had a chance to really get a good look at he Daewoo-taking notes etc. After leaving the Gauss, I felt a sense of real excitement about this car. I will test drive the Lands in a couple of weeks after the weather has settled down some (meaning no more snow).
I do have two questions please. My colleagues keep telling me that the Daewoo will not be good for the type of snow that we get here in Vermont. Does in anyone have experience driving a Daewoo in snowy or very cold conditions? Also does the car have front or rear wheel drive? Merci, Ricardo0
Hi all: I am not sure what happened. But Gauss in my last posting should read Goss and Lands should read Lanos. Merci, Ricardo0
Hey man, the wife and I (newlyweds) own a 2000 celica, we decided we needed a 2nd car, now we live in WV granted the snow isn't as common here, but we did get alot of snow, we purchased a 2000 lanos S in feb of 2001, we got a great deal, just under 7,500 on it, because it was already a year old, and i have to say i was VERY VERY impressed with the car in the snow, the one thing that i would change about my Lanos however, is the size of the cupholders!!! they will hold a soda can just right, but don't get anything larger than a medium when you are in the drive through at mc-d's...but we are trading the celica in for the larger model, so we will be the proud owners of 2 new daewoos, they are great.0
johnnycakes Posts: 1How is this car for tall drivers? Mostly I am interested in whether there is enough head room since I like sitting pretty close to the steering wheel anyway.
So, how's the headroom on this car?0
I bought a Lanos base model/standard version (not a sport model) 2 days ago- I'm 6'3" tall, and it has plenty of headroom for me...I have a bad neck, so believe me, I'd tell you if it didn't. I wish it had a few inches more width in the floor board, but the seat is very comfortable. I got it for a great price and I'm very pleased with the quality of the vehicle. The steering is exceptional, and was what I noticed most about it on my initial test drive.0
I have created a board where people can discuss/compare my car (the Toyota Echo) versus any other car they want. Just wanted you to know that I am in the process of posting a comparison of my car versus the Daewoo Lanos S hatchback.
Would love to have an actual owner of this particular model join in.
The title of the discussion is Toyota Echo vs. ??? and can be found in the Sedan versus Sedan comparison section of townhall.0
zzonk Posts: 6I bought my 5-speed 2000 Daewoo Lanos hatchback with a/c last September. The car now has 17,700 miles and will be going in for its 18K tune-up later this month. I've tried to keep this group informed about my experience with my Lanos since I bought it.
In general, the car is still running very well. I have not had any problems with it at all. After its fourth oil change (at about 12,000 miles), I noticed the gas mileage jumped up considerably from about 28mpg to 33mpg. I've gotten as much as 35mpg when I drive at about 65 or so. I believe it's possible to drive more than 400 miles on one tank of gas, but I don't want to take that chance.
Every time I have taken my car back to the dealer for its routine maintenance, I have not had any problems with customer service whatsoever.
Here are some of my observations:
1. The fuel gauge can be a little misleading because the needle may look like it's barely above empty, but you may really have about four gallons of gas left. The low fuel indicator light DOES come on when you're under 2 gallons though. It's an orange light (gas pump symbol) that appears on the upper left/center of the dashboard.
2. The engine power is reduced CONSIDERABLY when you have the a/c on. This is perhaps the only major gripe I have with my Lanos. I live in South Carolina, and the heat and humidity are OPPRESSIVE. But the car is MUCH weaker and MUCH more sluggish when the air is on.
3. I sometimes have a very difficult time shifting from 1st to 2nd. I also experience difficulty sometimes shifting into reverse. I don't know if this is a regular linkage problem that plagues all manual transmissions, but it has caused me to strip my gears from time to time. I'm going to have that examined when I get my car serviced later this month.
In general, I still like my Lanos very much. It's a good car for anyone who is just starting out. I'm 24 with no wife and no kids, so legroom in the backseat is a nonissue. (I'm 6 feet tall and got in the backseat and found I couldn't even put the driver's seat back all the way because it bumped into my legs.)
However, I'm already thinking about my next vehicle. I think I may get a VW Golf with the turbo diesel engine. It actually has a smaller cabin than the Lanos, but it offers A LOT more features, such as cruise control and a tachometer. It's also much more powerful.
I still enthusiastically recommend the Lanos to anybody who is just getting started. If you're single or married or a student and have no kids, this is a good car. It's cheap to buy, cheap to insure, and a good bargain for your money.0
First time here, so forgive me if i repeat subjects or comments.
I was looking at Daewoo's website and KBB.com and the Lanos seems to have a sunroof. However, this option does not appear anywhere on Daewoo's literature. Are they just ommiting it? probably not... So, why does the car on the picture have one? anybody?
Also, the alloy wheels seem nice -small, but nice. Are they white 5-spokes? That's how they appear to be on my computer screen at least.
Last question, for now I know this is not the type of car, but does anyone know of any existing aftermarket upgrades to extract a few more much needed horses?
Thank you all for your comments!!0
ms_joanne Posts: 69I heard GM was buying them, too. What's the real deal? What about warranty? There is still one open near me...all the others closed. I was really surprised to see them still in business. Any thoughts?0
Daewoo is bankrupt and there are negotiations going on for the company to be sold to GM.
Up until yesterday, GM had not publicly commented on the negotiations. Although, GM did not make much of a comment, in my opinion, yesterday. The person quoted basically said that the talks were sensitive and GM was still looking at what kind of future Daewoo had if GM bought them.
The dealerships closing may not be directly attributable to the parent company's troubles.
Given all the uncertainty, I think it would be prudent to wait to purchase any Daewoo product.
For a thriving discussion on this topic, click on News and Views at the Town hall main board and look for the thread entitled Daewoo bankruptcy.0
Daewoo hasn't done much of anything to the website since they created it back in 99. The 99 Lanos hatchback and the 99-00 sedan did indeed offer a power sunroof, so that is where the picture is coming from. The 01 Lanos no longer offers the sunroof, at least not in the US. The 5-spoke alloys are painted silver, not white. Hope that helps!0
I do recall sunroofs being an option back then, but i think it is interesting that the picture of the Lanos Sport has one though... they didn't have Lanos Sport back in 99 right? maybe it is a picture from non-US market 01 Lanos Sport.
How about aftermarket mods? any info?
thanks again.0
has anyone else had a problem with a leaky ac unit..it keeps the passanger side of the car soaked..not to mention the hedious odor courtesy of the water and heat..however..i still praise the 4dr lanos..it is very roomy..and has more than enough power..it may not go 0-60 in 5.2 but it handles well at speeds in excess of 100mph...0
It sounds like a drain hose is clogged in some way. What does your dealer say?0
Either the drain hose for the evaporator has been dislodged and is thus dropping water directly into the interior or it is blocked and the unit has filled up with water and is overflowing into the interior. Tha latter is worse because it can cause the evaporator to rust and eventually form a freon leak. Get it taken are of! It's a real simple fix.0
getjesusnow Posts: 26I drive a 1999 Daewoo Lanos S hatchback with automatic. I posted about 3 or 4 reports in the old forum...here's the current stats:
just under 24K miles, good car overall...here's the plagues:
car has its 2nd set of brake rotors and 2nd set of brake pads (warped rotors & noisy pads)
engine control computer idle speed needed to be reset (software glitch)
car has its 2nd muffler (internal rustout)
and the latest...left wheel bearing was worn out (loud noise when rolling) and the right one showed signs of wearing out quickly
all repairs done under warranty without any quibbling0
It sounds like a lot of work for a car with only 24K. It is good that it is still under warranty and there's no cost (other than time) to you, but once that is up seems as if your bill will be quite high... again, considering the low mileage.0
cecile_daze Posts: 7Hi-
Wondering what anyone thinks of these hatch backs. New, used, or what have you. To tell you the truth I have been researching vehicles now for... probably the better half of 3 months and keep changing my mind about what I want. (for instance I was just looking at a 1998 Pontiac Sunfire last weekend) but I started out "lusting" for a Kia Lanos Sport. I've ranged from Jeep Wrangler to Kia Rio to Mitsub. Eclipse to Saturn and I just can't seem to settle.
