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Twin Cities Daily Planet (https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/franken-question-apple-smartphone-privacy/)
Franken to question Apple on smartphone privacy
If you went to Nicole Anderson's Facebook page on a Friday evening, you'd most likely be able to tell where she was. Anderson, a psychology senior, frequently uses the "check-in" application on her phone, allowing it to access her location and post it on her page.
Anderson chooses to use check-in, but not everyone wants their whereabouts posted.
Users of any Apple device — like an iPhone or iPad — with a recently upgraded system have had their location tracked automatically for up to a year without their permission.
The upgrade came out a few days before the iPhone 4 in June 2010. Data showing the devices' tracking records was released by security researchers two weeks ago.
For Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., this is a serious and dangerous violation of privacy. As chairman of the Privacy, Technology and the Law Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, Franken will hold a hearing May 10 on the issue. Representatives from Apple and Google, which has a similar operating system in its Android phones, will be testifying at the hearing.
Franken recently sent a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs about his company's most recent operating system. In the letter, Franken said the technology raises "serious privacy concerns" for users, especially kids and teenagers.
Researchers who looked into Apple's tracking system found the information the phone stores is likely accurate to 50 meters or less, Franken said in
the letter.
"Anyone who gains access to this single file could likely determine the location of a user's home, the businesses he frequents, the doctors he visits, the schools his children attend and the trips he has taken — over the past months or even a year," Franken wrote.
Jim Dawson, a mechanical engineering senior and iPhone user, said he's not too concerned.
"It's not as big of a deal as people are making it," Dawson said, because the information isn't sent to Apple, but stored locally on the phone or computer. The only way someone would have access to it would be through those devices.
But Dawson said it's something users need to be aware of.
"[Apple] should tell us why they're storing the information," he said. "They just kind of went and did it."
Apple was unavailable for comment, and Google said any type of location sharing for its Android is voluntary.
For Franken, as technology continues to advance, a stronger awareness of consumer privacy is needed.
"The same technology that has given us smartphones, tablets and cellphones has also allowed these devices to gather extremely sensitive information about users, including detailed records of their daily movements and location," he said in a press release.
The Senate hearing next week is the "first step in making certain that federal laws protecting consumers' privacy — particularly when it comes to mobile devices — keep pace with advances in technology," Franken said.


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Beast Machines figure reviews
Post by Shockwave » Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:11 am
Beast Machines Rattrap. I never had this figure when it came out and I'm not sure why. I certainly saw plenty of them and there were certainly worse figures that I did get (I'm looking at YOU BM Megatron!). Anyway, I got Rattrap in the mail yesterday so here we go.
Rat mode: First thing I noticed is the automove gimmick between the tail and rat head. It also seems that movement includes moving the rat's ears too. And the head seems to tilt at odd angles from the auto move. Not something that would make me dislike the figure or anything, but it seems like it could have been engineered better. Other than that, it seems to be a pretty faithful representation of the rat mode seen on the show. Articulation for the rat limbs is pretty decent and the paint and detailing are all pretty good.
Transformation: Rattrap has a pretty complex transformation but it is pretty intuitive and easy to figure out. Basically, the rat head winds up in the chest where the robot legs come out from and the rat hind legs turn into the robot arms. I really like the legs, giving the option of actual legs with feet or the wheels seen on the show.
Robot mode: Robot mode is also fairly faithful to the show, with the exception of the full robot legs. My only couple of complaints about it are that the robot head winds up in a position where he is perpetually looking down and there's not ball joint to make him look forward. The other complaint is the arms seem a little oversized, but I don't really know how they could solve that and I also wish there was a way to bend the arms at the elbow and still have the hands look like they're in a normal position, but those are all relatively minor complaints.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with RT. Some of that might be that I have no other Beast Machines figures to stand him next to, so the usual problem of reverse scale with the rest of the line isn't an issue at the moment. But, it will be if I decide to get other figures. The updated Tankor for example, is still only deluxe scale and is going to be dwarfed by this figure. RT really should have been a deluxe figure, but again, my issues with the scale of for the line in general, not the figure specifically. I still think this is a pretty decent representation of the character from the show and if you're looking for a figure that does that, this is cerainly one of the better ones from this line.
Re: Beast Machines figure reviews
Post by andersonh1 » Fri Aug 29, 2014 1:35 pm
I agree, Rattrap is a good figure, and has one of the more accurate show likenesses as well. Nice color scheme, nice transformation options with the legs, etc. His size compared to the others is the only real flaw. I remember when I was working on my Beast Machines photocomic I would always shoot Rattrap separately and remove the background so I could Photoshop him into a scene at the proper size!
Post by Shockwave » Fri Aug 29, 2014 1:57 pm
andersonh1 wrote: I agree, Rattrap is a good figure, and has one of the more accurate show likenesses as well. Nice color scheme, nice transformation options with the legs, etc. His size compared to the others is the only real flaw. I remember when I was working on my Beast Machines photocomic I would always shoot Rattrap separately and remove the background so I could Photoshop him into a scene at the proper size!
Did that work in reverse for undersized characters like Silverbolt?
I mean, I really do have to wonder what Hasbro was thinking. Did they deliberately just reverse the scale of everyone on the show? It was ridiculous. Nightscream is one of the largest toys they made and should have been the smallest while Megatron was way too small. And Megatron really should have been a repaint of the Transmetal II Dragon with the "housecoat of doom" as an accessory.
Post by andersonh1 » Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:40 am
Shockwave wrote: Did that work in reverse for undersized characters like Silverbolt?
I think I picked him as the "main" character size since I had more basics in the story than anything else. So anyone larger had to be composited into the picture. It cut down on the workload.
I have to admit, I've never quite figured out what caused the size problems with Beast Machines. My best guess is that Hasbro made what they thought would be the most popular characters the largest, hoping the kids would buy them up and they'd make more. So that's why Nightscream is so big, for example. They hoped he'd be a hit with the kids. It didn't work, I'm sure. I got Supreme Cheetor for $10 with free shipping off Amazon, months after Beast Machines ended. Clearly they had a glut of those things and just wanted to get rid of them.
Post by Shockwave » Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:02 pm
Generations Beast Machines Tankor: Figure is packaged in bot mode so I'll start there. It's pretty clear from the bot mode that this is meant to be and updated figure to be more screen accurate version. In that regard, it's pretty effective, the colors, the look and feel of the character really come through on this toy and it even has great articulation to boot. I do think this would have been better as a voyager, but since size reversal has been a thing for the BM toyline from day one, it's par for the course on that one.
Tank mode: This is where it kind of loses me. The front part if it looks fine. Up until you get to the back, behind the head/turret. Well, first I should probably mention that it annoys me that the cannon isn't just directly attached to the head. That was one design aspect that really defines the character to me and not having that present really hinders the figure. But, even that would be tolerable if it weren't for the back end/arms section. The arms and shoulders basically fold up to make the back of the tank. The problem with this is that on the show, those parts end up on the side of the head/turret with that being the back of the tank. So what happens here is that the tank mode essentially is longer than the show model and it looks off as result. Unfortunately there's no way to alternately transform it to fix this look either. A hinge in just the right place would make Tankor transformable in a way that would look more screen accurate but the back is all one piece with no moving parts so you're stuck with the elongated mode.
Anyway, if you can get past that, it's otherwise a good figure. Transformation is interesting and different but not too complex that you can't figure it out. Fiddle value is definately there. It's a good toy and if you don't already have Tankor then I would certainly recommend it.

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Istán est une commune de la province de Malaga, dans la communauté autonome d'Andalousie, en Espagne.

Géographie
Istán est située à  au nord-ouest de Marbella, dans la partie méridionale du Parc naturel de la Sierra de las Nieves.

Histoire

Il existe peu de références sur l'histoire du village et plus particulièrement celle qui est antérieure à l'époque arabe, mais la région est une enclave contrôlée par Omar Ben Hafsun en 896 durant la rébellion contre le calife de Cordoue.

En 1448, la place forte est conquise par les chrétiens et les survivants se réfugient à l'intérieur des fortifications de la ville de Istán.

Après la révolte maure de 1568, la ville de Istán est rattachée à la province de Murcie. Les habitants de cette région parlent un dialecte appelé panocho.

