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Rolling up my sleeves
First up is a 5-8 year novel that I never could come up with a name for. Reading through what I still have of it (lost the finished version, but I do have about 2/3's of it), it was my first go at prose and pretty bad ( hope I've improved!), but what really lets it down is a some terrible plot contrivances to move the story on. Not sure how I'm going to sort the plot out just yet, but it's good to have to do a bit of work on it instead of just cranking it out.
Plot is quite hard I think. When it comes to reading I like good prose and interesting characterization and could care less about plot.... until I started trying to write. Once you write a bit you realise that it's the plot that ties everything together (like a good rug!), I mean, you've got to give the characters something interesting to do and react to.
Over at Jeff Smith's blog there's sample art for the (not soon enough) upcoming Shazam, knowing I'll never be that good is a reason to keep trying harder!
Oh, and the Moomins comic collection is out adn I've bought it, so should EVERYONE!
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- Peter Bangs said...
Moomins comic collection yaaayyyyy. That and the new Popeye collection are the only things on my Christmas list to Santa.
- 8:55 pm
- Danny said...
" When it comes to reading I like good prose and interesting characterization and could care less about plot.... until I started trying to write..."
Well said - christ knows how many times I've been having fun embellishing and adding ticks and quirks only fo rthe whole thing to just run out of narrative steam...
- 10:26 am
- paulhd said...
We think alike Peter:) Looking forward to the Popeye collection, as well as the eventual new Fantagraphics Pogo collections in the same format as the Peanuts books (see what those lovely books kicked open - there's a Dick tracy collected series out that I need to add to my mental shopping trolley (bigger than a basket) too)
- 6:03 pm
- Nimiwey said...
Have you felt it weird and enlightening to say 'my daughter'? i still do sometimes with my son and daughter. it's something i thought i'd only hear my mother say.
you seem like you're an awesome dad!
we went to the bookstore and got a daniel (clowse?) graphic novel (ghost world) thanks to the movie 'art school confidential' which you may enjoy if you went to art school, which brainmarket did (leeds polytechnic). we checked out some harvey pekar (also famed in 'american splendor'. we thought of you :-)
- 6:48 pm
- paulhd said...
More weird than enlightening Nimwey, but good all the same.
Awesome? Nice of you to say so, feels like I'm fumbling in the dark wearing idiot gloves!
Love the Clowes, Ghostworld was a great adaptation adn I will get round to seeing Artschool eventually, but this being Lancaster not on the big screen.
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Mute navigation during phone call.
When making or taking phone calls using bluetooth, waze navigation prompts often interrupt me. The person on the other end of the line can't hear the prompt, but it means either I miss what they're saying, or my train of thought is interrupted mid-sentence.
It would be useful for the client to auto-mute during a phone call.
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Caleb Santiago commented
This is already an option. If you go to setting>Sound & voice>mute waze during calls all the way at the bottom. pretty sure it's been there for a while
Instead of muting, how about just turning the volume down? I may still need directions when on the phone, but I don't need the directions blasted at me at a volume many times that of the phone call.
Russ commented
I use Waze via BT in my car often along with streaming music, and when I get a phone call, Waze does mute itself as does the music, so I do not have this issue. Not sure if it's the phone (Galaxy S5) or Waze that does the muting.
I have the same idea, but 'mute' maybe can cause a problem if you not be attecntion in traject. The solution maybe is 'mute' the voice of waze, but sound a 'beep' and sinalize directions.
I completely agree
Jason Granger commented
The feature appears in options under advanced sound but it doesn't seem to work on my Samsung edge 7.
Brian Cutter commented
I have the feature on Android, but it doesn't seem to work.
Spleenico commented
Good idea, maybe at the exception of alerts
Marco Fain commented
My Waze don´t have this feature. It´s updated. Android.
Jenny commented
You actually can mute Waze during calls. Go to Settings on waze > Sound > then turns on the option for "Mute Waze during call"
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I drive for Lyft and Uber. We need this feature badly.
Liz commented
Please make this an option in Android! Please, please, please! Thanks!
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NO. I prefer directions during a call.