Now I'm steering back toward a Spectra or a Lanos. Who knows what I'll end up choosing. I keep telling myself to ditch my 1990 pick up before Winter hits...but money is tight. So while I keep searching, I must find more insight and answers.
(also posted this on the Spectra site)0
hbrow00 Posts: 31source:
The future may still be uncertain back in South Korea, but Daewoo keeps coming up with new ideas. Frankfurt will showcase the troubled carmaker's new supermini and lower-medium segment models.
The Kalos is an all-new supermini contender, fitting into the Daewoo lineup between the Matiz and Lanos. The Kalos model is due in the third quarter 2002.
At one time on this board or the Lanos sedan baord (now archived), there was a discussion of the Kalos concept model and whether it was a Matiz or Lanos replacement. It sure looked like a Matiz, but apparently it will slot in between both models.
lanosdude Posts: 5Hello to everyone:
I purchased my Lanos Sport in December. While I've owned many nice cars in the past, I have to say that for the money this is one tough car to beat. Most of my driving is on city roads that aren't in the best shape. I find the ride to be quite smooth for a small car and the seats are fantastic. The car comes with just about all the options anyone could want. I did e-mail customer service at Daewoo to ask them why we can't get all of the same features of the Europeon model which includes a tachometer, fog lights, tilt steering and sunroof. They answered me the next day and said that they would forward this info to the appropriate department for consideration. Now that GM is officially taking them over, we might see those options on the American versions in the future. The car handles very good but I think it could be improved even more with better tires than what comes on it. The car is almost too cute for words and I get plenty of looks and smiles from other people. I've read several test reports from car magazines and they all complained about the automatic transmission not shifting smoothly. Mine shifts smooth as silk so I don't know what their talking about. The premium sound system is good although it could use some better quality speakers that could take advantage of the 140 watts of power. I would highly recommend this car to anyone that doesn't have the worries of a big family. I have spoken to many Daewoo owners and the vast majority seem to really like them. Daewoo builds heavy construction and farm equipment so they should know something about how to build a good car. I owned a 2000 Focus ZX3 which has been raved about in most of the car journals. It was a piece of junk. It had problems that the dealership had no answers on how to fix so I got rid of it in a hurry. No matter what problems may arise with this car, it will be nothing compared to what was wrong with the Focus.0
ziglifler Posts: 99If i rememeber right the Daewoo cars sold here are really the last gen nissan cars . didn't they but the rights to it and just reworked the bodys ? I think i read it in car a driver in 97 or 98 .0
There is no relation between Nissan and Daewoo. Daewoo has connections to GM, but thats it. Examples: All of their engines are built by Holden, GM's Australian subsidiary. The Nubira uses a GM auto tranny which is also used in the Cavalier. The Lanos is simply a redesigned version of the late 80s Pontiac Lemans.0
daboss Posts: 4I need a new car for my son. I am being offered a New leftover 2001 Daewoo Lanos hatchback with Automatic and Air for around $8,000. The price is tempting but Edmunds Auto calls it a "LAMOS" and most reviews are not to favorable. Does anyone here really own a Lanos and would you recommend buying one? I need a quick answer cause I will make up my mind in the next couple of days.0
If you can get that car for that price, I say go for it! I don't own one but have driven one. The Lanos isn't the quietest or most refined car around and has some really cheap looking interior plastics (thus the so so reviews), but it gets the job done as basic reliable transportation that looks nice too. It has been praised for its good handling and good brakes. It is pretty much impossible to get a brand new car for 8k with AC and auto. The car is covered for the next 3 years bumper to bumper and 5 years on the powertrain. What more could you ask for? Your only other choice is to take a gamble on a used car. I would rather take a chance on a new car with a warranty then a used one that may or may not be a good car. Remember, the engine is a GM design and is built by Holden, a GM Australian company, so it should be a reliable engine. I'm sorry to say you won't find much info about the Lanos here as it is rarely visited, but you can find other very happy Daewoo owners in the Nubira and Leganza sedan forums. They could at least give you some insight on longer term reliabilty. Good luck! Let us know here whether you get the car and what your first impressions are.0
kris29 Posts: 1How could anyone have ever said this is a good car? I will fight to the end to prove how wrong they are. Never buy such a cheap crapy car. But yes Kia is worse just ask tow truck drivers because if you buy a Deawoo or a Kia you will meet alot of them.0


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Southern California — especially the San Gabriel Valley and Inland Empire — are chock full of warehousing and logistics firms that move and store the merchandise coming in and our of our ports.
Last year the Los Angeles Customs District's two-way trade hit a record-setting volume of $414.5 billion, and $91.6 billion of that came from air cargo traffic at Los Angeles International Airport.
Those numbers clearly speak to how large — and vital — international trade is for Southern California.


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Hulu Plus+ coming to Droid Bionic, HTC Sensation, HTC Flyer and several marquee devices
Did you watch the Primetime Emmy Awards and wish that it was easier to watch some of those honored television shows on your Android phone? Well, you're in luck, because Hulu will soon announce that it's expanding its supported device list.
The Hulu Blog posted an announcement titled "Android Rollout Continues on Nine Devices" early this morning. The author must have jumped the gun because it was removed quickly and there's no longer any sign of it on the blog. However, it wasn't removed before my Google Reader picked up the feed and revealed the list of upcoming devices.
The Motorola Droid Bionic, Droid 3, and Droid X2; LG Revolution and G2x; and HTC Incredible 2, Evo 3D, and Sensation are next in line to get Hulu Plus support. Also in queue is the HTC Flyer, the first Android tablet other than the Vizio Via to get Hulu Plus support. The Android Market page has yet to update, but the supported device page has been changed to reflect the newly-included. Keep an eye out if you have one of these devices and want to watch Hulu on Android.
As a reminder, you can always check to see if your Android device supports Hulu. A $7.99 per month Hulu+ subscription is required to watch episodes on the go, but a list of supported phones and tablets is maintained at http://www.hulu.com/plus/devices.
P.S. Hulu, if you ever want to get me to pay you $7.99, now would be a really good time to add support for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.


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Chicken & Blueberry Pasta Salad
Yes, blueberries and pasta. The addition of poached chicken and feta cheese makes this dish into a light and satisfying summer supper that's also great for a potluck. If you already have some leftover chicken, skip Step 1 and add shredded chicken in Step 4.


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Dell Inc has hired a former Hewlett-Packard Co networking chief to help hasten its push into the global technology services market, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Marius Haas left the world's largest computing company in 2011 after it hired Leo Apotheker as CEO in 2010, and has been an industry adviser with private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since that time.
He will replace Brad Anderson, Dell's president of enterprise solutions, one of the sources said on condition of anonymity because the news has yet to be announced.
It is unclear whether Anderson, also a former HP executive who joined Dell in 2005, is leaving the company.
Both KKR and Dell declined to comment on Tuesday. Haas did not return calls seeking comment.