Tourisme

Le village est situé dans un environnement privilégié et sur le territoire protégé du Parc naturel de la Sierra de las Nieves. L'accès se fait par une route forestière sinueuse, en passant par Tolox situé au sud ou par le nord-est en traversant la ville de Ronda.

Ses nombreuses sources d'eau étaient captées et alimentaient les villages de la côte. .

Plus haut, à l'orée du village, une aire de repos permet aux visiteurs de se délasser après une longue marche d'exploration des environs du parc de la Sierra de las Nieves.
Vers la fin septembre, la .

Notes et références

Istan

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'Christmas Story' is so nice, you can see it twice
Michael C. Moore
MICHAEL C. MOORE | KITSAP A&E The Parker Family — from left, Tyson Wolf as Randy, Ronni Wolfe as Mothger, Michael Schmidt as The Old Man, and Kody Rogers as Ralphie — in WWCA's production of 'A Christmas Story.'
'A Christmas Story' is such a treasured part of so many people's holiday seasons that two local companies opening productions of the Jean Shepherd classic on the same day aren't at all worried about losing business to each other.
'We'll do fine, and they'll do fine,' said Soozie Hummel, who's directing the version going up at Western Washington Center for the Arts in Port Orchard.
Jeff Richards, who's directing the production at Paradise Theatre in Gig Harbor, said his group already had released its season schedule when he saw that WWCA planned to do the show also.
'I called them, just to see if they hadn't noticed that we'd already scheduled it,' said Richards. 'We've switched shows a few times when somebody else already had it on their schedule. But they (WWCA) weren't worried about it, and I'm not either. I think we've got our area to draw from, and they've got theirs.'
They're probably both right. Despite the fact that Bainbridge Performing Arts checks in Dec. 2 with a musical version of the same story, there probably will be more than enough playgoers to go around. (Both the WWCA and Paradise productions are of the nonmusical persuasion.)
'One of the cable networks (TBS) runs the movie version over and over again for 24 hours straight,' Richards marveled. 'People can't get enough. We love it; we watch it every year.'
Richards has a previous production of 'A Christmas Story' under his belt, albeit at a different location. Paradise performed the same show in 2009 at its since-demolished Burnham Drive facility, and bring the show to the cozier confines of its new next on Judson Street.
'We have to adapt to a little bit smaller space,' he said, 'but otherwise there aren't too many problems with it. The stage at the old place was wider, that's the biggest difference.'
The trick to 'A Christmas Story,' Hummel said, is satisfying the fans of both the 1983 movie version and devotees of Shepherd's original short stories.
'My vision was to have two areas (on stage),' said Hummel, who admitted she 'groveled' to get WWCA's holiday-slot directorial assignment. 'One side is the house, and the other side is anything outside. Figuring out how to do it in your space is the big thing, because there are several locations and they're all important to the show.'
At WWCA, Kitsap theater veteran Eric Richardson will play the grown-up Ralph, who serves as a narrator as he sifts through his childhood memories of the Christmas when he absolutely had to have a BB gun — and not just any old BB gun. The script call for him to step in to a number of scenes and play peripheral characters, but Hummel has opted to let Richardson stay Ralph throughout, and tabbed WWCA newcomer Greg Heilman to take on all the utility roles. Heilman's son, Quinn, plays Schwartz, one of Ralphie's buddies.
Ronni Wolfe and Michael Schmidt play the Parker parents, with Kody Rogers as Ralphie and Tyson Wolfe as younger brother Randy. Yet another Wolfe, Colin, plays bully Scut Farkas. Renae Hill is schoolteacher Miss Shields.
Paradise familiars Rex Davison and Katie Jones take the parental roles, with newcomer Michael Drake as adult Ralph, Ethan Edwards as kid Ralphie and Chase Nelson as Randy. Brothers Lukas and Elijah Brambila play Flick and Farkas, respectively, with Dante True as Schwartz and Pam Bickle as Miss Shields.
Richards said Davison faced two challenges playing The Old Man.
'I kept asking him if he could play it a little older,' Richards grinned. 'I told him I thought The Old Man had to be, like, in his mid-40s, and he said, 'Jeff, I'm 48.'
'He's also been working hard on all the simulated swearing,' the director added. 'It's all very specific in the script, but it's written to sound like the real thing, and it's easy to slip.'
'A CHRISTMAS STORY'
Who: Western Washington Center for the Arts, Paradise Theatre
What: Comedy adapted from the short stories of Jean Shepherd
Where: WWCA playhouse, 521 Bay St., Port Orchard; Paradise Theatre, 3114 Judson St., Gig Harbor
When: WWCA — Nov. 18-Dec. 18; 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 5 p.m. Sundays except 3 p.m. Dec. 18. Paradise — Nov. 18-Dec. 10; 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Saturdays
Tickets: WWCA — $18-$15. Paradise — $27-$10
Info: WWCA — 360-769-7469, wwca.us. Paradise — 253-851-7529, paradisetheatre.org


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Q: Golang net.Conn Write in parallel I have multiple Goroutines sharing a net.Conn object. Can they issue a Write calls simultaneously?
My main concern is that of Write calls which are partially done. Say I intend to wrote 100 bytes, but only 30 were sent, so I need to send 70 more. For this I will typically write a loop:
count := 0
for count < len(buf) {
    byteSent, err := conn.Write(buf[count:])
    //check error

    count += byteSent
}

But I see that Go implements this loop in net.Conn.Write line number 318 and it does so by taking a lock.
However, on Windows implementation there is no such loop except that there is a call to WSASend. I do not know how WSASend behaves and could not get much from the MSDN docs
Hence the questions are:
[edit] Added 4th question

*

*Do I need to acquire a lock everytime I write to socket?

*If yes, then the purpose of acquiring the lock in Write implementation is defeated.

*In unix implementation, does it mean that I cannot get byteSent < len(buf) unless err != nil? (I mean am I reading the code correct?)

*Does the WSASend on Windows implements the equivalent loop in Unix implementation

A: Yes, you can make many calls to a net.Conn's write method in parallel.
Part of net.Conn's contract is that it can be used from multiple Goroutines concurrently. This is explicitly called out in its documentation:

Conn is a generic stream-oriented network connection.
Multiple goroutines may invoke methods on a Conn simultaneously.

Though I can't speak to the Windows implementation in particular, this statement holds true for all platforms. Since there is no loop in the Windows implementation then WSASend calls must make guarantees that the Unix API does not.

A: *

*The io.Write says that in case of partial write, err will be != nil

*Found here on StackOverflow that WSASend need not have a loop around it.

*From #1 & #2, it implies that I need not acquire lock before calling net.Conn.Write.
So my question stands answered.