This needs to be an OPTION
Mike Gregory commented
No options for this on my android device sadly. Back to Google maps until this is sorted
Anne commented
I saw in comments that someone said that this was available in the US, I don't see that option among my sound settings.
George commented
Don't talk on the phone while driving. Hands free or not it's still distracting
Gwen C commented
I have it set to mute but it is not working on mine. Perhaps programming needs to look at this.
כמשתמש אני זקוק לגישה ישירה לויסות עוצמת הקול במכשיר. אני נוהג להשתמש ברמקול של המכשיר ומשאיר את השימוש בחיבור הבלוטות' לקבלת שיחות טלפון בזמן נסיעה. כאשר אני מקבל שיחה בבלוטות' אני מעוניין להחליש את עוצמת הקול של וויז שממשיכה להשמע ברמקול המכשיר.
הגישה היום לשינו עוצמות הקול מאוד לא נוחה, וביחוד בזמן נסיעה. האם אפשר להוסיף על תצוגת הרמקול על המפה - שני לחצנים נוספים (+/-) שיאפשרו העלאת והורדת עוצמת השמע? זה יקל מאוד על השימוש.
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Google Maps has this functionality
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Listing 8. jpegextractor.c adds the MIME type to the list after parsing the file header.
if ( (data[0] != 0xFF) || (data[1] != 0xD8) ) return prev; /* not a JPEG */ addKeyword(&prev, strdup("image/jpeg"), EXTRACTOR_MIMETYPE); /* ... more parsing code here ... */ return prev;
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A quick scan of the examples on this page initally made it seem to me as if the extract program does not support Microsoft Word Documents.
Closer inspection reveals that extracting metadata from Office documents is supported.
[foo@localhost ~]$ extract foo.doc
mimetype - application/vnd.ms-files
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If that strdup() is so important, then where is it? ;)
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The strdup can either be in addKeyword or, as in the article, before the call to addKeyword:
I'm also not aware of any strdup's missing (at the moment) in the actual source, so I'm not sure what your comment refers to. :-)
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My Emma…gotta love her. Somedays I would love to duck tape her to the wall, but hey, I still love her…lol. Anyhow, for the last year, she's been begging me for a phone. She doesn't really need one, she just wants one. All of her friends have them and of course, that means my Emma must too. Unfortunately for her, Mr. AIC and I don't really see why she does need one. One of us is almost always home, we are the ones that pick her up and take her to friends houses or after school events, etc. Aside from that? I know my kid and at 9? She's is nowhere near responsible enough to have something as expensive as a cell can be. I mean this is the kid that got a DS for Christmas a couple of years back and had it broken within 2 weeks (easily fixed but still).
I know, that was a couple of years ago. Okay then? This is the child that last year received (2) very expensive and very large Lego sets for Christmas. Those Lego sets? Destroyed less than a week later. Trust me when I say that even now, a year later, she is nowhere near ready for a phone. She however, didn't see that when she was constantly asking me if she could have one and very constantly not taking no for an answer. Goodness me, but if that kid listened half of the time she was told no? I'd have a very, very well behaved kid…lol.
Anyhow, there I am, walking through Kroger about a month ago and I happened to see a clearance rack of Tracfones and my mom brain started ticking away. I got extremely lucky and found one for just $5.00! Uh $5.00 phone? Sure thing! I grabbed it, but didn't grab any minutes. It came with $10.00 in minutes so I was good to go on that! I basically got the phone free and the minutes half off so I was more than happy to pick it up for what I figured would be a quick lesson for Emma.
I get home and I tell Emma that I have a phone for her. I kid you not ya'll…she made a sound that was so high pitched that only my neighbors dogs could hear it. She squeed. (Is that how you spell that?) Yanno what I mean…"SQQQQQUUUEEEEEE!!!"
I had her do an extra chore or two to earn her phone and once she got it, she was off and running and so were the lessons. She immediately started texting her bff…which continued..for all of about 10 minutes. Why 10? Because Tracfone when you don't have a monthly plan with them? Charges a CRAZY amount of minutes per text. Half a minute to send and half a minute to receive so $1.00 per text…mind you, she only had $10…lol.
In she popped and asked for more minutes.