Haas was the senior vice president for HP's Networking Division for about two years since 2008. Prior to that, he spent time five years as HP's chief strategy officer and head of mergers and acquisitions
Dell, founded by Chief Executive Michael Dell, is in the midst of a turnaround, juggling acquisitions with the need to fatten margins by trimming expenses even as global tech spending appears on to be slipping.
Once the world's top PC maker and a mainstay of business-school case studies, Dell has been losing market share and now has to contend with Asian PC makers like Acer Inc and Lenovo.
Shares of the No. 2 U.S. PC maker, which plans to pay its first dividend to shareholders this year, are down 15 percent in 2012. In May, it warned that global tech spending is weakening faster than anticipated and forecast a disappointing 2 to 4 percent revenue gain for the fiscal second quarter.
The company will report second-quarter results after the close on Tuesday.
Dell plans to slash more than $2 billion in costs over the next three years, primarily from the supply chain and sales group, as it sharpens its focus on the technology needs of corporations.
But it has also been acquiring at a rapid clip to help its broader strategy of diversifying away from personal computers, a market where growth is decelerating as Apple Inc's iPad and other mobile devices pull consumers away. It has bought eight companies in the past 12 months, including Wyse Technology and SonicWall.


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Blackhawks announce 2013 Training Camp rosterby Chicago Blackhawks / Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks will open their 2013 training camp on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 3 p.m. with a media availability featuring Blackhawks Vice President/General Manager Stan Bowman, Head Coach Joel Quenneville and select players at the University of Notre Dame's Compton Family Ice Arena (100 Compton Family Ice Arena, Notre Dame, IN). The on-ice portion of training camp is scheduled to begin on Thursday, Sept. 12 at approximately 10 a.m. ET.
The club will open camp with 31 forwards, 19 defensemen, and six goaltenders on the roster. Click here to view the full roster.
The Blackhawks will return to the United Center on Monday, Sept. 16 for the team's annual Training Camp Festival. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for the sold-out event and the scrimmage will begin at 7 p.m. The Mad Dash to Madison 10K skate will start at 5:30 p.m., followed by the 5K run/walk at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit chicagoblackhawks.com.
Chicago begins their six-game preseason schedule when they host the Detroit Red Wings at the United Center on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. CT.


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Graphic revolt! Scandinavian artists' workshops, 1968-1975 : Røde Mor, Folkets Ateljé and GRAS (University of St Andrews, 2012-01) - ThesisThis thesis examines the relationship between the three artists' workshops Røde Mor (Red Mother), Folkets Ateljé (The People's Studio) and GRAS, who worked between 1968 and 1975 in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Røde Mor was ...


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Unsafe School Choice Option (IX-E-2-9532)
The Unsafe School Choice Option requires each state that receives funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act to establish and implement a statewide policy requiring that students who attend a persistently dangerous school or become victims of violent crimes on the grounds of a school they attend be allowed to attend a safe school within the same district.
In 1999, students ages 12 through 18 were victims of 2.5 million crimes at school, including 186,000 serious violent crimes (that is, rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault). Student safety is of concern outside of school premises as well: in 1999, students were more than twice as likely to be victims of serious violent crime away from school as at school.
The percentage of students being victimized at school has declined during the last few years. Between 1995 and 1999, the percentage of students who reported being victims of crime at school decreased from 10 percent to 8 percent. However, the prevalence rates of some types of crimes at school have not changed. For example, between 1993 and 1999, the percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who were threatened or injured with a weapon on school property in the past 12 months remained constant, at about 7 to 8 percent.
The Unsafe School Choice Option provision will help parents, regardless of income, remove their children from a dangerous or distressing school setting. Reducing students' concerns for their safety will allow them to better concentrate on their studies and thus improve their academic achievement.
How It Works
Each state must establish, in consultation with a representative sample of school districts, a definition of what constitutes a "persistently dangerous" public elementary or secondary school. States must allow students who attend such schools, or who are the victims of a violent crime while on the grounds of the school they attend, to transfer to a safe public elementary or secondary school, including a public charter school, in the same district.
Key Activities For The State Education Agencies
State education agencies, or the state agency designated to handle Unsafe School Choice Option responsibilities, must:
- Establish a state "Unsafe School Choice Option" policy.
- Identify "persistently dangerous" schools.
- Identify types of offenses that are considered to be violent criminal offenses.
- Provide a safe public school choice option.
- Include a certification of compliance in applications for ESEA funds.


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In the end, House's titular grumpy doctor almost literally rode off into the sunset with his best friend.
House finale: So, did "Everybody" die?Although it seemed like a suicidal House (Hugh Laurie ) was trapped in a burning warehouse just before it exploded, it turned out that the good doctor escaped his fiery fate and faked his death in order to avoid a jail sentence and, more importantly, be there for cancer-stricken Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) during his final five months.It was as close to a happy ending as one could possibly expect from House, but was it always planned that way? We chatted with series creator David Shore about the finale, its parade of guest stars (Amber! Kutner! Stacy!) and House's final epiphany. Plus: Just what kind of trouble might House and Wilson get up to on those motorcycles?
House comes to an end: The cast and producers recall creating a curmudgeon
You started plotting this ending around January, right?
David Shore: We came up with this idea and it still wasn't defined whether this was the last season or not and we had a semi-backup plan. But you can't work on two shows at once. We had to decide which show we were doing: Season 8 or the final season. Ultimately, I made the decision that I couldn't allow it to drag out any longer and we proceeded with it.
So this was always the end of the cancer arc you planned for Wilson?
Shore: This finale was part and parcel with what we mapped out. Wilson has cancer. House deals with it well, House deals with it badly, and both of them reach a level of acceptance at different times. Pretty early on we knew it was going to be House debating "How am I going to deal with this?" and ultimately doing what he did.
At that point, did you know he would be debating it with hallucinations of former cast members?
Shore: I liked the idea in general, but a big part of it was that it gave us an opportunity to do what so many shows do at the end, which is have all the other people come back from the past. But this was having them come back in a very different way. As we started to write it, we started discussing which people from past shows it should be. There were certain availability issues, although really not a lot. [We had] four of them come back, including two that were dead, and discuss with House the value of his life in different contexts.
House comes to an end: The cast and producers retrace the show's highs and lowsDid you ever consider not doing that because so many other shows do parade the old familiar faces in for the series send-off?
Shore: We never want to do anything exactly like [someone else]. But it's all about execution. I don't want to do an idea because somebody else did it, but I also don't want to reject it because somebody else did it. I do reject it if we're just repeating what they did, but if we find a different way to approach something, I am more than happy to do it. I think that's what we had here.
Did you worry that having almost every major character back would make it more glaring that Lisa Edelstein's Cuddy was missing?
Shore: I don't want to go into it too much. I did want her back. That's all I'm going to say.Tell me about House's big epiphany before he strides toward the exit. The show has always sort of suggested that people don't change, yet it seems House wants to try.
Shore: That's exactly right. I don't know that House can change, and I don't know that he needs to change. But the recognition, the striving for change, the striving to constantly be better in spite of our nature, which doesn't make it easy, is one of the thing that keeps us human.
How does House's finale compare to the greatest series-enders of all time?
Do you think it's possible for someone with a bad limp to escape that quickly out the back door of a burning building? Dramatic license?
Shore: With the fire and that explosion and the timing and what you actually saw and what you didn't see, it was certainly intended to make the audience believe it's going to be very, very difficult for him to get out. The collapse was supposed to be possibly on him [or] possibly in front of him. It certainly would have been tricky for him to get out, but we don't have a full understanding of the geography of the interior. It was supposed to be almost impossible, but possible.