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Heating: 4 pipe: air 20°CDB; entering water 70°C; leaving water 60°C Heating: 4 pipe: air 20°CDB; entering water 70°C; leaving water 60°C Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: 4 pipe: air 20°CDB; entering water 70°C; leaving water 60°C Heating: 4 pipe: air 20°CDB; entering water 70°C; leaving water 60°C Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: 4 pipe: air 20°CDB; entering water 70°C; leaving water 60°C Heating: 4 pipe: air 20°CDB; entering water 70°C; leaving water 60°C Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: 4 pipe: air 20°CDB; entering water 70°C; leaving water 60°C Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: 4 pipe: air 20°CDB; entering water 70°C; leaving water 60°C Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: 4 pipe: air 20°CDB; entering water 70°C; leaving water 60°C Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K. Heating: 4 pipe: air 20°CDB; entering water 70°C; leaving water 60°C Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 45°C, water temperature drop 5K.
The power consumption for the valve motor is 5W (peak). This is only during opening. The power consumption for the valve motor is 5W (peak). This is only during opening. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. The power consumption for the valve motor is 5W (peak). This is only during opening. The power consumption for the valve motor is 5W (peak). This is only during opening. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. The power consumption for the valve motor is 5W (peak). This is only during opening. The power consumption for the valve motor is 5W (peak). This is only during opening. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. The power consumption for the valve motor is 5W (peak). This is only during opening. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. The power consumption for the valve motor is 5W (peak). This is only during opening. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. The power consumption for the valve motor is 5W (peak). This is only during opening. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K. The power consumption for the valve motor is 5W (peak). This is only during opening. Heating: indoor temp. 20°CDB, 15°CWB; entering water temp. 65°C, water temperature drop 10K.
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At the beginning of my adventure there was a simple encounter with Esther, a wonderful Swiss woman. I grew up in Glückstadt and was living in Berlin, freshly divorced and father of three children. She was a homely Bernese Oberlander, who was living with a friend in the city of Berne. After a few thousand miles travelled by plane and many lengthy nocturnal telephone calls on planes I asked my three children if they could contemplate me marrying Esther ? As I had already accustomed (so I thought) all three of them to Swiss products, Rivella, Ragusa, Toblerone and organized a Summer visit to a ski-hall somewhere between Hamburg and Berlin (I thought), the answer was positive. Immediately afterwards it was time to ask her father's permission to marry her. With his certainty, "She always does what she wants," he also seemed to have given his consent to his daughter marrying a divorced man from Germany with children. So the remaining question was whether Esther wanted to get married. To put it briefly: yes, she did. However, I had to commit myself with the wedding vows to move one day to Switzerland. We got married in the canton of Berne, had two children together and are happy. So for me, the only challenge remaining was is to get my three children from my first marriage to be inspired by Switzerland.
From the start, my three 10 – 14 year olds asked the question - what makes Switzerland exciting and unique (apart from the fact that their two half-siblings, Esther and myself live here)? The answer was (unfortunately) found rapidly: apart from Asterix and the Swiss – very little. The story of Heidi is written for small children and is therefore not very useful. The majestic splendor of the high mountains - is also to be found in Austria or Southern Germany. The advantage over Austria is obvious - Switzerland has a plus in the flag, while the Austrians have to live with a minus. Then there is of course the tasty Swiss chocolate. But even chocolate is produced in Germany and Belgium. Tasty young cheese - is a German synonym for Edam. And Swiss banking does not impress this age group (fortunately).
What to do? I knew how adolescents (and this also applies to the young at heart) are immersed in fantasy and / or adventure stories. Here, my field of work cam in very handy. I have been in marketing and communication for over 18 years and three days (but who's counting?). So I took a blank sheet of paper and began to work on a communication concept "Swissness for young people". It had to be something more than a gripping poster. More than a nice bedtime story. I had to show them a world that they would want to be a part of. A world that can be experienced in different ways. A world that ... I was looking for the jack of all trades in red with a white cross on it. And it was not that hard. Since Switzerland has Celtic roots, is full of myths and legends about dragons, dwarfs and goblins, this was relatively easy.
The beginning was finished. The first volume »Rustico Vecchio – Andrin's Legacy is available as a hardback book, as an eBook and an audio book. The second volume "Rustico Vecchio - Malins Elixir" has already been printed. So it's moving forward. In this blog I write regularly about background, perspectives and insights about the book series and about my very own adventure in Switzerland.


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A Dacia Logan egy alsó-középkategóriás autó, amelyet a francia Renault és leányvállalata, a román Dacia közösen gyárt 2004 óta. A 2012-ben a második generációjába lépett típus Dacia változatai Mioveniben, Romániában készülnek, míg a többi a Renault marokkói, brazíliai, törökországi, oroszországi, kolumbiai, iráni és indiai gyáraiban, valamint a pick-up variánst Dél-Afrikában, Pretoriában is gyártják, Nissan márkanév alatt.

A Dacia Logan nevű modellt egyes piacokon Renault Logan, Nissan Aprio, Mahindra Verito, Renault Tondar 90, Lada Largus (MCV), Nissan NP200 (pick-up), illetve Renault Symbol (második generáció) modellnéven  ismerik.

2004 és 2015 júliusa között mintegy 1,5 millió példányt adtak el világszerte a Dacia Logan néven kínált változatból, míg a Renault Logan/Symbol változatok szintén ugyanekkora eladási példányszámot produkáltak 2014-ig.

Logan I (2004–2012)

Miután a Renault 1998-ban felvásárolta a Daciát, már korán, 1999-ben, X90 kódnév alatt hozzálátott a Logan megtervezéséhez és kifejlesztéséhez a Párizshoz közeli Technocentre-ben.

A Renault akkori elnöke, Louis Schweitzer Jacques Chirac francia elnök megbízásából Oroszországba látogatott, az ottani piaci helyzet felmérése céljából. Azt tapasztalta, hogy a 6000 eurós Ladák jól fogytak, a dupla ennyibe kerülő Renault-k viszont a kereskedésekben maradtak. "Látva azokat az ósdi autókat, elfogadhatatlannak találtam, hogy a kocsikba kerülő egyre fejlettebb és drágább technikai berendezések miatt az emberek ne vehessenek maguknak egy jó autót 6000 euróért." (Később a célzott irányárat 5000 euróban határozta meg.) "A tervezés kezdetén a fő specifikációkat három szóban fogalmaztam meg - modern, megbízható és olcsó -, minden másban hajlandó voltam meghallgatni minden ötletet." - mondta Schweitzer. Az általa kitűzött 5000 eurós árat végül nem sikerült tartani, Romániában az alapmodell ára 5900 euró volt, mely a választott felszereltségi szinttől függően 11 200 euróig emelkedhetett. Az alapmodell valamelyest drágább volt azokban a nyugat-európai országokban, ahol az autót Dacia márkanév alatt, de Renault kereskedésekben árulták.

A Logant a kezdetektől fogva úgy tervezték, hogy elérhető árú legyen, ezért a Renault típusokhoz képest számos helyen leegyszerűsített megoldások kerültek bele. A Dacia számára azonban így is komoly előrelépést jelentett a Renault 12-n alapuló Dacia 1310 után.

Az elkészült modellt 2004 júniusában mutatták be hivatalosan, az értékesítés pedig szeptemberben kezdődött meg. A Renault eredetileg nem tervezte, hogy a nyugat-európai piacokon is bevezeti a típust, de 2005 júniusában mégis megkezdte a körülbelül 7500 euró-ba kerülő, közepesen felszerelt változat kísérleti exportálását. Ez váratlan sikert hozott azok körében, akik egy olcsó, egyszerű autót kerestek, amit akár maguk is meg tudtak javítani.

A Logan 2007 áprilisában került bemutatásra Indiában, a Mahindra közreműködésével, mely 15%-os költségcsökkenést jelentett a Renault-nak. Ez volt az első alkalom, hogy az autóból jobbkormányos változat készült. A Mahindra és a Renault üzletileg azóta már szétváltak, de a Logant továbbra is gyártja és értékesíti az indiai cég, a Renault technikai támogatásával. A kocsi jelenleg Verito típusnév alatt, Mahindra logóval vásárolható meg az országban.

Díjak
Az Autobest 2005 nevű eseményen a Dacia Logant az év autójának választotta a 15 tagú döntőbizottság, akik Bulgáriából, Horvátországból, Csehországból, Ciprusról, Macedóniából, Magyarországról, Romániából, Oroszországból, Szerbiából, Szlovákiából, Szlovéniából, Törökországból, Ukrajnából és Máltáról érkeztek. A döntés során 13 különböző kritériumot vettek figyelembe, melyekbe beletartozott az üzemanyagtakarékosság, a variálhatóság, a belsőtér mérete és a formatervezés.

Ráncfelvarrás
2008 július 1-jén, majdnem négy évvel a bemutatása után a Logan ráncfelvarráson esett át, mely során modernizálták a külső formatervét, a belsőtér pedig kényelmesebb lett.

Minőség és berendezések

A Logan a B0-padlólemezre épül, csakúgy, mint a Renault Clio II és még néhány már Renault és Nissan modell. Körülbelül 50%-kal kevesebb alkatrészből áll, mint a Renault akkori csúcsmodelljei, melyek komoly hányadát az elektronikai berendezések teszik ki. Ennek oka a gyártási költség, és így a vételár alacsonyan tartása, valamint az olcsóbb, egyszerűbb szervizelhetőség volt.

