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Proposed casinos for Massachusetts and Rhode Island are not good news for Connecticut, which has come to depend on its two casino resorts for hundreds of millions of dollars yearly in state revenues, thousands of jobs and tourists galore.
On the bright side: The competition on the northern front is still a few years away. Massachusetts lawmakers have authorized three casinos in that state, and at least six developers have expressed interest in building a casino resort in or near Springfield. But the first casino won't open for some time.
Also, the biggest threat to Connecticut's gaming empire, a Steve Wynn/Robert Kraft casino next to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., is now dead. The developers abandoned what could have been a formidable rival.
Plus, it's not like Connecticut's casinos are unfamiliar with competition. After all, the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino have been competing with each other for 16 years, as well as with Atlantic City and smaller gaming meccas. Half of the money coming into the tribal casinos comes from out of state.
Finally, there's no way that Massachusetts casino developers, in this dismal economy, can come close to building the palaces that Foxwoods and the Mohegan Sun have become. Tourists looking for more than just a slot machine — for dazzling shows, top restaurants, a state-of-the-art museum, one of the world's largest planetarium domes — will not soon find anything better than these two empires.
Nevertheless, the gravy train is slowing. Is Connecticut ready?
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In the 1990s, when Foxwoods and then Mohegan Sun opened just eight miles apart, they reaped the benefits of the real estate maxim "location, location, location." They were within day-trip driving distance of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are now, respectively, the biggest and second-biggest casinos in the Western Hemisphere, employing a total of 19,000 people.
Under an agreement with the state, the two turn over 25 percent of the revenue from slot machines to Connecticut's general fund. Last year, that amounted to more than $344 million.
But the vast profits have slowed from its zenith, when it would bring the state $420 million a year. Both casinos have had major layoffs. A New York Times Magazine story in March was headlined "Foxwoods Is Fighting for Its Life."
Though the prospect of expanded gaming nearby is worrying, the competition is not all in the future. Last year, a casino was opened at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, N.Y.; reachable by subway from Manhattan, it saw a bigger slot-machine take earlier this year than Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods combined.
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For Connecticut's casinos' future, the American Indian tribes that run them must continue their push to diversify and broaden their appeal. Using concerts, golf, basketball and shopping, both tribes have made their facilities tourist destinations rather than simply gaming halls. Mohegans also operate a casino at the Pocono Downs racetrack in Plains Township, Penn., and plan to buy a part of Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. Mohegan Sun is vying for a license to run casino in Palmer, 20 miles east of Springfield.
Foxwoods officials long ago foresaw the time when diversity would be required. "Gambling will not sustain my tribe or this state in terms of a broad economic base," a development officer for the Mashantucket Pequot tribe said in 1995. "Gaming is but a small part of economic development."
As for the state, it must readjust its expectation that its casinos will be able to pump as much money into its coffers as in the past. State leaders must either replace the slot machine shortfall or live without it, both more challenging options than taking a slice of the casinos' gambling profits.
But lawmakers don't have a choice. When neighboring casinos open, as was probably inevitable, southeastern Connecticut's cash cow will have less and less milk for the state's bucket.


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With his design, that is both visually striking and structurally daring, Calatrava puts the joy back into contemporary travel.
The steel and concrete structure , nicknamed La Paloma (the Dove) because of its resemblance to a giant bird about to take flight, is integrated into the hilly green landscape in the Txoriherri Valley in close proximity to Bilbao. The aluminium skin of the Central Terminal sweeps across the 140 meter long terminal entry, providing cover for multiple levels of arrival and departure.
The passengers reach the aircrafts by way of the Departure Hall, a soaring structure awash with daylight, and the four-storey Departure Gallery beyond that connects to the concourse,an aluminium wing reminiscent of an aircraft skin, that contain twelve passenger terminal gates.
The Departure Hall, with its ribbed concrete wings, is clear of visual clutter. Struts and wires cast changing patterns of striated shadows on the walls and granite floor.
The layout was designed to limit the impact of auxiliary buildings on the vista of the main building. An elegant four-story parking structure, with a skylit walkway leading to the Terminal Building, is tucked into a grassy embankment.
Calatrava also designed the Bilbao Zubi Zuri, or "white bridge," over the Nervion River, that links a rundown but rejuvenating commercial area with an elegant residential neighborhood. The glass deck is illuminated from the underside at night.

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Christina Ricci has turned fashion designer and created her own line of cosmetic bags.
The Sleepy Hollow star has teamed up with bosses at Make Up For Ever to release a limited-edition carry-all pouch, which features black faux leather, gun metal studs and a red lip pattern.