Out she popped after she was told no b/c I had told her that the phone was only to be used for emergencies when I gave it to her. I informed her that she would need to wait until her next payday and buy her minutes herself. She wasn't too happy with that…lol.
24 hours later…did you catch that? TWENTY FOUR HOURS later. I heard the question I knew I'd be hearing.
"MOOOOOOOOMMMM!!! Do you know where my phone is?"
"Yes child. Yes I do. How do I know? Because I found it this morning laying in the front yard where you left it."
Being the mean mom? I didn't tell her that of course…lol. I let her sweat it.The next day, she shocked me. She cornered me while I was sitting on the porch and looked at me with that sheepish look that she gets when she thinks she's gonna get into trouble.
"Mom? You were right."
Ohhhhh!! Praise the Lord & Pass the Ammunition! The day has finally come!! I may have marked that day on the calendar because I'm pretty sure that over the course of her life that may be the only time I EVER hear those words out of her mouth.
"Oh yeah? What was I right about?"
*Sigh* " I wasn't ready for a phone. I lost it right after you gave it to me and I ran out all of my minutes quicker than I should have. I should have kept my minutes in case I was at ***insert BFF's name here*** house and needed to talk to you."
At that point, I got up and gave her the phone back, but I still relish that she learned the lesson I wanted her to. Oh and she promptly laid the phone down and walked away leaving it where it was. 2 weeks later I noticed it under the porch…it now has a permanent home in the junk drawer until she's ready for it.
She hasn't asked for one since though.
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Always the competitor, Henderson said he knows he'll have to compete wherever he goes.
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One of the ways Henderson is finding a release from the recruiting process is getting on the court with his AAU team. At the Southern Invitational, Henderson shined on both ends of the court en route to the coveted championship. His Playaz squad didn't have an easy route as they had to fight through Sam Rines, featuring super freshman Tyreke Evans, and D.C. Assault, a program loaded with five-star prospects.
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The lawsuit states Joshua Mendez was driving on Weiss Lane on June 27, 2015 when he approached the bridge and didn't realize the two lanes turned into one. The TxDOT crash report indicates Mendez's "front left bumper hit the concrete lip on the bridge, causing the vehicle to do a barrel roll off the bridge and in to the embankment."
The plaintiff's attorney, Mark McLean, says the warning sign for the Weiss Lane Bridge was overgrown with brush the day Mendez crashed. The lawsuit goes on to say the sign only states "One Lane Bridge," and does not mention anything about no guardrails on the bridge or a steep drop-off into Wilbarger Creek below.
McLean says Mendez suffered from fractured ribs, spinal injuries and a lacerated tongue. Days after the crash, KXAN talked to neighbors who live near the bridge who said the bridge is unsafe.
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When we spoke with the Travis County Transportation Department just after this crash, they told us they had no plans to add extra signs, and the bridge is not designed to safely support a guardrail. The county would not comment Tuesday, because of the lawsuit. The lawsuit claims the defendants had knowledge of the dangerous nature of the bridge as early as 2011, when the Weiss Lane Safety Improvements 2011 Bond was approved.
In 2014 and 2015, several city and county bonds were passed that allowed for funding to improve Weiss Lane. The project includes widening the roadway from Wilbarger Creek to Cele Road from two lanes to four lanes with curb and gutter and drainage improvements. The project also includes reconstruction of all bridges from Pecan Street to Cele Road starting with the one-lane bridge closest to Pecan St.
The city of Pflugerville is managing the project and says crews will begin widening Weiss Lane in the Spring, and the bridge is a priority. They hope to have the bridge finished by August before school opens.
Mendez and his attorney have requested a jury trial, and are seeking more than $200,000 but less than $1 million in damages.


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Almost daily it seems someone posts a complaint about some parking ticket they get weeks after their trip in the mail - for something they did wrong but did not even realize - thanks to the use now of many cameras in Europe at stoplights, speeding, etc.
And after the usual indignation of even getting the ticket the poster asks if it is OK just to ignore the ticket.
NO it is not OK - do the crime - pay the fine. Educate yourself about European travel rules in countries you are going to - like in Italy many towns have no go zones for private vehicles and cameras record plates and those in violation will later get tickets.