Emellett az autó számos alkatrésze jóval egyszerűbb, mint fő vetélytársaié. A visszapillantó tükrök például szimmetrikusak, így mindkét oldalra felszerelhetők, a szélvédő kevésbé íves, mint a legtöbb autóban és a műszerfal is egyetlen darab fröccsöntött műanyagból készült.

A fejlesztők a tervezés során figyelembe vették a különböző célországok éghajlati adottságait, illetve a fejlett és fejlődő országok úthálózatának minőségbeli különbségeit. A Logan felfüggesztése puha, de erős, az autó hasmagassága pedig a kategóriájában megszokottnál magasabb, hogy a földutak és kátyús, rossz minőségű aszfalt se okozzon neki gondot. A motorokat tudatosan úgy tervezték, hogy képesek legyenek alacsonyabb minőségű üzemanyaggal is működni, a klímaberendezés tervezésekor pedig figyelembe vették, hogy Közel-Keleten gyakran 40 °C feletti a hőmérséklet.

Felszereltségi szintek

Romániában a bemutatáskor négy felszereltségi csomag volt elérhető: az Ambiance, a Preference, a Laureate és az Ambition. Az Ambiance volt az alapfelszereltség, mely vezetőoldali légzsákot, színre fújt lökhárítókat, dísztárcsás kerekeket és központi zárat jelentett. Az eggyel magasabb Preference felszereltség ezeken felül utasoldali légzsákot, szervokormányt, elektromos első ablakokat, két hátsó fejtámlát, rádiót és távirányítóról nyitható ajtókat tartalmazott. A Laureate csomag ködlámpákat, fedélzeti számítógépet, elektromos tükröket, három hátsó fejtámlát és több irányban állítható vezetőülést kínált. A kínálat csúcsát jelentő Ambition ABS-t, elektromos hátsó ablakokat, CD-lejátszót és könnyűfém felniket tartalmazott az előbb felsoroltakon kívül. Az 1,6 literes, soros négyhengeres benzinmotor az Ambiance-ban nem, csak a Preference felszereltségi szinttől volt elérhető. 2005 szeptemberében bemutatásra került egy 1,5 literes dízelmotor, mely eleinte szintén nem volt rendelhető a legmagasabb, Ambition felszereltségű modellekhez. 2006 januárjában megjelent a Laureate Plus felszereltségi szint, mely a hagyományos Laureate-felszereltség mellett ABS-t, CD-lejátszót és elektromos hátsó ablakokat tartalmazott. Ugyanekkor az Ambition modellek dízelmotorral is megvásárolhatók lettek.

2006 szeptemberében több apró fejlesztésen is átesett a kocsi, ezek közé tartozott az új csomagtartónyitó gomb, az új váltógomb, a hátsó kristálylámpák, az új dísztárcsa és könnyűfém felni dizájnok, valamint három új szín. Megjelent a Prestige felszereltségi csomag, mint a kínálat új csúcsa, melyhez nagyobb külső visszapillantó tükrök; teljes mértékben színre fújt lökhárítók, oldalsó díszlécek és kilincsek; bőrözött váltógomb és kormánykerék és más egyéb belső finomítások és kényelmi felszerelések jártak. Ez kizárólag az új 1,6 literes, 16 szelepes benzinmotorral volt kapható, mely 105 lóerős (78 kW) teljesítmény leadására volt képes.

2007 júliusában megjelent az 1,5 literes dízelmotor erősebb változata, 85 lóerővel (63 kW). Eleinte csak a Preference és Laureate felszereltségű MCV-khez volt kapható, de 2007 szeptemberétől a Laureate, Ambition és Prestige csomaggal vásárolt szedánokhoz is rendelhető lett.

2009 júniusában a Logan és a Sandero motorkínálatában is megjelent egy 1,2 literes, 16 szelepes benzinmotor, mely 75 lóerős (56 kW) teljesítmény és 107 Nm nyomaték leadására volt képes.

Biztonság
2005 júniusában a Logan első generációja háromcsillagos eredményt ért el az Euro NCAP által végzett törésteszten. Ez megegyezett a Renault előzetes elvárásaival.

Az autóba a felszereltségi szinttől függően vezetőoldali, utasoldali, sőt, a modellfrissítés utáni verziókba oldallégzsákok is kerültek. A frissítésen átesett modellek mindegyikébe az akkor legújabb generációhoz tartozó Bosch 8.1 ABS került, elektronikus fékerőelosztóval (EBD) és vészfékrásegítővel (EBA).

Motorok

Külföldi forgalmazás és gyártás
A Logan I fontos szerepet játszott a Renault csoport eladási statisztikáin belül, ezt jól mutatja az is, hogy 2010-ig 4 millió darab talált gazdára világszerte, minden változatot figyelembe véve. Az autót a romániai üzem mellett gyártották Oroszországban (Avtoframos), Marokkóban (Somaca), Kolumbiában (Sofasa), Iránban (két üzemben), Indiában (Mahindra), Brazíliában (Renault do Brasil) és Dél-Afrikában (Nissan) is. Romániában, a mioveni gyártól nem messze található az a logisztikai központ, ahonnan az alkatrészek továbbításra kerülnek a világ többi részein található összeszerelő üzemekbe, ez nemcsak a Renault csoporton, de az egész autóiparon belül a legnagyobb logisztikai központnak számít.

A legtöbb olyan európai, afrikai és ázsiai országban országban, ahol a Renault jelen van a piacon (pl.: Románia, Magyarország, Franciaország, Belgium, Olaszország, Hollandia, Németország, Görögország, Lengyelország, Szerbia, Csehország, Szlovénia, Marokkó, Törökország, stb.) a kocsi Dacia Logan néven került a piacokra. Kivételt képez Argentína, Oroszország, Ukrajna, Ecuador, Kolumbia, Izrael, Egyiptom, Brazília, Chile, Peru és Venezuela, ahol Renault Logan néven vált ismertté a típus. Mexikóban pedig Nissan Aprio néven forgalmazták, a japán márka kedvezőbb megítélése miatt. Az Aprióba 1,6 literes, 16 szelepes, soros négyhengeres motor került, ötsebességes manuális vagy négysebességes automata sebességváltóval, és Brazíliában került összeszerelésre. 2010 augusztusában befejezték a gyártását az egyre csökkenő kereslet miatt, helyét a 2012-es modellévben a Versa vette át.

Brazíliában a Renault helyi gyárában, São José dos Pinhaisban folyt az összeszerelés, 2007 óta, a modellfrissítés utáni változat gyártását pedig 2010-ben kezdték meg. Dél-Afrikában kizárólag a pick-up változatot gyártották, 2009-es kezdettel, Nissan márkanév alatt.

Indiában a típus Mahindra Renault Logan néven került bevezetésre. 2005-ben a Renault partneri megállapodást kötött a helyi autógyártóval, a Mahindra & Mahindrával, melynek eredményeként 2007-ben bemutatkozott a Logan. az indiai piacon. A cég a hazai piac mellett a nepáli és dél-afrikai piacokra való szállítás jogát is megszerezte. Eleinte azonban nem voltak túl kelendőek az új modellek, az első években mindössze 44 ezer darab talált gazdára Indiában és 2600 a másik két piacon. 2010 áprilisában a Mahindra & Mahindra felvásárolta a Renault 49%-os részesedését a Renault Mahindra üzemben, így szabadabban változtathatott a kocsin, az indiai igényeknek megfelelően. 2011 márciusáig még a közös Renault-Mahindra emblémával árulták az autót, utána viszont Mahindra Verito lett a neve. A kisebb átdolgozások során a kocsi elején történtek változások, de a Renault dízelmotorjait megtartotta a Mahindra. 2012. július 26-án Delhiben bemutatásra került egy frissített változat, majd 2013. június 5-én egy Verito Vibe nevű ferde hátú variáns.

2007-ben a Logan megjelent az iráni piacon, Renault Tondar 90 néven, melyet a Renault-Pars forgalmazott és a Pars Khodro, valamint az Iran Khodro gyártott. A bevezetés azonnali siker volt, már a gyártás első hónapjában 100 ezer megrendelés érkezett. A Renault-Parst 51%-ban a Renault franciaországi anyavállalata birtokolja, a maradék 49%-on pedig az IKCO (Iran Khodro) és a SAIPA osztozik. 2010-ben az IKCO bemutatott egy olyan változatot, mely benzinnel és CNG-vel is képes volt üzemelni, ezt 2012-ig gyártották.