She tells Eonline.com, "I loved collaborating with Make Up For Ever on a custom makeup bag because I got to design something that actually holds everything I need on-the-go.
"My inspiration for the bag was hard rock meets couture, and I added a red lip motif to the geometric design since I love wearing red lipstick.
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Ricci isn't the first celebrity to launch her own make-up bag - actress Alicia Silverstone and pop star Jessica Simpson have all designed their own cosmetic cases.
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The story behind the hoodie begins in Europe in the Middle Ages, where tunics with attached hoods were the uniform of monks and the common everyday garment worn to shield from the elements.
The hoodie as we know it hasn't been around for nearly as long – but it's not a new addition to fashion either. American sportswear label Champion claims they invented the garment (with drawstrings and a sewn on muff) in the 1930s. Then it was made to meet the needs of sportsmen and outdoor workers and was only worn on the field until the 1970s, when it finally crossed the line and became popular as everyday wear too.
The hoodie was adopted into American street and hip hop culture, as graffiti artists found the hood to be useful when concealing their identities while covering buildings and trains with spray paint. As a consequence of entire cities getting covered in graffiti in the 70s and 80s, the hoodie became strongly linked to delinquency. It was at this time that the garment got the bad reputation that it, to some degree, still holds. Because of its rep, wearing a hoodie in the 70s and 80s was a fairly bold fashion choice. With time, its bad rep only made it more desirable.
As hip hop culture became mainstream, the hoodie became a fashion mainstay, and it was a primary component in many big fashion houses' collections throughout the 1990s. Back then, the garment was still connected to street culture, sports or leisure. That changed as the luxury hoodie arrived on the runway two decades later.
With over-long sleeves, loose fits and loud graphics, the hoodie became fashion's most-desired item in 2015. When Kanye West launched Yeezy Season 1 and the small French fashionFashion is a popular style or practice, especially in clothing, footwear, accessories, makeup, body piercing, or furniture. Fashion is a distinctive and often habitual trend in the style in which a person dresses. It is the prevailing styles in behaviour and the newest creations of textile designers. collective Vetements became the most buzzed label in the world, the item we previously associated with sports teams and teenagers was now shown at Haute Couture Week in Paris and seen on (almost) every global celebrity and Instagram influencer out there.
Now, as we've entered 2017, we believe we still haven't reached peak hoodie (if we ever will?). To help you out, we've curated a list of the best hoodies to buy at H&M now. Scroll down to find your match.


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"Read this carefully as it may save your life or the life of a relative or friend. In the next few days, some or all of the cities named on the reverse side will be destroyed by American bombs. These cities contain military installations and workshops or factories which produce military goods. We are determined to destroy all of the tools of the military clique which they are using to prolong this useless war. But, unfortunately, bombs have no eyes. So, in accordance with America's humanitarian policies, the American Air Force, which does not wish to injure innocent people, now gives you warning to evacuate the cities named and save your lives. America is not fighting the Japanese people but is fighting the military clique which has enslaved the Japanese people. The peace which America will bring will free the people from the oppression of the military clique and mean the emergence of a new and better Japan. You can restore peace by demanding new and good leaders who will end the war. We cannot promise that only these cities will be among those attacked but some or all of them will be, so heed this warning and evacuate these cities immediately."
Five days later, on August 6, 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was obliterated by the first use of an atomic weapon against a populated target.
On August 9, 1945, a second atomic weapon was dropped by the US Army Air Force on Nagasaki.
Flash-cut to today.
At the American governmental Leviathan's current course and speed, is it not predictable that someday soon, government lackeys across the former Republic will soon be receiving modern versions of that warning leaflet?
Read this leaflet carefully, as it may save your life or the life of a relative or friend.
In the next few months, personnel and facilities of some or all of the governmental agencies at the local, state, and Federal level listed below will be attacked and destroyed by free American men and women. Those personnel and facilities have been hired and used over the past decade to deprive Americans of their basic human rights, including the right to be free from unreasonable arrests, searches, and seizures. The operations of these personnel and facilities violate the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As such, we are determined to destroy the totalitarian vermin who have placed their interests ahead of their fellow Americans, as well as all of the tyrants' tools possessed by those traitors.
Unfortunately, despite every effort to target only specific personnel and facilities, innocent people may be accidentally injured by our actions. So, in accordance with America's traditional beliefs in fair play and justice, American freedom fighters, who do not wish to injure innocent people, now urge you to do the following:
– If you possibly can, resign from your position in the government. As a believer in traditional American values, you should no longer be willing to aid and abet the monsters who use you to inflict their will on your fellow Americans.