Many posts seem to think they were unfairly targeted, etc. No I do not believe any European country tries to do that - get a ticket pay the fine and quit carping about it.
Own up to your mistakes. quit being cfry babaies.
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Almost daily it seems someone posts a complaint about some parking ticket they get weeks after their trip in the mail - for something they did wrong but did not even realize - thanks to the use now of many cameras in Europe at stoplights, speeding, etc.
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I don't cry about it. I just don't pay.
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I thought Leona Helmsley ("only the little people pay") had passed away; Vincenzo32951 is a testament to her legacy.
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I don't cry about it. I just don't pay.>
I don't mind as much those who know they did something and don't pay as much as those who claim they are being taken advantage of... out of ignorance. Well I don't condone vincenzo and his ilk's take either but at least they realize they are not being the victim.
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I personally hate this is just a government scheme to make money type of post.
Surly all countries in the world have various driving regulations one must stick too There are various ways these must be enforced.
Personally I am fed up with the NSA spying on me
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Moralising from North Michigan.
God, we'll have Texans lecturing us next!
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Paying or not paying is up to you. Where and how to pay is the question.
The difficultly in Spain, and a few other countries, is that you need a national identification number in order to pay online (the ticket goes against your driving record). There is also the issue that the ticket arrives months after the incident and you end up having to pay a hefty penalty on top of the original fine. A speeding ticket can suddenly cost you €200 or more. A parking ticket? Who knows.
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Ribeira - If the NSA is spying on you, you can rest assured that all goes well in the rest of the world !! I'd worry more about the Spanish tax authorities which are getting very organized.
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When one renst a car in europe one is responsible for understanding the traffic and parking laws. If you break one and are caught - you should just pay the fine.
No country is trying to target tourists (unlike some small towns in the US). And they only send a notice if they have proof (usually camera) that the person driving the car committed the infraction. The only reason to challenge if it was a day you did not have the car.
I don;t understand the big deal. It;s a traffic ticket - and it's not even points on your license or an increase in your insurance rate. A bargain if you look at it that way.
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Robert what you have posted is not quite true.
Here are details for Spain: http://www.mamunahmed.com/08/speed-camera-fines-how-to-pay-spanish-speeding-or-driving-fine-from-uk/#comment-41992
For France: http://www.europe-consommateurs.eu/en/consumer-topics/cars/driving-in-france/traffic-fines/
Interesting reading about Italian fines: http://italychronicles.com/speeding-fines-in-italy/
Oh if you hire a car in one country and break the law in another in Europe you may well still get a fine. This article dates back to 2010, and refers to a law that all EU countries must abide by by the 7th Nov 2013.
The only countries that have not signed up to this is the UK, Ireland and Denmark. However I dont think one can hire a car in the UK and cross the channel in a ferry.
So from now on no braking the law anywhere, well except for parking fines!
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I guess we've been fortunate enough not to get a ticket while traveling in Europe with a rental car but we did get a speeding ticket once in a rental car within Canada. Hertz automatically paid it and billed our credit card (and tacked a fee on top). Is that not standard practice for rental car companies everywhere?
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The above isn't clear - the speeding ticket was via photo radar so we were unaware of it at the time.
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Elizabeth, all fixed cameras have a flash on them you would certainly notice them. Maybe it was just a mobile one.
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>>>Hertz automatically paid it and billed our credit card (and tacked a fee on top). Is that not standard practice for rental car companies everywhere?<<<
No and it's not standard practice for Hertz. Hertz contracts state how much they will charge you if they have to provide your info to the police (even in the US), but most people don't bother to read their contracts. This is the first time I've heard of them paying your fine and I'm surprised they did. What if you wanted to contest it? I wouldn't think they would get into deciding whether to pay personal fines for people and risk lawsuits. How much did they pay?
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Kybourbon -- it was over 10 years ago so maybe it's changed or was a hertz canada thing. The fine was around $100 with no points. I googled this and found other instances of people being charged for the infraction and some successfully disputed it with their CC companies so it looks like its not standard practice as I assumed it was. The amazing thing is how we've managed to avoid any other tickets in rental cars!