Az Amerikai Egyesült Államokban az EnVision Motor Company tervezte a kombi és pick-up változatokból készült elektromos meghajtású modellek bevezetését, EMC E36 néven. Az iowai Des Moinesben található cég aszinkron motort szerelt volna az autókba, melyek tervezett hatótávolsága 200 mérföld (320 km) volt, egy feltöltéssel, csúcssebessége pedig 75 mérföldperóra (121 km/h) lett volna. Emellett regeneratív fékrendszer és fokozatmentes sebességváltó került volna bele, és 110, valamint 220 voltos hálózatról is tölthető lett volna. A tervek azonban meghiúsultak, mivel a vállalat csődeljárás alá került.

A Logan I gyártása Romániában a négyajtós szedánnal kezdődött, melyet 2006 szeptemberében a kombi követett. 2007 és 2008 között került bemutatásra a pick-up, a kisáruszállító, a Loganen alapuló ferde hátú (Sandero), valamint a szedán megújult változata. 2006-ban a Dacia 1,5 milliárd euró volt, 19,6%-kal több, mint egy évvel korábban. Évente körülbelül 250 ezer Logan I készült el Mioveniben, melyek fele külföldi piacokon került értékesítésre. 2009. szeptember 3-án bejelentették, hogy elkészült az egymilliomodik Dacia, minden a Logan padlólemezére épülő típust beleszámítva. Ezek közül 576 880 volt Logan, 246 869 Logan MCV, 144 931 Sandero és Stepway, 19 897 Logan VAN és 11 416 Logan Pick-Up.

A kedvező eladási adatok egyik oka a Dacia modellek megbízhatósága volt. Egy francia újság felmérése alapján az olvasók a Logan I-et az egyik legmegbízhatóbb autónak ítélték. A siker másik oka az alacsony fenntartási és szervizköltség volt. Ugyanezen felmérés alapján a francia olvasók a Dacia modelljeit tartották a legkedvezőbb áron fenntartható autóknak. 2010-ben egy Németországban végzett vásárlói elégedettséget vizsgáló felmérés során a Dacia márka a második helyen végzett.

Változatok

Logan MCV

A Logan MCV (Multi-Convivial Vehicle) 2006-ban, a Párizsi Autószalonon jelent meg, mint a Logan I kombiváltozata. Öt- és hétüléses változatban készült, csomagtartója 200 és 2350 liter között volt variálható, attól függően, hogy hány ülés volt ledöntve. Emellett számtalan apró tárolórekesz volt elhelyezve benne kisebb tárgyak számára. Tengelytávja 275 mm-rel nagyobb volt, mint a szedán változaté, és nagyobb hátsóajtókkal rendelkezett, hogy a harmadik ülésorra is könnyen be lehessen ülni. Ugyanazokat a motorokat szerelték bele, mint a szedánba, és ehhez is rendelhetők voltak oldallégzsákok. A gyár a családi egyterűek közvetlen riválisának szánta az MCV-t.

A romániai piacon 2006 októberben kezdődött meg az értékesítés, 8200 és 12 550 euró közötti árakon. Külföldön 2007 elejétől lett megvásárolható a modell. 2008 végén kisebb frissítésen esett át az MCV, átvéve a megújult szedán fényszóróit és első lökhárítóját. A gyártás 2012 novemberében ért véget, amikor az első generációs MCV helyét átvette a Lodgy.

2012 óta az autót Oroszországban, az AvtoVAZ-nál is gyártják, Lada Largus néven. Először 2010-ben, a Moszkvai Autószalonon jelent meg Lada emblémával Lada Project R90 kódnév alatt. Városi terepjárókra jellemző külső kiegészítőkkel is kapható, Largus Cross néven.

Logan VAN

A Logan I kisáruszállító változata 2007. január 23-án került hivatalosan bemutatásra, Bukarestben. 2500 literes raktérrel rendelkezett és 800 kg árut volt képes elszállítani. A Logan VAN tulajdonképpen egy MCV, hátsóülések és -ablakok nélkül, így ugyanazok a biztonsági felszerelések és motorok (az 1,6 literes, 16 szelepes kivételével) kerültek bele, mint a többi modellbe. Gyártása 2012 augusztusában fejeződött be, 53 ezer legyártott darab után.

Logan Pick-Up

A szintén az MCV-n alapuló pick-up variáns 2007. szeptember 10-én jelent meg először a nagyközönség előtt, majd október 4-én, a Bukaresti Autószalonon került hivatalos bemutatásra, mint a rendkívül régi műszaki alapokra épülő Dacia Pick-Up utódja. A romániai értékesítés 2008 elején kezdődött meg, 7300 és 9450 euró közötti árakon.

2008 októberében Dél-Afrikában, Pretoriában is megkezdték a Logan Pick-Up gyártását, Nissan NP200 néven. Bemutatásakor nagyon hasonló volt az eredeti Dacia modellhez, de 2009 elején némileg megújult a kinézete.

A Dacia 2012 júliusában állította le a gyártását, helyét a Dokker pick-up változata vette át.

Logan II (2012–2020)

A második generációs Logant a 2012-es Párizsi Autószalonon mutatta be a Dacia. Az első hivatalos fotók 2012. szeptember 17-én kerültek nyilvánosságra. Az eleje ugyanolyan dizájnt kapott, mint a Sandero második generációja, melyet szintén Párizsban mutattak be, emellett még több műszaki megoldáson osztozik a két modell.

Romániában 2012 novemberében vette kezdetét az értékesítés, a legolcsóbb modell akkor 6690 euróba került. A bemutatáskor a Dacia bejelentette, hogy ebből a generációból nem készül majd hétüléses vagy kisáruszállító változat, mivel ezek helyét már korábban átvette a Lodgy és a Dokker a modellpalettán.

A szedán változat 2013 júniusában mutatkozott be Dél-Amerikában, a Buenos Aires-i Autószalonon, mint a Renault Logan második generációja, és decembertől lett megvásárolható. Ezeket a modelleket a Renault do Brasil üzemében, São José dos Pinhaisban szerelik össze.

2014 márciusában került az orosz piacokra az autó, szintén Renault Logan néven, mely a helyi, Togliattiban található gyárban készül. Szintén 2014-ben mutatkozott be a modell Egyiptomban, az új Sanderóval együtt. 2015 elején a Renault Algériában, Oránban található üzemében is megkezdődött az összeszerelés.

A kocsi több piacon is Renault Symbol néven ismert, melynek előző két generációja a Magyarországon Thaliaként ismert modellekre épült, legújabb, harmadik generációja azonban már a Logan II-nek felel meg. Az új Logan gyártását 2015 augusztusában kezdték meg Kolumbiában, ahol már az összeszerelés megkezdése előtt több ezer megrendelést adtak le az érdeklődők.

Motorok
Az új modellel együtt érkező új felszerelések közül az egyik legjelentősebb az új, 0,9 literes, soros háromhengeres, 90 lóerő (67 kW) és 135 Nm-es nyomaték leadására képes motor volt. A motorkínálat emellett még egy 1,2 literes, benzin-gázos változatban is kapható, valamint egy 1,5 literes dízel erőforrást tartalmaz, utóbbi két eltérő teljesítményű változatban is megrendelhető.

A másik fő újítás a Media Nav rendszer, mely a Lodgyban is megtalálható. Ez egy hétcolos kijelzővel rendelkező, érintőképernyős rendszer, mely multimédia és navigációs funkciókkal rendelkezik. Emellett az alapfelszereltség részét képezi a sebességhatároló, a tempomat, a hátsó parkolóradar, az első és oldalsó légzsákok, valamint az ABS és az ESP. A külső mellett a belső is alaposan átalakult és több króm díszítőelem is került bele, a motorháztető nyitását pedig gázrugók segítik. Szintén az újítások közé tartozik a műszerfalon elhelyezett Eco-gomb, melynek célja a kedvezőbb fogyasztás elérése azáltal, hogy a fordulatszámot 4000 fordulat/percben maximalizálja.