– If you cannot resign from your position but believe that your agency is part of the totalitarian regime destroying this country, provide any and all information you believe might be useful to the American Restoration, in electronic or hard-copy format, to the following electronic and physical addresses:
[insert 3rd-world addresses located in nations estranged from the US government]
– If you must stay in your job, remember to "strike in place", whether by refusing to work efficiently, obstructing or sabotaging your agency's anti-freedom efforts, and/or by providing information regarding your agency's incompetence and/or corruption to as many media outlets as possible.
We in the American fighting forces will make every effort to provide specific advance warnings of attacks against specific targets, wherever possible, so as to minimize any risk to innocent Americans. Stay aware of your circumstances, and when in doubt, avoid government locations and the company of totalitarian collaborators.
Remember: if you are reading this leaflet, you are the American Resistance. Together, we can restore American political freedom and individual human rights.
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- Good sound quality
- Great battery life
- A bit expensive
- Feature-poor in some respects
- Low-res screen
- Clunky resistive touchscreen
- Chunky body
- Unintuitive music library navigation
Key Specifications
- Review Price: £159.99
- 16/32GB internal memory
- microSD card slot
- JetEffect 5 audio engine
- 4.3in 272 x 480 pixel screen
- Resistive touchscreen
These days, many people use a smartphone as their main music player. However, back when you were lucky if your phone had a colour screen, dedicated players like the Cowon X9 were big business. Now Cowon has to aim squarely at the audio enthusiast crowd to stay afloat. Consequently, sound quality is great but the X9 does feel a little expensive, and dated in parts.
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Cowon X9 Design
Cowon's players are often on the chunky side. The Cowon A5 was positively gargantuan, but thankfully the latest Cowon X9 PMP has slimmed down a little from that blueprint. It's around as thick as an iPod Classic, and a little larger thanks to the 4.3-inch screen.
However, like the A5, the Cowon X9 still feels ungainly as – unlike the elder statesman iPod – this is a solid state memory gadget rather than a hard drive player. The 16GB (32GB also available) of internal memory here needn't take up more space than a thumbnail, so there's no real excuse for the chunk factor. Thanks to the generous bezel, it's almost as wide as a Samsung Galaxy S3 too, which will be too large for smaller hands to hold comfortably.
Aside from the dimensions, the Cowon X9 player is reasonably attractive-looking. Its body is all-plastic, but the white of the front and edges combined with the muted grey of the rear provide a relaxed look that has a clear sense of style. Cowon says it "expresses refinement and comfortability", which is not only over-egging it a bit, but actually doesn't make sense. However, its intentions aren't too far off the results.
Cowon X9 Features
The Cowon X9 brings a feature or two you won't find in every touchscreen-operated media player. It has physical playback buttons on the left edge, controlling which track plays, and acting as play/pause controls. Unfortunately, Cowon didn't think to include a hold switch on the body, making accidental presses of these buttons a bit too easy.
Alongside these buttons is a plastic flap that hides the microSD memory card slot and the proprietary charge connector, which looks uncannily like a miniHDMI slot. It's not one, however, and while a composite video output cable is available, it doesn't come with the player.
The Cowon X9 connectivity options are surprisingly poor, all told. There's no Bluetooth, ruling-out being able to use wireless headphones, no Wi-Fi and no GPS. The one extra hardware bit is a G-sensor, which can tell the angle the device is being held at. But as it's only useful in the one pre-installed game, we'd have rather had almost anything else.
Like an iPod touch, the Cowon X9 has an inbuilt speaker on the rear, letting you play music without headphones. However, it is poor. It distorts way before reaching top volume and offers crude sound quality. Hardware-wise, the Cowon X9 is a disappointment. For a device as expensive and large as this, it's quite feature-poor.
Cowon X9 Battery Life
The Cowon X9 does win back some points with its impressive-sounding 110-hour battery, however. It's non-removable and we don't know its actual mAh capacity figure, but it will offer greater stamina than something like an iPod Classic.
However, even this strong point is not without its weaknesses. Power management is not great, and after leaving the player sitting dormant for a few days, the battery had run itself down. It doesn't seem to be as clever as a 2012 media player should be.
Cowon X9 Software and Screen
Unlike the Android-powered A5, the Cowon X9 uses a Cowon-developed interface that lays-out the player's key features into two pages of panels. Although mostly grey and white rather than a dazzling explosion of colour, it looks stylish enough and is easy to use.
It's here that you'll find the few extra non-hardware features on offer in the Cowon X9. There's an FM radio, a voice recorder (there's an inbuilt microphone), a document reader, stopwatch, calendar and an extremely basic casual game called Hunter. This is certainly no iPod touch or Android powered Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 4.2 device in terms of apps and games.