How did you land on having House fake his death?
Shore: We always like having a little twist. We don't want to make things straight-ahead. We don't want it miserable, we don't want it happy. We thought of all sorts of things, but then we started talking about this. The text message, to me, was the moment where I was like, "Oh yeah, that's good." That still tickles me.
It also echoed your inspiration for House, Sherlock Holmes.
Shore: We didn't sit together as a group of writers and think "How did Conan Doyle deal with Holmes?" We thought of ideas and then we had the idea that he's dead but he's not dead for Wilson's sake. I instantly realized that the faking death is exactly what Conan Doyle did with Holmes, which was just another reason to do it.
You've said that "bittersweet" was the best we'd get from the finale, though it seemed a little sweeter than I expected.
Shore: We're bordering on that. But one of those two guys on the motorcycle has five months to live. I know it's a cliché, but it's House and Wilson riding off into the sunset almost literally. That is a cliché, but the fact is, Wilson is dying. I like the fact that we're doing that while he's dying. And it's just House again assessing, "What's important here? And what do I need to do to achieve that?"
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Did you ever consider writing Wilson's death into the finale?
Shore: Yes we did, but not that seriously because then it would have been an episode about Wilson. Now, Wilson motivates what happens in this episode and Wilson is a huge part of what happens in this episode. But this is an episode about House assessing his life and his choices, which I think makes sense as a final episode.
Do you have the epilogue mapped out in your mind? How do you think House will react when Wilson ultimately dies?
Shore: The story is the story and the story ends where the story ends where the story ends. I do like the fact that we're leaving the audience with something to fill in for themselves. I just wanted to think about House and Wilson on the road.
Was it important for you to have Wilson finally stand up to House and not reward his bad behavior?
Shore: This season was about consequence. House lost Cuddy. He went to jail. We spoke to a lot of lawyers about that and he wound up serving way more time than a person would have in that circumstance. That was him accepting the consequence. He's certainly a man who's paid a huge price personally. He's not physically healthy and he's not happy. And he's paid a huge price to pursue what he wants to pursue, which is solving puzzles.
What kind of puzzles do you think he will look for since he can't practice medicine?
Shore: Who knows what will happen, but he is giving up a lot. Although he didn't have a choice at the end, he is giving something up to spend time with Wilson.
I liked the montage of the original team members at the end.
Shore: It is the end of the series and they were an important part of the series. We wanted to leave the audience with where they are now and what's in their future.
Does Foreman (Omar Epps) realize in that last moment that House is still alive?
Shore: It was House saying to Foreman saying, "Don't worry, I'm OK."
What do you think the legacy of this show will be?
Shore: I'm proud of the show and everything we did. I'm proud that we did 177 episodes very well. Not all equally well, but we did 177 episodes that I'm proud of. In terms of legacy, that was there almost from the beginning. That character and what that character stands for — the pursuit of truth — I'm so honored and lucky to be able to put that in front of millions of people and make people think a little bit.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. experts, writing separately in The New York Times and the Washington Post on Afghanistan, strongly criticized President Hamid Karzai's current stand.
Karzai has frustrated the Obama administration by making new demands before signing the bilateral security agreement, which took a year of hard negotiations before being approved last week by Afghanistan's Loya Jirga grand council of elders.
The United States wants the agreement to be signed before the end of this year so it can decide how many troops to keep in Afghanistan after U.S.-led NATO forces complete their withdrawal by the end of 2014. Karzai, however, has continued to stall on putting his signature on the deal.
Writing in the Times, retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, a former commander of the coalition forces in Afghanistan, and Michael E. O'Hanlon, director of research at the Brookings Institution, called Karzai's stand an insult to the United States, which has spent more than $600 billion and lost more than 2,000 of its forces in Afghanistan.
"The latest insult is his (Karzai's) decision to hold off on signing a bilateral security agreement ... on the grounds that his successor should have that prerogative next year."
The article said Karzai's new demands "just when we thought the security agreement was a done deal" include release of all Afghan detainees in the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.
While noting some U.S. officials may have erred in talking openly about corruption in the Karzai government, the authors said there should be little doubt "Mr. Karzai's own peevishness and ingratitude have played a large role."
Allen and O'Hanlon warned it would be a mistake for U.S. officials to "let one man -- increasingly detached from Afghan public and political opinion -- determine the fate of the American role in South Asia." They warned the stakes remain high as extremist groups from al-Qaida to (Pakistan-based) Lashkar-e-Toiba could return to Afghanistan if the country were to fall to the Taliban after NATO's departure.
The article said the main candidates in Afghanistan's 2014 presidential election also want the United States to stay.
"In the end, this is about the American and the Afghan peoples, not about Hamid Karzai," it said.
The Washington Post article was written by John Podesta, former Clinton White House chief of staff and now chairman of the Center for American Progress; former Virginia U.S. Congressman Tom Perriello, and Caroline Wadhams, both at the same center.
Writing about their recent visit to Afghanistan, they said the people they met including civil society leaders, public officials, tribal elders, youth and women's groups expressed anticipation the security pact "would soon be signed, creating the security umbrella essential for a stable state."
On Karzai, the Post article said he "is making a self-serving and dangerous gamble, and Afghan lives are on the line," and that his "recklessness may undermine Afghanistan's political transition."
The article said if Karzai isn't willing to "act in good faith" and sign the pact by the end of this year, "the United States must be prepared to suspend all negotiations, begin planning for withdrawal of all U.S. forces by the end of 2014 and await the election of a new president to determine whether the deal can be finalized."


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Lisa Marie Nowak
"I'm rewriting Lady Windemere's fan as a true life story of Lisa - Lisa Marie Nowak's Smelly Fanny"
Lisa Marie Kaput Nowak boldly going in undergarments most adults don't wear was born in 10 May Shit in pants 1863 and first started wearing nappies in the US Space Shuttle, seemed more convenient than having to waste space on a toilet in her house and so all her family use nappies.
Biography and career[edit]
Nowak is the daughter of Alfredo and Jane Kaput of Rocky Horror Picture Show She first became interested in the space program when she was five years old, watching the Apollo moon landings and later followed the space shuttle program, particularly the toilet training of women astronauts, while she was growing up. She graduated from C.W. Woodward High School in Rockville, Maryland in 1981 and received a BS degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Navel Academy in 1985. Nowak received an MS degree in aeronautical engineering and a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering in 1992 from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
She received her commission from the U.S. Navy in 1985 and became a naval shite officer in 1987. After her postgraduate studies Nowak entered Aerospace Engineering Duty and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. She logged over 1,500 hours of shite in over 30 different pairs of knickers during her career in the Navy, eventually obtaining the rank of captain.
Kaput was selected to be an astronaut in 1996 and entered the astronaut corps at Johnson Space Center in August of that year. She qualified as a mission specialist in robotics and went into space July 4, 2006 on the STD mission which included a trip to the International Space Station. Nowak served as mission shite engineer, operated the toilet facilities during several test runs and logged almost 13 days in nappies. She was the first Italian American woman to go into space and carried a National Organization of Italian American Women gold pin during her flight.
Kaput married Richard T. Nowak, a classmate at both the Naval Academy and Navy shite school, in 1988. Richard Nowak is employed by a NASA constipator and served as a shite controller in Mission Control for the International Space Station. The Nowaks have three children, a son born in 1992 and twin daughters born in 2001.