2014 végére a Dacia alacsonyabb károsanyag-kibocsátású, az Euro 6-os normáknak is megfelelő motorokat mutatott be a Loganhez. 2015 augusztusában a 0,9 literes TCe motor start-stop rendszerrel is elérhetővé vált. A Dacia úgy tervezi, hogy 2016 végétől egy Easy-R nevű robotizált automata sebességváltót is kínál majd az autóhoz.

Felszereltségi szintek
A Logan II három felszereltségi szintben kapható: Access, Ambiance és Laureate (Magyarországon Arctic). Az Access a legszerényebben felszerelt változat, fekete lökhárítókkal, szervokormánnyal, és csak az 1,2 literes motorral kapható. Az Ambiance-hoz már színre fújt lökhárítók, dísztárcsák, Eco-mód, központi zár, első elektromos ablakok, és CD-lejátszó járnak, valamint extraként rendelhető hozzá metálfényezés, ködlámpa és klímaberendezés. A Laureate/Arctic ára magában foglalja a színre fújt kilincseket, a ködlámpákat és a fedélzeti számítógépet, valamint rendelhető még hozzá metálfényezés, Media Nav rendszer, bőrbelső, parkolószenzorok, tempomat és könnyűfém felnik. Korábban kizárólag ehhez a változathoz volt kapható az 1,5 literes dízelmotor 90 lóerős (67 kW) változata.

2014 júniusában megjelent egy jubileumi változat, a típus bevezetésének 10. évét ünnepelve, melyből mindössze 2000 darab készült. Ebbe olyan újdonságok kerültek, mint az automata kílma, dupla optikás ködlámpa, visszapillantóba épített irányjelzők, 16 colos kerekek és néhány egyéb külső dizájnelem. 2015 októberében bevezetésre került a Prestige (Magyarországon Celebration) felszereltségi csomag, mint a kínálat új csúcsa, melyben megjelent a jubileumi változat néhány berendezése, például az automata klíma, az új ködlámpák és a tükrökbe épített irányjelzők és a nagyobb felnik.

Változatok

Logan MCV

Az autó kombi változatát a 2013-as Genfi Autószalonon mutatták be. Megtartotta az MCV nevet, de ez már nem a Multi Convivial Vehicle (többféle felhasználhatóságú jármű), hanem a Maximum Capacity Vehicle (maximum befogadóképességű jármű) kifejezés rövidítésére utal. A kombi variánssal öt személy szállítható, csomagtartójának befogadóképessége pedig 573 liter és 1518 liter között váltakozik, attól függően, hogy le van-e hajtva a hátsó üléssor. Ugyanazok a felszerelések és motorok rendelhetők hozzá, mint a szedánhoz. Az értékesítése 2013 második felében kezdődött meg.

Díjak
A Logan második generációja megnyerte a brazil Abioto által 15. alkalommal kiosztott "Legjobb kompakt" díjat, melyet egy 67 tagú, elismert szakírókból álló zsűri ítélt oda. A kocsi szintén megnyerte az Év autója díjat 2013-ban a Motor Press szavazásán, megelőzve a Citroën C4L Sedant.

2013. december 9-én, kevesebb mint egy hónappal a brazíliai bemutatása után a Renault Logan elhódította a Top Car TV Awardot, a legjobb Brazíliában gyártott autó kategóriájában, a Volkswagen Gol, a Volkswagen Fox, a Toyota Etios és a Ford Fiesta előtt. A díjat egy autóipari és hírközlési cégeknél dolgozó kommunikátorokból és marketingesekből álló döntőbizottság ítélte oda.

Logan III (2020–jelen)

Prototípusok és egyéb projektek

Logan Steppe

2006-ban a Genfi Autószalonon került bemutatásra egy Dacia Logan Steppe nevű kombi prototípus, melynek a neve sztyeppét jelent. Ez a kocsi a Logan MCV előfutára volt és az ismert indiai prototípus-építő cég, a DC Design tervezte.

Logan S2000
A Logan S2000 egy rövid életű versenyautó volt, mely a Loganen alapult.

Dacia-kupa
2007 óta létezik egy Dacia-kupa nevű osztály a román ralibajnokságban, ahol az N osztály szabályai szerint felkészített Loganek szerepelnek. Itt általában a karrierjük elején járó, kezdő versenyzők indulnak. A kocsikba 1,6 literes MPI motor kerül.

Fordítás

Források

További információk

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Logan
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Being a lazy tourist, I signed up for a half-day tour in Taroko National Park with Mini Voyage, the hostel I was staying at. I didn't do any research about the national park at all, because I thought everything would be taken care of by the tour.
Note that the tour was supposed to last 5 hours from 8:00AM to 1:00PM and I also expected Swallow Grotto (燕子口) and the Cave of the Water Curtain (白杨瀑布) to be included.
I was lucky to have my roommate with me for the tour because we later realized that we were the only ones in the tour group (excluding the driver, of course)! She advised me to get an umbrella or raincoat as we thought we would visit Swallow Grotto where falling rocks were to be expected.
On our way out to the convenience store, the friendly staff at Mini Voyage recommended us to grab breakfast from Mo Dou, a typical Taiwanese breakfast eatery round the corner. After snagging the essentials and onigiris from Seven (the Taiwanese term for 7-11), we headed to Mo Dou to get Dan Bing and soya milk.
Heading back to the hostel with our takeaway breakfast, we were informed by the staff that our ride came early and to our surprise, it was a nondescript SUV!
Regardless of the shortfall in expectations, we got going and gobbled up our breakfast en route to the first destination. The food was pretty awesome by the way!
It took us about 40 minutes from our hostel, which was near the train station, to one of the observatory decks of Qingshui cliff.
The driver (note: not tour guide anymore) told us that it was good to be up there early since the area would be swamped with tourists in no time.
While the cliff was a gorgeous view to feast on in the morning, it was hard to sustain interest in it without anyone sharing its history or interesting facts.
And so, we retreated to the car after a couple of mandatory tourist shots.
Qingshui Cliff (清水斷崖) is the only seaside viewing location in Taroko National Park where you can witness the three distinct color tones of the Pacific. The breathtaking cliff, together with the Pacific coastline and blue sky impresses every visitor. Chongde Beach (崇德礫灘) and its pebble checkerboard coast is perfectly matched with the natural mosaic of colors that paint Qingshui Cliff above.
And this is why you should always do some research.
The driver drove us to the visitor centre and recommended that we catch a short film there. We were the only ones in the theatre and the volunteer at the centre chatted with us a bit. He commented that the price we were paying for the ride was really cheap and we shouldn't expect much of a service. Chuckles.
The video seemed to have been filmed a decade ago, and despite the technology then, the sights captured were still awe-inspiring.
BUT seriously, Skip this stopover and Use the time to cover more ground!
A short drive later, we arrived at the 100 lions marbled bridge, entrance to the Shakadang trail. It is one of the more manageable trails, but Shakadang takes about four hours to cover the 8km trek.
And before you descend an industrial-looking staircase to start on the trail, you've got to check out the marble lion sculptures on the barristers of the bridge. Every single one of the lions is striking a different pose!
Deciding that we both weren't prepared to do excessive hiking, we only visited the more accessible areas of the trail.
Our driver drove us to another section of the park, the Changchun Shrine Trail and the sights got even more fascinating with the meandering streams and layers of sediments in beautiful gradients.
From the bridge marking the start of the trail, it only takes 20 minutes or so to reach the first stop, Eternal Spring Shrine. The shrine was erected to commemorate the military veterans who died during the construction of the Central Cross-Island Highway which connects the west coast to the east of Taiwan.
We turned back at the shrine but beyond it, you could challenge the steps to reach Changuang temple. Alternatively, you could also start the trail from Changuang temple to avoid the uphill trek.
We were expecting to hit Swallow Grotto or Baiyang next but before we realized it, the driver drove us out of the national park and informed us that we would be heading to Ci Xing Tan, the last stop for the tour.
Seeing that there was not much possibility to turn back, we decided not to raise our dissatisfaction then.
Since it was \irrevocably\ the last stop of the tour, we decided to take our time to relax at the beach. After all, there was a good two hours before the scheduled end of the tour.
And boy, was I glad to spend my last few hours in Hualien at Ci Xing Tan.
Ci Xing Tan has a gorgeous pebble beach, which wasn't very comfortable to lie on but absolutely fascinating; some pebbles were, well, just ordinary pebbles but some were just so beautiful. I wouldn't have imagined myself starring at rocks before this.
The waters were crystal clear and had a mesmerizing blue hue. And unlike the usual beaches, this pebbled stretch hardly had any humans which kind of made it more magical.
We went for a dip in the waters, even though that meant wet jeans all the way to Taipei!
We arrived back at the hostel an hour before time and decided to grab lunch before my train ride at 2. We entrusted our lunch choice to the Mini Voyage staff who impressed us with his breakfast recommendation earlier.
Won over by the whole apocalyptic-oriental-zen hybrid architecture, our confidence in the taste of the food was bolstered.
Also helped that the price was affordable.
But unfortunately, the taste was a letdown. I'll favour instant noodles over their ramen anytime.
If you are travelling alone, you might want to consider the tour recommended by your hostel/accommodation because it should be rather cheap (NT500/half day and NT700-ish/full day for mine).
You may be able to avoid getting shortchanged like us by confirming the tour itinerary with the driver on the way to the first location. We both checked the rough itinerary with the hostel and that didn't turn out too well.
Also, check with the driver the amount of time you have at each place or if you are able to discuss with the rest in the tour, work out a refined itinerary with only the places you want to visit. While I was upset that we didn't manage to visit Swallow Grotto and Baiyang trail, it was understandable that NT1000 for the two of us was hardly justifiable for driver to include more places; it might work out better if you take the initiative to skip some stops.
If you are visiting Taroko National Park in a group, I'd suggest you to rent a cab. The standard yellow cabs will seat four (or more if there are children probably). The rates, from what I understand, are about NT2500 to 3500 for a half to full day booking.
However, please do, do, do research beforehand and factor in the time for trails. I highly recommend that you choose at least one trail to complete! You can plan a rough itinerary with the places you want to visit with the estimated duration at each stop and discuss with the driver beforehand. Taiwanese drivers will usually make suggestions but are more than willing to accommodate reasonable plans!
Map of the Taroko National Park with all the sightseeing spots and trails singled out to help you conquer them all!
I chose the 3-pax female form and was lucky enough to meet two friendly Asian ladies. They only have a mini locker (somewhat the size of those at our sports complex) that's sufficient only for your valuables. We just kept our luggages near us, locked.
Hello, I accidentally found your blog when I was searching for info for my Taiwan trip. Definitely lots of great info here. Keep up the good work!
hi how did you find the service of the cab driver? can recommend me his hp number? thank you.
Amazing trip! By the way, how long was the train ride you had from Taipei to Hualien?
sorry for the late reply. I booked the tour with the hostel, Mini Voyage.