Flicking through the interface and your music library is hampered by the type of touchscreen used. Most people are used to fingering capacitive touchscreens, but the Cowon X9 uses a resistive screen, which was common in the dark ages of smartphone infancy. As it senses direct pressure, a firm prod is needed to get the player to respond, making using the thing feel sluggish and clumsy.
The interface's chances of making a good impression are diminished by the low-quality screen too. At 4.3-inches across, it's fairly big, but its resolution is extremely low at 272 x 480 pixels. Held at arm's length you can still see the pixels. To put it into some form of context, the pixel density of the Cowon X9 is 128dpi. The pixel density of the 2011 iPod touch, 329dpi.
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Whether you are planning a quick weekend getaway, family vacation, or a road trip, there are many amazing choices in the United States and If you only have a few days, browse our weekend getaways page for choices near you so that you can take a short drive rather than spend precious vacation time on travel. If you have a long weekend or a full week, consider a trip to the Caribbean, Hawaii, Europe, California and other fun places around the world.
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2007 Lexus ES 350
The Lexus ES is all-new for 2007. Boasting a new 3.5-liter engine, the 2007 Lexus ES 350 is more powerful than last year's ES 330. In fact, the Lexus ES with this new engine is now a serious performer. We were impressed with it and found it quick and responsive. Lexus says it can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6.8 seconds, a solid performance from its 272-horsepower engine. Likewise, the steering and handling are much more responsive than with last year's model.
Still, the Lexus ES is a luxury sedan that celebrates smoothness, quietude and sophistication. It doesn't suffer the hard ride of a sports sedan. You can safely sip a cappuccino on the way to work. The ride is smooth, the engine is smooth, the transmission operation is flawless, and everything is quiet.
The Lexus ES has come a long way. When Toyota launched its Lexus brand of luxury cars in 1989, its entry-level car was the ES 250, a thinly disguised Camry chassis and powertrain with an upgraded body and interior. This car's role was to give the new dealers some sales volume to help support the big LS 400. With each of the succeeding four generations of ES, the car has better met the needs of the upper end of the entry-luxury segment, with more room, more space, more power and more standard equipment. And more safety features. The all-new 2007 ES 350 makes the greatest single leap in ES history.
The ES uses front-wheel drive, while the Lexus IS models are rear-wheel drive. In short, the ES is designed more for luxury and a smooth, comfortable ride, while the IS models are designed more for performance and handling.
The ES 350 will compete with the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, BMW 3 Series, Infiniti G35 and M35, Audi A6, Saab 9-3, Volvo S60 and a host of domestics in this popular class. Pricing for the 2007 ES 350 was not available at press time.
Model Lineup
The 2007 Lexus ES 350 comes as one model, but the buyer can opt for a huge range of equipment by selecting Premium, Premium Plus, Ultra Luxury, Pre-Collision, and Adaptive Cruise options packages. Freestanding options include park assist, a power rear sunshade, heated and ventilated front seats, a full-size spare tire, a wood and leather trim package, and DVD navigation with backup camera.
Optional equipment includes a navigation system, satellite radio (XM or Sirius), a 14-speaker Mark Levinson stereo system, Bluetooth wireless capability for cellphones, a panoramic glass roof, and radar-adaptive cruise control.
Safety features that come standard on the ES 350 include dual front airbags, a knee airbag, side-impact airbags (for torso protection), curtain airbags (for head protection), electronic stability control, traction control, antilock brakes (ABS), electronic brake-force distribution (EBD), and a tire-pressure monitor system. A new two-chamber passenger airbag is designed to stop your passenger's upper body and torso with minimal facial contact and neck stress on deployment.
The Pre-Collision package includes a radar-based cruise control system that automatically maintains a preset distance between the ES 350 and the car ahead. If the system senses an imminent collision, it retracts all the outboard seatbelts and triggers full panic-braking power at the pedal (but it doesn't close the windows and the sunroof like the Mercedes-Benz system).
The 2007 ES 350 featires the Lexus L-Finesse design scheme used on three concept cars and the GS and IS sedans, with everything emanating from the grille and flowing back over the car in hard lines. The new look brings a new level of slickness, only 0.28 coefficient of drag in the wind tunnel, making the ES 350 inherently quieter and more fuel-efficient than before.
The first thing that impressed us was the new look and more generous physical size of the car. The grille has been subdued, the headlamp units have been made smaller and less obtrusive, and the accent line along the side has been raised to yield more musculature under the skin. Now this car looks like it belongs in a Lexus showroom.