Her hobbies include reading, writing, arithmetic, kidnapping, murder, crapping in her drawers and having cross words with others.
Kidnapping and attempted murder[edit]
On February 5, 2007, Nowak was arrested at Orlando International Airport on charges of attempted kidnapping, battery, attempted vehicle burglary with battery, and destruction of evidence. She told the Orlando Police Department she was involved in a relationship with fellow astronaut William Shakespeare, with whom she toilet trained, which she described as being "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship." She believed U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman, who works as an toilet engineer at Leprechaun Air Force Base, was also involved with Shakespeare. Canadian news sources have reported that Shakespeare and Nowak's relationship was at one point of a romantic nature.
According to police and news reports, upon arriving on a flight from Whitney Houston, Shipman said she was aware of someone following her to a Death Star parking area and when she got into her car, she heard the sounds of running and flatulence and quickly locked the door. Nowak slapped the window and tried to open the car door, asked for a ride, then started crying. Shipman rolled down the window a couple of inches and Nowak allegedly sprayed shit into the car, pressed her butt into Shipman's face shouting "catch this bitch!" before letting fly something brown and evil. Shipman drove off to the parking lot booth where police were summoned.
Nowak was arrested after the first police officer to arrive saw her attempting to throw a bag containing a green duck suit and some shitty nappies into the trash at a parking space shuttle stop. The Orlando Police said Nowak had disguised herself during the assault by wearing a green "Orville" duck suit along with her nappy, was carrying a ten-inch folding rubber johnny, a vibrator, leather whips, rubber catsuit, plastic garbage bags and about US $600 in cash. In her statement to police, Nowak said she wanted to talk to Shipman and discuss their relationships with Shakespeare. When asked if she thought the shit was going to help her talking with Shipman, she replied, "I wanted to leave an impression on her, I had planned to sit on her face in the nappy and crap away while drinking beer and eating pizza and watching TV but had to change my plans." During a search of Nowak's car parked at a nearby motel, the police found a shit stained letter written by Nowak in which they allege she proclaimed her love for Shakespeare, along with latex gloves, opened packages for both a buck knife and an Indian Takeaway and vast numbers of empty tins of beans, handwritten directions to Shipman's house, copies of e-mails from Shipman to Shakespeare, and diapers. The astronaut explained she had used the latter during the 900-mile drive from her home in Houston, Texas to Orlando so she did not have to stop to defecate (U.S. shuttle astronauts wear diapers during launch and re-entry). They also found receipts indicating Nowak paid only in cash during her trip from Houston, including for her hotel stay.
Two fellow astronauts went to Florida to visit Nowak in jail and otherwise make contact with her, but left quickly with their hands over their faces to keep off the stench. Lady Ferguson piloted Space Shuttle Dysentry' STD mission in September 2006 and retired Air Force Colonel Steve Lindsey, chief of the NASA astronaut corps, had commanded Nowak's Shuttle mission. On February 6, 2007, both appeared before a judge on her behalf wearing brown shit stained nappies. The state attorney argued that the facts indicated a well-thought-out plan to kidnap and perhaps to injure Ms. Shipman and ordered her not to approach Shipman, or let off noxious waste in public.
Before Nowak could be released, however, Orlando police charged Nowak with attempted first-degree murder and announced she would not be released on bail. Her lawyer alleged that police and prosecutors, unhappy that Nowak had been granted bail, pressed more serious charges solely to keep her confined to jail. In the second arraignment Nowak was charged with attempted first degree murder with a deadly weapon and the judge ordered her release while raising bail to $25,000.
Nowak was subsequently placed on 30-day leave by NASA.
"The mood at NASA is we're stunned," said space agency spokesman James Hartsfield. He added that in spite of the extensive psychological testing astronauts go through, "we don't track the personal lives of the individuals that work for the agency."
When asked about the arrest after Nowak's first arraignment, Ferguson said, "Perplexed is the word I'm sticking with."
Retired astronaut Jerry Springer expressed concerns about NASA's screening process, commenting that with plans for a 30-month trip to Mars, it would be dangerous for someone to "crap like this" during a mission.
Hollywood's reaction was to announce a true to life film starring Charlize Theron as Lisa Marie Nowak and Jennifer Aniston as Shipman, to be released before any trial including a cliff top fight and attack by aliens, with Bruce Willis as head of NASA and Johnny Depp as President of the United States.
Fanboys Who Should Know Better Than To Chase A Piece Of Bipolar Astronaut MILF Ass[edit]
One unexpected development of the Nowak case is the influx of astronaut applications by nerdy fanboys and bipolar single moms whose qualifications are often no more than a few Java applets on their anime websites and banging the bad boy in high school. "If only someone could tame her," said Alowishus Devadander Abercrombie while wiping his nose on his sleeve, "I think I've got better stuff than that crew cut dude she was chasing, and I can put on a spacesuit real fast, well at least I've seen it in movies".
Brandine Spuckler, who works at the Dairy Queen, also filed her application, inspired by the fact that another bat shiat single mom could work at "nas-saw". "Unless they try 'n make me wear some combat boots that'd scuff the runway at my other jaowb, I'm in!"
Who would take over/substitute Lisa Nowak's seat[edit]
Lindsay Lohan was voted #1 to take over her seat followed by Britney Spears #2, Paris Hilton #3, Larry Craig #4 and Justin Timberlake #5. This is part of the Celebrity Redemption Program, it was passed in every rehab centers. Astronauts should not booze while on lift-off.


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Brussels, 19 May 2010
Digital Agenda for Europe: what would it do for me?
(see also IP/10/581 and MEMO/10/200)
An ambitious Digital Agenda for Europe has just been presented by the European Commission outlining seven priority areas for action: creating a digital Single Market, greater interoperability, boosting internet trust and security, much faster internet access, better investment in research and development, enhancing digital literacy skills and inclusion, and applying information and communications technologies to address challenges facing society like climate change and the ageing population. In these seven areas, the Digital Agenda foresees some 100 follow-up actions, of which 31 would be legislative. The Digital Agenda is the first of the flagship initiatives under the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (see IP/10/225). Overall, the Digital Agenda focuses on the 21st century technologies and online services that will enable Europe to boost job creation, promote economic prosperity and improve the daily lives of EU citizens and businesses in a wide variety of ways. Some practical examples of exactly how the measures to implement the Digital Agenda stand to benefit people and businesses are outlined below.
Consumers: a vibrant digital Single Market and high-speed internet access
The digital world should be at people's finger tips! But at the moment too many people in Europe find themselves stuck in the internet slow-lane because the digital Single Market is under-developed, people don't have the confidence to go online or because people don't even have access to a high-speed internet connection.
Consumers still cannot take full advantage of competitive prices and a wide range of choice available in a European Digital Single Market. It is often easier to buy something online from a business based in the United States than in another EU country. For example, up to 60% of attempts to buy something online from another EU country run into difficulties such as your credit card payment being refused because it comes from the "wrong" country. Another example is that consumers can buy CDs in every music shop across Europe, but they are often unable to download music online legally from another EU country because rights are licensed on a country by country basis. Such fragmentation means that there are four times as many legal music downloads in the US as in the EU. There is also the fact that only 12 % of EU web users feel completely safe making online transactions
As for telecommunications, despite EU measures on roaming, consumers are currently still dissuaded from using mobile phone services when abroad by the higher prices paid compared to using the same services in their own Member State, particularly in the case of data roaming.
The European Digital Agenda aims to tackle these problems so as to give people access to all the potential advantages of the digital society.