Do you want to start a school uniform sewing company from scratch? Or you need a sample school uniform sewing business plan template? If YES, then i advice you read on.
It has been proven over and over again that one of the surest ways of gaining financial freedom in any part of the world is by starting your own business. No doubt becoming an entrepreneur comes with its own fair share of challenges, but the truth remains that once you are able to overcome the teething stage of business, and you have successfully install structures to support your business, you will sure enjoy being an entrepreneur.
So, if financial freedom and being in control of your time is what you crave for, then you should consider starting your own business and one of the businesses you can start is a school uniform sewing business.
Setting up a school uniform sewing business requires moderate startup capital and it is indeed a profitable venture if you are in a good location with appreciable numbers of schools. All you need to do to make it big in this type of business is to ensure that your jobs are neat and of good standard and your marketing team are proactive and could meet or surpass their targets.
One good thing about starting your own school uniform sewing business is that you don't necessarily need to know how to sew to establish this kind of business. If you have the required startup capital, you can acquire all the types of sewing machines required, rent a spacious facility and then employ trained tailors and marketers as well.
The essence of conducting your feasibility studies before setting up your school uniform sewing business is to help you outline what you would need to setup the business, the amount required to setup the business, how you can source for materials and how you can locate those who need your services and how to market them. It pays to get first hand information from the field before taking any important decision.
The truth is that it will be unwise to establish a school uniform sewing business in city or state where schools do not wear uniforms but muftis; such business will not thrive. One of the major reasons why you must setup a school uniform sewing business in your city or state should be that schools by law are only permitted to wear uniforms and you have several schools in that city or state.
Your business plan will definitely give you a clear picture of how your business will become in a couple of years ahead – it can predict the future of your business. In starting your own school uniform sewing business, your business plan helps you put structures in place that will help you build the business.
Therefore, ensure that you spend quality time drafting your school uniform sewing business plan before venturing out to start running the business. In case you can't come up with a good business plan, you can contract it to business consultant to help draft one. Just ensure you choose a consultant with a moderate fee, because truly some business consultant can be very expensive.
Starting a school uniform sewing business requires moderate startup capital. You would need money to buy all the sewing machines required, you need money to rent or lease a spacious facility, your would need money to equip the facility and you would also need money to buy insurance cover for your facility and business.
One of the good things your feasibility study does for you is that it gives you an estimate of the amount required to setup this type of business from the scratch.
So, it is your responsibility to ensure that you raise the required startup capital and there are several ways you can raise startup capital for your business. The truth is that if you have a convincing business plan, it becomes easy for you to obtain business loans from your bank and also to attract investors to help finance your business.
No doubt you would need a spacious facility in a nice location to setup your school uniform sewing business. So, when shopping for a facility, ensure that it is a facility that has enough space to contain all your sewing machines, your ironing and cutting boards and space for storage of both materials and finished school uniforms ready for delivery.
There are several sewing machines that you would need to run a school uniform sewing business. These machines are relatively cheap if you are purchasing them in large quantity. Depending on how big you intend starting your school uniform sewing business, you would need at least 10 sewing machines to start with, 4 ironing and cutting boards, a dozen of scissors, supply of various colors of sewing threads, 4 industrial pressing irons, Button pressing machines, 2 weaving machines, and supply of tape rules et al.
The quality of the uniform you produce from your sewing factory is largely dependent on the expertise of the tailors your employ. Consequently, make certain that you only employed competent tailors with bias for sewing school uniforms. Although, you might have to pay more if you are hiring a tailor with vast experience, but the truth is that a very neat and good job will bring more business opportunities to you.
The numbers of business deals you get to a large extent is dependent on your ability to market your products or services. As a result, all you need to do is to approach school proprietors and proprietress to market your business with sample of school uniforms you produced. The truth is that if you are able to secure contracts to produce school uniforms for more than 2 schools, you will be amazed at how much you will make.
There you have it; the 7 surefire steps to follow to be able to establish your own school uniform sewing business.


The Enchanted Christmas Gift Basket is a Christmas gift basket full of lavish items: olive oil, whisky spice cabernet balsamic mustard, sundried tomato spread, 12 vegetable vegetable sauce, water crackers, and bread dippers, brie cheese, and pasta pappardelle for starters. Includes various gourmet chocolates as well as two houose wines. Accompanied by a festive St. Nick decoration.