The new ES 350 was consciously upsized, to about where the original LS 400 flagship car was when it was introduced. The wheelbase is more than two inches longer at 109.25 inches, the body is wider by 0.4 inches, the track is wider by 1.2 inches, and the body has crisper, shorter overhangs along with a new front, side and rear appearance that's much more luxurious looking than any previous ES.
About the only exterior customizing you can do other than paint and wheels is a choice of lighting, from standard projector beam to optional high-intensity discharge headlamps to optional adaptive lighting, the latter of which swings the headlamps through an arc of up to 15 degrees when turning. There are 10 colors to choose from.
The ES 350 is about 110 pounds heavier than the ES 330 due to the addition of more safety features and standard equipment built into the price.
Interior Features
If there is any part of this car that could be called a quantum leap, it's the interior, which is much more together, more modern, and more fully equipped than any previous Lexus ES interior.
It starts with the standard SmartAccess key fob and push-button engine starting, a first for the ES, and goes from there. The instrument panel and center stack are completely new and much more driver-centered, engaging and involving that previous panels. The main instruments are deeply tunneled, using white LED lighting and the Optitron electroluminescent displays that are part of all Lexus models, with their eye-pleasing startup routine. The standard trip computer monitors a dozen functions. All of the real wood trim is from a matched set that is serial-numbered for future replacement, if necessary. The thick, fat steering wheel is a pleasure to use.
There's more space overall, within a few cubic feet of the original LS 400 V8 rear-drive sedan at 95.4 cubic feet, with more shoulder and leg room built in, and the rear floor is flat and can accommodate large American feet under the seats. There are three interiors to choose from in leather, perforated leather, or cloth, plus optional semi-aniline leather.
The new ES is insulated well. At cruising speeds, it's extremely quiet, in part due to a new acoustic-control laminated windshield.
The driving ambience is superb, with good sightlines, the hooded instruments and crisp graphics, a 10-way power seat and standard tilt/telescope steering wheel. Fit and finish inside are exemplary.
Driving Impressions
When the engine displacement, power and torque get such a big boost all at once, it can change your opinion of a car very quickly, and that's what happened to us the first time we booted the 3580-pound Lexus ES 350 up a long, long hill in Hawaii. The new ES 350 benefits from a brand-new all-aluminum engine design with all the latest technologies built in, and it's a honey, with 57 more horsepower than the 3.3-liter engine it replaces, and one more gear to run through.
For the first time, performance is part of the equation in an ES. It's quick to respond, the engine is as smooth and quiet as you would expect, and the transmission operation is flawless, automatic or manual mode, downshift or upshift. Engine and transmission are linked by several electronic modules and the electronic throttle, and there were no glitches we could find. The engine and transmission are isolation-mounted with an electro-hydraulic mounting system to cancel vibration at idle. Lexus quotes a 0-60 mph time of 6.8 seconds, which is certainly competitive in the segment.
Two important additions of standard equipment on the ES for 2007 are traction control and stability control which, when combined with this new chassis, allow sporting drivers to do maneuvers that no previous ES would do, and quickly. The front struts and multi-link rear suspension are both very well isolated from the rest of the car, making for a quiet, smooth ride, with greater control of pitch and body roll than the outgoing car.
We think the ES could use more tire on the ground than the standard 215/55R17s it comes with (there is an optional 10-spoke wheel package, but it uses the same size tires). We'd like a little more steering feel in the corners and on the highway, but otherwise the speed-related power steering is good and solid.
Although the brakes themselves are average in size for this class, the electronic control package that comes with them makes them very powerful and very repeatable, with no sign of brake fade after a hard workout. Because this is an entry-luxury sedan and not a sports car, the ABS, traction control and stability systems intervene early and often to keep the car going in the intended direction, so you can't really hang it out, and that's okay with us.
The all-new 2007 Lexus ES 350 is a prime example of what Toyota and Lexus and can do when properly motivated to take a car upmarket. Unlike its predecessors, the 2007 ES 350 is quick and quiet at the same time, screwed together better than a Swiss watch, and actually has some sex appeal for the first time in its life. In light of the new design and all the new standard equipment, there is every reason to believe that the ES 350 will be among the fiercest competitors in the entry-luxury segment in 2007. We think it's an excellent choice among luxury sedans.