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Ten years ago in the Netherlands I got a ticket for speeding (50kph in 35kph zone). It was a robot camera and I was not aware that I was going faster than the traffic at the time (no excuse, I know!)
The rental company 3 months later sent me a letter with a copy of the ticket (in Dutch). I think it was Europcar said they would be charging my credit card the ticket, plus tax, plus their paperwork charge--a little over $100. I didn't think I had a leg to stand on as I was in the place where the violation occurred at the time and date cited. Fortunately no points on insurance.
My siblings thought the whole thing was a hoot as they think I am on the poky side as a driver.
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nytraveler, is the place to which you refer, a certain small town right over the NY-MA line on rte 23?
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I've never heard of any insurance company raising rates or for that matter, licensing entities adding points because someone's VEHICLE was photographed "breaking" the law. This is simply because nobody can be absolutely certain who was driving.
I got a ticket from Siena in Italy last year. It arrived months after the supposed infraction which was driving in some sort of non-driving zone or something akin to that.
And no I didn't see any flashbulbs going off; I guess I had had too much ravioli that day. I do know I was trying to be very careful in observing all the posted signs, etc., and I was able to pay the ticket on line and I did so.
This happened after about a jillion supposed "Italy experts" here told me that I should not drive into and out of Florence which I did three different times and without difficulty.
It almost makes you want to stop renting cars abroad but for whatever reasons I keep doing it.
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Durkey you would not see any flash as it was not a speed camera. They caught you on a video.
Didi you read the link in one of my posts? http://italychronicles.com/speeding-fines-in-italy/
"While chatting with a tourism business operator in Tuscany today May 25, 2013, I was told that car rental companies now have a database which shows if you have not paid fines received for driving offences in Italy or in other parts of Europe. If you do not pay the fine at the time you attempt to rent a car, you will not be allowed to rent it."
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Digital speed cameras don't flash. Cameras on motorways in the Netherlands and probably elsewhere, photograph the rear number plate, so you are not blinded by the flash.
Irishface, it is just as well the fine was paid, since you could have been prevented from reentering the Netherlands until you paid it. At Schiphol they check for such things when they scan your passport.
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Many French cameras flash and face you. In Spain they are many taking photos from the rear, but again many flash. In the UK it is the same as in France. The law in the UK there must be a photo of the driver on the ticket to prove who the driver was at the time. Maybe it the same in France?
Many vacationers now use some sort of GPS, so that will tell you what the speed is or as mine states there is a toll. I would assume the route one uses for city centres where there is a limit on traffic this would show up too?
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>>>The fine was around $100 with no points.<<<
If you are from the US, in the past ticket info was not shared unless it was a bordering state (and not all bordering states shared) so you would not have gotten points on your license.
>>>Dukey1 on Nov 10, 13 at 11:57am
I've never heard of any insurance company raising rates or for that matter, <<<
Yes, they raise rates. They check a couple of data bases before renewal to see if you've had any infractions (for the states). That is why people go to traffic school after they get a ticket. In KY, if you complete traffic school on time for certain types of tickets (including speeding), the state won't have that ticket show in the system the insurance checks. Most traffic school is online now. Different states have different rules about points/insurance.
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"The law in the UK there must be a photo of the driver on the ticket to prove who the driver was at the time."
Not unless the law has changed recently. There has been very famous court case this year when a politician and his then wife were sent to prison for lying about who was the driver when their car was photographed speeding. That photograph certainly could not be used to identify the driver. Most cameras in the U.K. photograph the rear of the car.
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hetismij said, "It is just as well you paid the fine...." I don't think it ever occurred to me not to pay.
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I haven't heard or not heard about US insurers raising rates for traffic cameras, but I know they don't where I live, so what Dukey said doesn't surprise me. Violations due to any traffic/speed camera in the area where I live must be paid, but it isn't the kind of violation that affects your insurance premiums. I suspect because it is really the car that is getting the ticket, not a particular person (or maybe just because they don't want as big a public outcry over the cameras that they would get if it did).