I have heard from many people who used to live in New York City or who live here currently that New Yorkers don't cook. Of course, this isn't true. I love to cook but don't always like traveling to shop all over town and lugging groceries home. Who can relate? So some have turned to shop for groceries online.
Online grocery shopping is a trend that is quickly gaining popularity with some well-established brands offering the service. While it is a relatively new trend, with its own fair share of pros and cons, getting your groceries online has proven very beneficial to some shoppers and it's understandable why.
This is maybe the biggest perk of buying your groceries online. You avoid making trips to the supermarket which means not having to deal with traffic and public transportation. For example, if you stay in Brooklyn and need to go to the supermarket you will be spending a lot of time navigating traffic, but with Brooklyn grocery delivery you get everything at home and this saves you time and money you would have otherwise spent on gas or train rides.
Also, mothers with young kids will definitely welcome the idea of shopping for groceries from home as dragging the toddlers along to buy food is not the best experience. You can set the time for delivery meaning that the grocery will be brought to your home at the most convenient time.
Shopping can be a frustrating experience especially when you are already at the cashiers and you realize that you forgot to pick some eggs, milk and the other ingredients for that last minute batch of cookies. You will then have to walk all the way to the refrigerated aisle wasting valuable time. Then you might get back at the cashiers and realize that you forgot to pick the milk and you would have to repeat the whole process.
When shopping online, you can easily pick all the items that you need from the comfort of your sofa.
Online grocery stores often have everything that is on sale on their website. What's more, some stores allow their customers to add filters and pick only what is on special for that week. You can also use manufacturer coupons and double them. Customers can take advantage of the great deals and a pleasant shopping experience which most likely means that they will likely come back for more.
Online shopping makes it simple to buy essential items. The store's website will keep your previous shopping data and recommend these when you want to make another purchase. and they can be put on scheduled purchase to repeat monthly or more. This can be a convenient way to shop especially with items that are a regular need.
When purchasing groceries the traditional way, it is common to go over budget as you are just picking items based on impulse and an empty stomach (Pro Tip: don't shop on an empty stomach). Impulse buying affects all of us at some point. What's more, if you are taking your kids with you, they could add a few of their favorite items which only ups your spending. This is not so with online shopping. The shopping cart displays the new price every time you add an item. In case you add an item which makes the price go over budget, you can very easily remove it from your shopping cart and keep on budget.
When you are working odd hours and can't find the time to go shopping, buying groceries online can be a quick way to solve the problem. Your groceries will be delivered to your premises or to the agreed pick up place making everything easy and free and open to really busy schedules.
Have you ever shopped for groceries online? There are so many companies that offer this service in New York City. Do you find it simpler for your busy life? Tell me about it in the comments below.
I have bought my groceries online several times. It is a good service for people that have a disability and find it difficult to get to the shops.
I totally understand in that situation, especially since a lot of stores are not made accessible for people with disabilities.
I do my main weekly shop online and have done for around 15 years (I am in the UK) – I do it for all the reasons listed – although I work as a retail merchandiser and am in supermarkets every day! I do buy odds and ends on a daily basis too!
Odds and ends online or in person?
I've never had the opportunity to buy groceries on line, but I would probably like it.
I might try it as well if I find that the prices are truly competitive.


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Q: Storing file on android phone I'm a Android newbie and got problems with storing a file on the internal memory. I read the tutorial about it in the android docs and copied the code. If I'm running the app in the simulator the file is created and everything is fine, but if I run it on a real phone I can't find the file?! As I use openFileOutput() it should be saved in the folder of the app in Android/data/myApp/... , but actually this folder for my app does not exist... :/
Can anybody help me?
Here is my code:

    String FILENAME = "hello_file";
    String string = "hello world!";

    FileOutputStream fos;
    try {
        fos = openFileOutput(FILENAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
        fos.write(string.getBytes());
        fos.close();
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e1.printStackTrace();
    }catch (IOException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

A: The data folder is invisible for all users, except the user account your app is running in. You will need root permissions to view the contents of this folder.
For testing purposes you can save it as MODE_READ_WORLD (or something) then you should be able to see it. However it's advised to restore it back to MODE_PRIVATE when publishing your app.

A: In the real phone you cannot access the data folder. only if the phone is rooted you can access the data folder but you can check in the emulator whether the file is created or not


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UG PRO-VC WISHES ATHLETES WELL
Written by kodadde 04 Jan Category:
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Academic & Student Affairs here at the University of Ghana and the Chairperson of the 26th GUSA Games, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo wishes all athletes the best and hopes that the University would be successful in hosting a casualty free GUSA games. She said this after her tour of the sports facilities and meeting some of the Sub-Committees and Volunteers for the sporting competition.
"My expectations are that we put up a very competitive sport in all the areas and I expect that we have an incident free games. I am looking forward to having games that is free from any major health casualties. Above all, I am expecting that UG wins the most medals. We have put in so much effort so we need to see the medals come home." She said.
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Academic & Student Affairs Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo interacting with UG Athletes and Coaches
The Director of the University of Ghana Sports Directorate, Dr. Bella Bello Bitugu who also spoke to the 2020 GUSA Media Team, expressed his satisfaction on the work done by the University and members of the Local Organising Committee of 2020 GUSA Games.
"I have to be content and satisfied, in fact I am very satisfied. If you ask me to rate it, some people are saying it is an African Cup standard, some say it meets Olympic standard but for me it is a normal thing. This is where I want others to start from. GUSA deserves to have these in terms of delivery decades ago and I want to make a statement."
Dr. Bello further indicated that UG wants to set a new standard and a pace when it comes to the organisation of GUSA Games.
University of Ghana is currently hosting the 26th edition of the Ghana Universities Sports Association Games which started from the 3rd to 19th January 2020.
You can follow the games on our social media platforms: (Facebook: @Legon2020, Twitter & Instagram: @Legon_2020).


Jesus displays his wounds, now healed and glorified. This establishes continuity between the historical person Jesus, and the resurrected Jesus. The reference to Jesus' hands reminds readers that God "had given all things into his hands" (3: 35). The disciples are safe. The reference to his side refers to the spear of the Roman soldier after the death of Jesus, from which had flowed both blood and water. The water reminds us of the "living water" spoken of in the dialog with the Samaritan woman at the well in chapter four. Moreover, "blood and water" are reminiscent of birth. The "blood and water" flowing from the side of Jesus gives birth to the New Community.


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Disused petrol Station on Grange Road & "The Grange" public
Thursday 29 January 2004 1.18pm
I'm a new resident to SE1, recently moved to Grange Road after the Sloanification of Clapham became too much to bear.
Seems to be a few new developments on Grange Road.. the site opposite Alaska and the Final Furlong. Anybody know what kind of bar/restaurants will be beneath the flats there? Also the disused petrol station further down towards Tower Bridge Road seems ripe for the picking - anyone know anything about that?
Finally, "The Grange" is my new local.. anyone drink there regularly? Any good?
Mapmaker
Petrol station closed about 18 months ago - about the same time as the other petrol station... which is now purple & red hoarding with a block of flats under construction behind it.
Looks as though the bomb site next to those new flats (to the NW)is about to turn into something - it's a separate site, one was acquired by Foxtons, the other by Savilles - I think.
David Gee
Monday 2 February 2004 8.43am
The planning notices at the large site on the north of Grange Road said there would be a restaurant and shop/offices below the flats. But I've seen nothing about the plans for the Final Furlong site on the corner of The Grange. I would be interested to know the plans.
and so the "Sloanification" of SE1 continues.........
Ivanhoe returns
LOL Harry. (If only it was a joke)
...there's plenty more c**** in the cup.
Monday 2 February 2004 1.44pm
And long may the Sloanification continue.
More (?) seriously, went past The Grange road development again. The restaurant is in the development advertised by the savilles board as being 'to let'. So no idea what its going to be, and it's likeliy to be some years before it opens.
Difficult to tell who's joking and who isn't on here sometimes.
smart-arse!
Hooray. Time for me to prove I'm not mapmaker.
Down with the property speculators and capuccino monkeys. Turn the Bricklayers Arms in to a dog track with hot and cold running jellied eels. Exclusion zone round SE1 for all men with floppy fringes and square jaws, etc.


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Deming Public Schools Classes Begin Tuesday for 2019-2020 Year
DEMING – Deming and Columbus students' first day of school for the 2019-2020 school year is Tuesday.
Superintendent Dr. Arsenio Romero said the district was looking forward to an "amazing" school year after the implementation of state-sanctioned K-5 Plus and extended school year initiatives over the summer.
Romero said the districtwide rollout of summer school offerings was in response to parents requesting more school opportunities for their students.
He is encouraging parents to give feedback on the summer opportunities, which state education officials hope will close the achievement gap for New Mexico students – particularly students in identified "at risk" populations of minorities, English-language learners, and low-income families.
Calendars for the 2019-2020 school year are available on the school district's website: www.demingps.org.
Again, the first day of school in the Deming district is Tuesday, August 13th.
Questions about the first day of school should be directed to the individual school site.