New Car Test Drive correspondent Jim McCraw filed this report from Hawaii.
|Model Line Overview
|Model lineup:
|Lexus ES 350
|3.5-liter 24-valve dohc V6
|6-speed automatic
|Safety equipment (standard):
|front airbags, side-impact airbags, curtain airbags; electronic stability control, ABS, EBD, traction control; tire-pressure monitor system
|Safety equipment (optional):
|dynamic radar cruise control; pre-collision system
|Basic warranty:
|4 years/50,000 miles
|Assembled in:
|Fukuoka, Japan
|Specifications As Tested
|Model tested (MSPR):
|Lexus ES 350
|Standard equipment:
|air conditioning, power steering, power disc brakes, power windows, power locks, power mirrors, power sunshade, console, cruise control, message center, trip computer, fog lamps, AM/FM/CD/MP3 sound system
|Options as tested (MSPR):
|Destination charge:
|Gas guzzler tax:
|Price as tested (MSPR):
|front-wheel drive
|3.5-liter dohc 24-valve V6
|Horsepower (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|272 @ 6200
|Torque (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|254 @ 4700
|6-speed automatic
|EPA fuel economy, city/hwy:
|21/30 mpg
|109.3 in.
|191.1/71.7/57.3 in.
|Track, f/r:
|62.2/61.7 in.
|Turning circle:
|36.7 ft.
|Seating Capacity:
|Head/hip/leg room, f:
|37.4/55.9/42.2 in.
|Head/hip/leg room, m:
|Head/hip/leg room, r:
|36.8/52.8/35.9 in.
|Cargo volume:
|14.7 cu. ft.
|Towing capacity:
|Suspension, f:
|independent, MacPherson strut, coil springs, stabilizer bar
|Suspension, r:
|independent, MacPherson strut, multi-link
|Ground clearance:
|6.0 in.
|Curb weigth:
|3580 lbs.
|Brakes, f/r:
|vented disc/solid disc with ABS, EBD, Brake Assist
|Fuel capacity:
|18.5 gal.
|Unless otherwise indicated, specifications refer to test vehicle. All prices are manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSPR) effective as of March 31, 2006.Prices do not include manufacturer's destination and delivery charges. N/A: Information not available or not applicable. Manufacturer Info Sources: 800-255-3987 - www.lexus.com
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'Stay Put' Policies in Irish Residential Buildings
England's 2017 Grenfell Tower Fire – Never Again Elsewhere ??
2018-06-12 …
As we approach the First Anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire Tragedy, in England, on 14 June … a few days ago, on 4 June 2018, the first batch of Grenfell Expert Witness Reports were uploaded (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44356660) to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Website (https://www.grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/) for public view.
At this time, in London … multiple, fragmented investigations are taking place into the actual fire incident … the role of the Local Authority, and building management … those involved in the refurbishment ('tarting up') design and construction … the fire services, particularly their 'Stay Put' Policy and how it adversely impacted on vulnerable Tower occupants during the emergency … and the highly flawed regulatory model of Building and Fire Codes with light-touch Control, which is still operating in England. One of Murphy's Laws immediately springs to mind with regard to the intended ineffectiveness of this overly-complex process !
Many other countries have adopted some or all of this modern English regulatory model which, after the repeal of an older Bye-Law format, has been shaped by political expediency, cost-effectiveness and general ineptitude … with little or no adaptation to local conditions in the adopting jurisdictions. Ireland adopted this model with some, but not a lot, of adaptation.
Fire Safety In Ireland ?
On 6 June 2018 … while that investigative activity was hitting the headlines in England … Minister Eoghan Murphy, T.D., Ireland's Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, quietly published the Report: 'Fire Safety in Ireland' … http://www.housing.gov.ie/local-government/fire-and-emergency-management/fire-safety/eoghan-murphy-publishes-report-fire … by a High-Level Task Force within his Department's National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management, after serious concerns and fears had been expressed in the public media that a similar fire tragedy might also occur in this jurisdiction.
To be crystal clear … this Report is a Bureaucratic Whitewash … an insult to the Public ! Nice sounding technical 'blarney' camouflages a failure to deal directly with critical issues, and answer concerns … while other important issues are avoided altogether.
.May 2018 – Ireland's Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government Report
Fire Safety In Ireland (PDF File, 2.55 MB)
Expanding on my comments in the Interview with Barry Lenihan, on RTE Radio 1's Drive Time early evening news programme on Friday (2018-06-08) …
A. Initially, Irish Local Authorities were requested to carry out a preliminary survey to identify all buildings of more than six storeys, or 18m in height. Specifically, they were asked to identify those buildings which had an external cladding system which might be a cause for concern.
This height threshold of six storeys/18m is arbitrary … an external cladding system can be just as much a cause for concern in a building which is lower. Imagine discarded cigarette butts or a rubbish fire at the base of such a system … and the resulting speed of fire spread and development across a building façade !
B. The highly flawed regulatory model of Building and Fire Codes, with light-touch Control, which resulted in the Grenfell Tower Fire Tragedy … we also have. Wake up and smell the coffee Ireland !