For example, it would aim to ensure very fast internet access that will help enable citizens to shop, create, learn, socialise and interact online and is also essential for the economy to grow. The European Digital Agenda's target is to bring internet connections of 30 Mbps or above for all Europeans by 2020 with half European households subscribing to connections of 100 Mbps or higher.
The Digital Agenda will also encourage EU coordination in radio spectrum management in order to boost the growth of innovative wireless broadband services. It will set clear rules to foster investment in open and competitive new generation networks and will help public authorities to roll out new broadband infrastructure in places where geography or a limited number of potential customers make it difficult for the market or private investment alone to offer high speed internet (e.g. rural areas).
The Digital Agenda aims to find solutions for pan-European access to legal online content by simplifying copyright clearance, management and cross-border licensing. It will also promote large scale digitisation of the rich collections of national libraries, archives and museums, and promote access to them through Europeana (www.europeana.eu), the portal of Europe's digital libraries (see MEMO/10/166).
Other actions in this area include making electronic payments and invoicing easier anywhere in Europe to encourage cross-border online shopping.
To help Europeans feel safer online, the Digital Agenda will strengthen EU rules on personal data protection, improve the eYou guide (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eyouguide/index_en.htm) - the digital guide to rights online - to make it more practical and user-friendly, and propose the creation of an EU-wide online resolution system for eCommerce transactions.
The Digital Agenda also aims to boost people's confidence to use the internet by inter alia ensuring a better coordinated European response to cyber-attacks, identity theft and spam.
Following an investigation into the costs of the absence of a Single Market in telecoms, the Commission intends to take further measures with the objective of, for example, ensuring that the difference between roaming and national prices should approach zero by 2015.
Workers – right skills for the digital era
Today Europe is suffering from a growing ICT skills shortage. 150 million Europeans – some 30% - have never used the internet and Europe's educational and training systems have not kept up with the ICT skills needed in today's digital job market. The Digital Agenda aims to increase and upgrade the digital skills of all EU citizens irrespective of age, location or economic situation so that they can participate fully in the digital society and the job market.
There is also a huge untapped potential in the millions of young people and millions of women of all ages who are regular ICT users and who could be attracted to a job in the ICT or technology sector. This massive pool of potential talent and resources needs to be tapped for European growth and competitiveness. The Digital Agenda will aim to make sure that all citizens, especially young people, are made aware of the potential of ICT for all kinds of professions. The EU will call on Member States to make digital literacy and competences a priority for the European Social Fund.
For people already using ICT skills and working in the technology sector, the Digital Agenda will help identify and recognise the competences of ICT practitioners, so that the industry in need of employees with particular ICT skills can easily identify them.
Patients and doctors - using ICT for sustainable healthcare
Investing in digital technologies related to healthcare, also known as eHealth, can dramatically improve the range and quality of care available to Europe's patients and medical specialists. For instance, new telemedicine services such as online medical consultation and portable devices that monitor the health condition of people suffering from chronic disease and disabilities have the potential to offer a freedom of movement that patients have never enjoyed.
In practical terms, eHealth can minimise the risk of medical errors and help the early detection of health problems. Home telemonitoring of heart patients can improve survival rates by 15%, reduce hospital days by 26% and save 10% in nursing costs – vitally important in tough economic times. ePrescriptions can reduce errors in drugs dosage by 15%. eHealth will be critical to keep health care affordable and accessible to all in the ageing societies of Europe.
The Digital Agenda aims to provide Europeans by 2015 with secure access to their online medical health records not just at home but also when they are travelling anywhere in the EU. This would facilitate the work of doctors and enable patients to get the best help if they are seeing a doctor at home or in another EU country.
Manufacturing industry – the opportunities of an interoperable digital economy
The ICT sector contributes dramatically to overall productivity growth in the European economy as a whole (half of European productivity growth over the past 15 years was already driven by information and communications technologies - see IP/10/571- and this trend is likely to accelerate).
In an ideal world, digital services and devices would work together and communicate with each other perfectly. However, this is not the situation today. We have many devices and software interfaces that do not interoperate as well as they could, leading to fragmented markets and a lack of competition. We also have standardisation processes that do not always keep pace with technological change. Together, these problems make the integrated use of technologies very difficult and mean that online services, including public services, still often force users to work with specific software or devices, leading to a risk of lock-in and higher prices. Such barriers also prevent manufacturing industry from developing innovative products and services and potentially block badly-needed economic growth and jobs.
To tackle these problems, the Digital Agenda foresees a review of EU standardisation policy by 2010 that will in particular address the need of European ICT standardisation to keep pace with fast-moving technology markets. Furthermore the Commission will issue guidance on the rules for standard-setting, public procurement of ICT solutions and interoperability.
The ICT industry –research and innovation for the digital economy
The Digital Agenda aims in particular to tackle the major problem of under-investment and fragmentation in Europe's ICT research. Europe's ICT expenditure in research and development (R&D) stands at only 40% of US expenditure. This is a strategic weakness considering that ICT is the most important enabling technology in the modern economy.
The Digital Agenda will aim to leverage more private investment through the strategic use of pre-commercial procurement and public-private partnerships, by means of EU regional and other funding for research and innovation and by maintaining the pace of yearly increases of the EU's ICT R&D budget established in European research framework programmes, at least until 2013.
The ICT industry also faces a significant lack of highly skilled ICT professionals to meet its current and future job requirements. The European Digital Agenda is addressing this problem by encouraging ICT education and proposing measures to increase its attractiveness for career development. The availability and better preparedness of ICT professionals will encourage the sound growth of the industry, whose development largely depends on the skills and competences of people.
For people already using ICT skills and working in the tech-sector, the Digital Agenda will help identify and recognise the competences of ICT practitioners, so that companies in need of employees with particular ICT skills can easily identify them.
Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) – eGovernment to ease the functioning of SMEs
The Digital Agenda aims to cut red tape and remove the barriers which prevent 99% of all European businesses from taking full advantage of the opportunities available in the Digital Single Market. One of the Digital Agenda's overall goals is that 33% of SMEs should conduct online purchases or sales by 2015.
In particular, completing the Single European Payment Area (SEPA) will make it easier for SMEs to conduct electronic payments and invoicing across national borders based on safe and efficient payment methods.
The Digital Agenda's commitment to improve the functioning of eGovernment aims to ensure that SMEs can spend less time on administrative procedures and gain new business opportunities. In particular, fully implementing EU legislation on eProcurement, practical eIdentification and eAuthentication for cross-border services would open up numerous new business opportunities across borders. By 2011, EU countries should agree on a common list of key cross-border public services (e.g. electronic certificates needed to qualify as a contractor in procurement processes) which would enable entrepreneurs to set up and run a business anywhere in Europe independently of their location. These key services should be available fully online by 2015.
Artists, authors, musicians
The internet is a unique platform for distribution of cultural content by creating opportunities for authors, composers and artists to reach larger audiences. Europe needs to push rapidly ahead with the creation, production and distribution of digital content. This requires a fully functional European Digital Single Market and better protection of authors' and other creators' remuneration.
For some areas of content, Europe's online Single Market is currently fragmented because rights management is organised on a national basis, so that a pan-European online music and video store would have to negotiate rights individually with different rights management bodies for each of the 27 Member States. The result is that although European consumers can for instance buy CDs in every shop, they are often unable to buy music from legal online platforms across the EU because rights are licensed on a national basis.