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This bit about insurance points maybe the following from Wiki may explain it? But it is oh so tenuous IMHO
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In the UK at least, one speeding fine within the last 5 years will increase insurance premiums at the next renewal. Two will result in a greater increase in premium and some insurers will refuse cover completely. If you do not disclose speeding fines when renewing cover, that cover could be invalid in the event of any claim.
The people who speed and then refuse to pay speeding fines clearly feel they are above the law and have obviously feel they have superior driving skills to the rest of us. Maybe they would think differently if they had seen the devastation caused to the family of my best friend who was killed by a speeding driver. Speed limits are there for reason.
It is inevitable that any driver will speed at some point. If so, they should accept the penalty regardless of whether they are in their own or foreign country. If you visit a foreign country you should accept the laws of that land or don't go. Although I do appreciate that is a concept completely alien to some nationalities.
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I think in Germany the police needs a photo on which the Ddiver can be identified. If the quality is too bad to identify the driver, they normally don't send out a ticket.
If they measure the speed limit without a photo, then you get stopped directly.
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In Japan the face of driver is needed in Japan too:
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I agree if you do the crime, pay. But it may not be so simple. I visited Ireland in July. A month later I received a speeding ticket which had apparently been generated by a computerized system. First such ticket ever, and I was really careful while driving in Ireland. But there was little option for a challenge, and the fines escalate if a challenge is submitted, or if payment is not made quickly. I had heard about some ticketing scams, but the material appeared to be real. Thus I did not pay by credit card, and got a Bank draft. I also mailed all the required material by Priority service, even though the ticket from issuance to delivery in the US only took 4 days. Being skeptical about this, I photographed all the material at the UPS store prior to mailing. Sad to say, a month later I received a communication that my material arrived late (allegedly the priority mail to 22 days vs the promised 5) and the required documentation was not received. They asked for double the fine. This is taking much time, and much aggravation. Is it a scam? It appears government generated, but if revenue is the goal, then please add a surcharge to the car rental. I agree with taking responsibility, but this is a one way business and the ticket issuer has all the cards, and can be as unreasonable or unethical as they want. Renting a car in Ireland may have long term complications.
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Well if the delivery service took 22 days instead of 5 then how is that the fault on the part of the ticketing agency?
If we send any documents outside the US we use FedEx and it generally takes no more than 2 or at most 3 days and you get confirmation and a signature.
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welcome to Fodors -- curious what you googled to find PQ's OLD thread to top?
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If you have the health and good fortune to
holiday in Europe,
Pay the piper for YOUR mistake
Stop making excuses and thank God for your good
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I ended up leaving Annecy, France this past Spring, complaining that I might be eligible to receive quite a few traffic violations in the mail. It's now October, and I'm still checking the mail and my credit card statement.
I was 14-years-old when my father taught me how to drive. I learned on a manual and then later on an automatic. I've owned both versions in my life of driving in the U.S.
Before leaving for France, I printed and studied their road signs. It was a lot of information to absorb and memorize. When push comes to shove, and you're deep in the thick of navigating through unfamiliar territory - eyes darting from dashboard signals, GPS screens, rearview and sideview mirrors, the intersection in front of you, traffic lights, and road signage - I don't know how anyone can escape unscathed.
I've never experienced so many difficult to read road signs on the side of the road in all my years of driving. France's intersections give new meaning to sign hoarding. There was no easy-to-read street name signage at any intersection. And for some reason, I get vertigo when I enter a roundabout and become completely disoriented. Not knowing that the map turns on the GPS screen as you drive through a roundabout further complicated my ability to make correct driving decisions. For an experienced, fearless driver, I ended up making far too many mistakes that were not often easy to correct. Luckily, I printed my own maps to augment the GPS, which sometimes did not work.
All too often, I found the speed limit jump from 70 to 50 to 30 with very little notice. At times my driving was so jerky my sister got car sick. I found that my desire to avoid making road mistakes in France forced me to make more. I was never really able to feel safe or find comfort while driving, because each new day found me tackling a new territory with an abundance of signage.
If the tickets come I will pay them. I did the best job I could to avoid them. Travelers who rent cars need to budget for tickets. It's just the way things are these days.