At the beginning of the 1990's, when Ireland had been persuaded by the European Commission to finally introduce legal, national building regulations having a functional format … our National Authority Having Jurisdiction, in desperation, grabbed the then Approved Documents for England & Wales … brought them back to Ireland, put Irish covers on them, and originally called them 'Technical Documents' … but, after seeing a tiny ray of inspiring light, later changed their title to the more accurate 'Technical Guidance Documents' ! This hunger for adopting all things English which are fire safety related continues to this day … with a similar, ongoing division of Technical Guidance Document B: 'Fire Safety' into 2 Separate Volumes.
This may have been a convenient response under pressure … but it has been very short-sighted. It has impeded the growth of a comprehensive and coherent philosophy on Safe, Inclusive, Age-Friendly, Resilient, Sustainable Planning, Design and Construction Codes/Controls which is suited to an Irish context and responsible local needs (not desires!).
C. Everywhere … this Report has a lot – too much – to say about Fire Risk Assessment ! After the Grenfell Tower Fire, however, Fire Risk Assessments must only be carried out by competent persons … and the process of Fire Risk Assessment, itself, must be radically improved ! And of course, prior to any Risk Assessment … a proper Fire Hazard Appraisal must be carried out.
D. To accurately present Fire Safety Trends in Ireland … it is not enough to furnish reliable fire fatality statistics. It is also necessary to produce reliable fire injury statistics … and reliable information on direct/indirect socio-economic losses.
E. The quality of fire safety related construction on Irish Building Sites continues to be very poor and problematic. Fire Compartmentation is nowhere near being adequately – never mind acceptably – reliable ! And during the last few years we have had quite a number of close-calls concerning fire incidents in medium-rise residential buildings.
F. Fire Evacuation for people with activity limitations is still handled atrociously in our current building regulations. This is ironic because, on 20 March 2018 last, Ireland had to be dragged screaming to ratify the U.N. 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) !
Positive Progress By Another Path !
1. Abandon the outdated English functional requirements in THEIR building regulations … and adopt a far better, more up-to-date body of functional requirements which is already on the Irish Statute Books … Annex I of the European Union's Construction Products Regulation 305/2011. And because there are important horizontal linkages between requirements … immediately finish the ridiculous current separation between Fire Safety requirements and all of the other requirements. And yes … new Technical Guidance Documents will have to be drafted.
.Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 9 March 2011, laying down harmonized conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC
EU Regulation 305/2011 – Construction Products. See Annex I
(PDF File, 998 Kb)
2. Yes … 'Persons Having Control' of buildings have responsibilities with regard to fire safety. But that is only one side of the coin ! National and Local Authorities Having Jurisdiction have greater responsibilities.
If we are at all serious about Consumer Protection … bad, inadequate, faulty construction must be prevented beforehand … it is too late, too costly and, in many cases, too impractical to correct afterwards. Self Regulation by building design professions and construction organizations is NO Regulation ! Stringent, independent technical control inspections must be carried out on all projects by Building Control personnel … which used to happen in Dublin City/County and Cork City/County prior to the introduction of legal building regulations in the early 1990's … and, depending on complexity, must also be carried out at critical stages during the construction process.
Building Control Sections in all Local Authorities must be properly resourced with competent personnel, equipment, training and support infrastructure.
Inspections concerning compliance with all functional requirements in the building regulations, including fire safety, must be carried out only by Building Control Personnel. Chief Fire Officers must not be allowed to manage or be involved in any aspect of Building Control. On the same project … a Disability Access Certificate Application and a Fire Safety Certificate Application must be inter-linked and overlap sufficiently, showing no gaps in compliance. Inspections must be carried out in connection with all Certificate Applications. Building Control personnel must satisfy themselves that actual construction at least matches, if not improves upon, what is shown in design documentation.
Building Control Inspection Reports must be made available for public view.
3. Firefighters are NOT a disposable Social Asset ! National and Local Authorities Having Jurisdiction … and some Chief Fire Officers … must begin to understand this fundamental truth !
Fire Services in all Local Authorities must each be properly resourced according to local needs … with competent personnel, equipment, training and support infrastructure. Shared provision of resources looks very neat on paper but, in practice, works very badly. Refer to the Grenfell Tower Fire and London Fire Brigade having to borrow firefighting equipment from other Fire Services.
After the 2015 Tianjin Regional Fire Devastation, in China, and the 2001 WTC Attacks on 9-11, in New York City … front line firefighters must be supported by Specialist Hazard Appraisal and Structural Engineering Units.
For Firefighter Safety in buildings and to quickly find people with activity limitations waiting in Areas of Rescue Assistance and/or other survivors in different locations … a portable and reliable Thermal Imaging Camera is an essential piece of every firefighter's equipment.