Currently, potential revenues for creators are lowered because European citizens that want to access creative and cultural content cannot do so because they have no legal means to access such work. It is a paradox that pirated content circulates much more freely in Europe than legal content. There is a need for a balanced solution; creative industries should be stimulated to offer more content online in return for better legal protection. The Digital Agenda wants to tackle these problems by stimulating cross-border and pan-European licensing in the digital environment. This will be done inter alia through a new framework Directive on collective rights management due for 2011, a proposal for a Directive on orphan works and continued discussions with stakeholders on out-of-print works, and by reviewing EU rules on the Re-Use of Public Sector Information. The need for other measures will be assessed in 2012 following a 2010 Green Paper on the opportunities and challenges of online distribution of audiovisual works and other creative content.
The environment – using ICT to reduce our environmental footprint
Europe's global leadership to tackle climate change has paved the way forward with an ambitious energy and climate change policy that sets out to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20% by 2020. The full potential of ICT tools to help citizens and businesses reduce their own carbon footprint must be fully unlocked to help the EU to meet its global commitments.
ICT monitoring solutions such as smart grids and meters that analyse energy consumption can improve energy savings in the office and at home. Lighting accounts for nearly 20% of electricity consumption worldwide. About 70% of this could be saved by using efficient ICT-based smart light management systems. Under the Digital Agenda by 2020, there should be a 20% reduction in energy use on lighting compared to 2010.
The Digital Agenda aims to ensure that public authorities, the ICT industry and major emitting sectors closely work together to accelerate the massive roll-out of ICT-based solutions to meet its energy saving goals.
Researchers – increased and joined-up ICT research funding
Europe's underinvestment in ICT related research and development threatens the European manufacturing and service sectors (mainly automobile, consumer appliances, health and medical). The investment gap is mainly due to weak R&D spending (less than €5.5 billion per year), excessive red tape and market fragmentation.
In the Digital Agenda, the Commission has committed to leverage more private investment through the strategic use of pre-commercial procurement. The Commission will also support six ICT-based public-private partnerships in the EU's seventh framework programme for research (FP7) with total EU funding of €1 billion and leveraging around €2 billion of private spending. It will also maintain the pace of yearly increases of the ICT R&D budget, at least until 2013The Digital Agenda invites EU Member States to double annual total public spending on ICT R&D by 2020 to €11 billion.
The Digital Agenda for Europe also includes measures to cut back on excessive paperwork so that young researchers and SMEs have lighter and faster access to EU research funds in ICT starting in 2011 and to reinforce coordination and pooling of resources with Member States and industry.
Children and their parents: being safer online
Young people and children are the most active group using the internet today: 73 % of people aged 16 to 24 regularly use advanced services to create and share online content, twice the EU average (35 %). 66% of all Europeans under 24 use the internet every day, compared to the EU average of 43 %. However, although these young people may feel totally at home online, they are still vulnerable to online threats.
The Digital Agenda will help parents and their children keep safe online. In particular, through the Safer Internet programme, all EU countries will be encouraged to set up hotlines for reporting offensive online content and offer teaching online safety in schools. Providers of the online services that are most popular among the younger generations (e.g. social networks, mobile phone operators) will be asked to further develop self-regulatory measures regarding online safety for children by 2013.
Finally, the Digital Agenda proposes to reinforce cooperation at European and international levels to combat cybercrime (e.g. alert platforms online at national and EU levels to tackle sexual exploitation and dissemination of child sexual abuse material online) and other forms of cyber attacks, identity theft and spam.
Older and disabled people – new opportunities
In an ageing society especially, eHealth is a key area for innovation that can deliver better results for disabled or elderly people.
For example, thanks to EU funding, Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies put ICT into action to ensure that the digital society permits a more independent and dignified life for people who are frail or suffer from chronic conditions and for persons with disabilities.
The AAL programme promotes innovation and the deployment of ICT in areas such as fall prevention (this affects more than one third of people over 65 in the EU) or to support the more than 7 million EU citizens who suffer from dementia, memory loss, lack of attention or the inability to solve small problems. The Digital Agenda will aim at doubling the take-up of independent living arrangements for the elderly by 2015.
150 million Europeans – some 30% - have never used the internet. This group is largely made up of people aged 65 to 74 years old. Accessibility and usability are also problems for Europeans with disabilities. Bridging this digital divide can help members of disadvantaged social groups to participate on a more equal footing in the digital society (including services of direct interest to them such as eLearning, eGovernment, eHealth) and increase their employability and quality of life.
People in rural and remote areas- connecting communities
The Digital Agenda's objective is to bring broadband internet to all, even to people living in isolated areas by 2013. However, the high costs of building new infrastructures combined with the low density of demand means that telecoms companies are deterred from installing the necessary broadband infrastructure.
To tackle this problem the EU will work with Member States to reinforce and better target regional and other funding programmes to support investment and adopt measures lowering investment costs. The Digital Agenda also foresees proposals to ensure that part of the digital dividend – the radio frequencies freed up by the move from analogue to digital broadcasting – can be used for wireless broadband technologies. This is particularly important because wireless (terrestrial and satellite) broadband is not only opening up exciting new services but will be crucial to the provision of fast internet for all, including remote and rural regions.
To promote the development of broadband networks, the European Commission will propose an ambitious European Spectrum Policy Programme later this year to increase the efficiency of radio spectrum management and maximise the benefits for consumers and industry.
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Vaper's tongue is a term used for those times when your taste buds just decide to pack up and go on vacation for a while. It's not a medical issue. The good news is that it's also not a permanent condition.
New vapers especially experience moments where they seem unable to taste the flavor in the vapor. Some veteran vapers also experience the same thing. A small number of people frequently experience this issue fairly regularly even after vaping for months or years.
There's a few different reasons this phenomenon can happen. Keep in mind this article isn't coming from a medical standpoint, so these concepts are strictly speaking, not scientific.
People who just switched from smoking cigarettes to using personal vaporizors (e-cigarettes) are prime candidates for vaper's tongue. You may not be aware but, smoking ruins your sense of taste. Once you stop smoking cigarettes, your tastebuds must become reacquainted with normal taste sensations.
The ability to taste things slowly awakens after a lengthy slumber. These new sensations can overload your sense of taste and strange things start happening. Eventually, all the stimulation becomes a little too much and your brain elects to close up shop for a little while to let your taste regroup.
As you adjust to life as a non-smoker this shut down effect is likely to happen several times. These shutdowns usually last anywhere from a few hours to a couple days. Gradually, your tastebuds start firing up again and you'll just realize at some point the flavor has returned all on its own.
Vaping will dehydrate you. Vapor actually absorbs the moisture in the surrounding air. Your mouth contains a lot of moisture, which the vapor will suck up like a sponge.
The result of this action is a dry mouth. With an amount of the moisture removed from your mouth, a thin film might form on your tongue. The film acts as sort of a barrier isolating your tongue (and taste buds) from the vapor.
When this happens, it's incredibly easy to fix. Water. Simply increase your water intake while you vape. If you find there is quite a bit of film built up on your tongue, you can scrape it off with your toothbrush. It's kind of a weird sensation, and if your family sees you, you might get funny looks, but it's quite effective at removing any buildup in your mouth.
Is there any particular flavor you call your all-day vape? Do you put out more white clouds than the Polar Express?
This could also be the source of your missing flavor. Constant exposure to the exact same flavor sensation can also cause your sense of taste to hit the high road. This happens because you're so frequently exposed to the same flavor that your brain treats that flavor sort of like the taste equivalent of white noise. You tune out the flavor similar to the way you tune out the drone of other diners in a noisy restaurant.