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Honeysuckle. That is one of my new scents that I have come up with. This sugar scrub has the same coconut oil base as many of the other scrubs. It also has Honeysuckle essential oil inside and it smells divine!
This scent reminds me of the very first bloom in the Spring. That very first flower that decides to wake up on a rainy day. It is the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen since that cold, long Ohio Winter.
I am selling Honeysuckle on my Etsy shop, as well as the Mint and Spa Day sugar scrubs. All 3 of these scents will be sold for $5.00 each (not including shipping), for the smaller jars, whereas the larger jars will be sold between $6-$20. Keep checking my Etsy shop for updated listings and prices!
This listing will be sold for $12.00 each, plus shipping. There is quite a bit of sugar scrub that can fill up this large jar! (It's 2.64inx2.64×4.5). Adorned with burlap, scrub spoon and pretty white and yellow flower with rhinestone in the middle.
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I've been reading up on it and it seems to have about a 50% chance of actually working. Some things I'm reading say they monitor with a scan, some say they just do it by feel. My sister in law tried it when pregnant with my nephew and it didn't work, she ended up with a c section anyways.
If you read my earlier post, my little guy is a footling breech meaning one foot up, one foot down. The more I read, the more I'm realizing footlings are less likely to turn though it is possible. The thing that worries me the most is that he has his cord right up against his face holding it between his arms so my fear is that in trying to turn him, his cord will get twisted and cut off oxygen.
All things I'm going to be talking to my doctor about on Monday, but I bet we don't truly worry until 36-37 weeks.
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A woman's been assaulted and knocked off her bike on the Rodwell Trail in Weymouth, in broad daylight.
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Frank Moroney, the Republican executive director of Nassau's redistricting advisory commission, came back from vacation Monday and said Democrat Bonnie Garone edited the truth out of her Youtube version of the commission's last meeting, which she posted last week.
Moroney said it was the five Democratic members of the commission who limited public input until the end of the meeting, not him.
"This is a clear effort by cynics to hide the truth from the public," Moroney said. "Instead of sticking to the truth, they left the truth on the cutting room floor."
He said he had proposed 30 minutes of public comment at the start of the meeting followed by more public comment afterwards — similar to the rules of the county legislature.
But Democrats rejected that, he said. "The Garone tag team wanted everyone to speak prior to the meeting. Democrats didn't want the 30 mintues upfront. They wanted all or nothing."
He said the video makes it look like he prevented the public from speaking.
"That is an outright lie," he said. "Bonne Garone should be ashamed of herself for that kind of partisan nonsense. Frankly, the rest of the delegation should sanction her and request that her appointment be revoked."
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Builders' merchant Travis Perkins is to close more than 30 branches in a move affecting 600 jobs.
Travis Perkins warned that job losses would fall across its trade brands, such as Travis Perkins, Benchmarx, and plumbing and heating businesses BSS and PTS.
The company, which has stores at Chorley Road and Plumpton Close, Whitehills, Blackpool and a site at the Kirkham Trading Park, Freckleton Road, hopes to relocate some of the 600 staff involved but has not yet publically revealed which are to close.
Travis, which employs 28,000 staff, said that, as well as shutting branches across the trade businesses, it is also closing 10 smaller distribution centres and putting its heating and plumbing division under review.
Its retail chains Wickes and Toolstation are not affected.
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It said underlying earnings would be slightly lower than expected this year, while it also cautioned over the outlook for 2017.
Travis Perkins chief executive John Carter said: "It is still too early to predict customer demand in 2017 with certainty and we will continue to monitor our lead indicators closely.
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The group, which has 2,060 branches group-wide, said the heating and plumbing arm will see the bulk of the branch closures after a "disappointing" performance in the third quarter and in the face of worsening trading conditions.
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Udinese sporting director Cristiano Giaretta has confirmed that he has held a brief meeting with Milan over goalkeeper Simone Scuffet.
The 17-year-old only debuted with the Zebrette in February but has impressed with his form and seen transfer speculation arrive.
Talking to TuttoMercatoWeb today, the club's sporting director was asked of specific links with Milan, but made clear Udinese's position on the youngster.
"There has been a brief meeting, but nothing concrete," Giaretta has commented.
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