And Firefighter Safety begins with good building design. In all but the most simple building types, Circulation Routes must be designed for Contraflow … people moving away from a fire in a building and towards safety while, at the same time, heavily equipped firefighters are entering the building and moving towards the fire.
There is no place for 'Stay Put' Policies in Irish Residential Buildings of any height.
Ireland's 2017 Oireachtas Report: 'Safe As Houses' …
December 2017 – Houses of the Oireachtas – Joint Committee on Housing, Planning & Local Government
Safe As Houses ? A Report On Building Standards, Building Controls & Consumer Protection
(PDF File, 1.01 MB)
This was a good effort by our public representatives … but they missed core issues !
After The Grenfell Tower Fire !
Further to my last Blog, dated 2017-10-10 …
The 2017 Fire in England was not an extraordinary fire. Since the beginning of this decade, we continue to see a series of such fires: South Korea (2010) – UAE & France (2012) – Chechnya (2013) -Australia (2014) – UAE, Azerbaijan & UAE again (2015) – UAE (2016) – UAE & Russia (2017) – Turkey (2018).
With regard to Command & Control of Large Scale Emergencies … English AHJ's should have paid attention to the 2005 & 2008 U.S. National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST) Recommendations following the 9-11 WTC Buildings 1, 2 & 7 Collapses.
The Fire Safety Objectives in current Building & Fire Codes/Regulations are very limited. In Ireland, this is clearly stated in Technical Guidance Document B …
' Building Regulations are made for specific purposes. Part B of the Second Schedule to the Building Regulations is therefore primarily concerned with the health, safety and welfare of persons. The fire safety measures outlined in this guidance document are intended for the protection of life from fire.'
Only insofar as it is necessary to protect the lives of able-bodied building users/occupants … is there a concern for property protection.
There is only inadequate, token concern for the protection of people with disabilities.
Client organizations, facility managers, building designers, construction organizations … and journalists … must fully comprehend these limits.
In the photograph below … look closely at the External Firefighting Operations at the bottom of the Tower. There are limits to what can be achieved from outside a building !
- A Fire Suppression System (Water Sprinklers/Mist/Hybrid) is an essential Fire Protection Measure in ALL Medium and High-Rise Residential Buildings … which include Apartment Blocks, Hotels, Hostels, Student Accommodation & Social Housing, i.e. ANYWHERE there is a Sleeping Hazard.
- A Reliable and Credible Fire Detection & Warning System is an essential Fire Protection Measure in ALL Buildings … and must be capable, under the control of Building Management, of transmitting warnings in many formats, i.e. Audible + Visual + Multi-Lingual Voice + Tactile.
- Fire Evacuation Routes in Buildings must be designed for CONTRAFLOW … people moving away from a fire and towards safety while, at the same time, heavily equipped firefighters are entering the building and moving towards the fire.
- Good Fire Evacuation Route Design is INTUITIVE and OBVIOUS. In many buildings, however, this is not always the reality. Effective Fire Evacuation Signage … comprising high-level signage, low-level signage, with both supplemented by photoluminescence … must be installed in ALL Buildings.
- For the purpose of protecting Vulnerable Building Users in Fire Emergencies, ALL Lifts/Elevators in Buildings must be capable of being used for Evacuation.
- Fire Risk Assessments must NO LONGER be carried out by people WITHOUT COMPETENCE in Fire Engineering AND Building Design & Construction … and the Fire Risk Assessment Process itself must be thoroughly re-examined and upgraded.
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The company said net sales rose 27 percent to $13.81 billion in the third quarter. However, Amazon posted a net loss of $274 million, or a loss of 60 cents per share. That compared to analyst expectations of a loss of 8 cents per share.
A large chunk of the loss, about $169 million or 37 cents per share, was due to losses experienced by LivingSocial, the daily deals service in which Amazon is an investor. Amazon invested $175 million in the Groupon competitor in December 2010. A 2011 filing showed $558 million in losses for LivingSocial.
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Gurus For Hire is a team of marketing professionals around the world dedicated to providing innovative marketing services that work. Our commitment to our customers success, and the wide range of experience in all aspects of marketing sets us apart from our competition. Our services are not limited to web/graphics design, but include all aspects from product creation, sales funnel design, copywriting, jv/affiliate management, SEO & analytics.
For our logo, we are looking something creative and fun that will help people remember our firm, and the idea that by teaming up with us, we can take the labor and headache out of their marketing tasks. While we like the idea of a "Guru" cartoon mascot, we also want to make sure the logo can be used across media, including shirts & hats, leatterhead/businesscards, and of course the web.
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