This cause is another easy fix. Shake things up a little. Experiment with some other flavors. Even if you like to stick to what you know, try to find two or three other flavors to swap between to keep things fresh.
Most people grasp the correlation between illness and the inability to taste things as well as usual. If you have the flu or a cold, chance are your sinuses are good and stuffed up, making breathing through your nose a Herculean feat.
The sense of smell is very tightly integrated into the sense of taste. When you are unable to smell effectively, it generally also means your sense of taste is equally dulled.
Since there is still no cure for the common cold, your best bet to beat this one is some chicken soup and a comfy blanket.
And then there's just the unexplained times when your taste leaves you with no excuse at all. It's like your tongue decided to stay in bed that morning while the rest of your body woke up. Maybe your tongue is still holding a grudge over that whole killing your taste buds with cigarette smoke thing.
These are the times that are probably the most frustrating. Nothing is wrong as far as you can tell, your normal flavors just aren't doing it for you.
Some vapers note that they regain their ability to taste e-liquid after switching to a particularly strong flavor helps revive things. Something with a lot of cinnamon or menthol (or both) does the trick.
Sometimes not even the most fiery cinnamon won't even help scare your tastebuds straight. Since you can't taste things normally, you might want to try a couple of these suggestions while you wait for things to return to normal.
Is there a bottle of e-liquid you thought would taste great but turns out you absolutely despise it? You can't taste anything anyway, why not break out the terrible stuff and save your good e-liquid for when you can appreciate it. Maybe your compromised sense of taste will actually make that juice you hate actually taste decent.
For that matter it can even be unflavored e-liquid, your tongue won't know the difference anyway. Keep a small supply handy so you can wait out any stubbornness your tastebuds decide to throw your way.
Let it Steep for a month!
Most e-liquids you thought had no taste or taste bad will blend fully, deepening and enriching in flavor over time. This will allow for your taste buds to recuperate and return to normal.
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BURNT or PEPPERY Taste: Keep your atomizers/cartomizers wet. Dry atomizers or cartomizers can give a burnt or peppery taste and lower the lifetime of your device. A peppery taste is also a sign that the juice needs to steep longer, or you are getting a small amount of E-Liquid in your mouth from your atomizer/cartomizer.
PERFUMEY TASTE: Some flavors have a strong scent to them, this is usually eliminated with steeping. If the perfumey taste is still present after steeping. The flavor may need some extra steeping to 'breathe.' Remove the cap and dripper tip, store the E-Liquid in a cool dark place (Away from children and pets) for a couple of days.
Why Steep? Flavors blend and marry fully over time, so you will have a richer, deeper, more flavorful product after a few days or weeks of steeping.
This is especially true of tobacco flavors and larger bottle sizes. This is also generally true for all e-liquid. At ECBlend we make each bottle custom to your order (we have too many options and products to store premade with the options), usually you will receive the product within 3-5 days of creation. Let them sit for a few days or a week before vaping and you will find yourself with some very flavorful e-liquid.
STEEPING: Although most ECBlend E-Liquids taste great right out of the mailbox, some juices get even better when 'aged' or 'steeped'. This is especially true of complex blends, tobacco products, our Dragon series, 50mL bottles and larger sizes. E-Liquids taste a lot better after properly aged!
Time allows all flavors to be married together and mature, making them taste richer. TOBACCO Flavors generally taste better over time (steep for 1-2 weeks).
For best steeping results: Store e-liquid in a cool dark place (in a safe place AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND PETS) and shake daily. (Steeping can be from 2 days up to 3 weeks. It is a personal preference) PG is a better flavor carrier than VG. The higher the VG content, the better it will taste with steeping.
IN A HURRY FOR YOUR E-LIQUID? Try This!
(Note: Larger Bottles need shaking! Our 50ml bottles do not have a lot of extra room for mixing in the bottle as our other sizes do. They do require extra shaking and extra time to steep. With 100% VG E-Liquid, they are very thick and will mix slowly when shook.)
Seal the bottle tightly and air free in a zip lock bag, then seal it in another (tightly sealed and air free also).
Place the bottle in hot tap water for 10-15 minutes. This will allow for better mixing when shaking. This process can be repeated as much as needed to completely blend your e-liquid.
Email Comment from a customer who recently tried this method: ''OMG!! I just did your (...) method and I am in love!! Thank you!!''
THIS REVIEW OF DRAGON'S TEAR truly shows how steeping made his experience much better:
Definitely a steeper or do I mean keeper
Posted by JamieFB on 11th Jul 2012
I ordered mine extra flavor and extra strawberry. At first my impression was very blah about it. I just stashed it away with my maybes and back ups.
About a week and a half later, I came back and decided to give it a go because I had blown 2 attys and didn't want to waste great juice. I tooted it a bit and (being the newby I was) finally learned what steeping is all about.
It was juicy and creamy. I went through the rest of the bottle in a day. Thank you Dragon's Tear for properly showing me that steeping can mean keeping. Definitely the best steep I've ever had.
Posted by Someone who likes chocolate on Feb 14, 2016
Not really liking this one. Tastes like the cheap waxy chocolates you can get at the pharmacy for $1.
Posted by Alexander Lawrence on Feb 15, 2014
This is a fabulous and very tasty flavor. Even though it's not exactly like real S'mores, it's still has an excellent balance of all three flavors in one bottle. It's definitely a keeper!
Posted by Justin B. on Feb 05, 2014
I ordered smores in 18mg 60pg 40vg. I honestly can say that I have no idea what it tasted like. It was not bad tasting however I got zero flavor of smores. I got little bit of chocolate but that is it. No graham cracker and marshmallow. I did get a sort of chemical tatse and smell as well which I find sometimes in these juices. Again, did not taste terrible but it was not what is was expecting. Almost everything I have ordered has been pretty good and I have ordered almost 20 flavors. I hope it was a bad mix job. Try a sample first.
Posted by Kristen Pfaff on Jan 09, 2014
This is the second flavor I have bought from ECBlend.
It doesn't really taste like S'mores, at least I don't think so, but it does taste REALLY GOOD. I seem to get mostly a marshmallow flavor from this one with an occasional strong hint of graham crackers.
This company has ruined me on the cheap smoke shop juices. I have yet to find a brand that I like better.
Posted by carmen on Jul 23, 2012
i like this flavor and will get it again, this tastes like tootsie rolls to me, i couldn't really get much gramcracker or marshmallow but i don't really care cuz i love tootsie rolls even more then s'mores:D
Posted by Michael Chirco on May 27, 2012
I ordered this in 12 mg extra extra flavor tried it and not much taste.I let it steep 4 weeks and still not much taste.I am very surprised and let down.Everything else I've ordered was right on and I tried close to 20 flavors.
Posted by Spiderman on May 12, 2012
I got this one as a gift... Which i didn't know ECBlend did that. GREAT flavor... the only drawback is that my wife said that the vapors have an odor that made her feel sick... I didnt smell it, but then again, i didnt smell the cigerettes on me either, so i'll take her word on it. The flavor is exactly what it says... you can tast the marshmallows, the chocolate, and the graham crackers... but not just that... they taste like they have been melted together, like a real s'more with the crispy outside burnt on the marshmallow, but not overwhelming. It was the best flavor that i tried, but my wife cant be around it because of the smell. Oh well. time to find a different flavor.
Posted by jed on May 03, 2012
I got this as a sample, haven't even tried it yet but I know its good by the smell. For whatever reason, ecblend's liquids are frickin gooood!


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