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Not all offensive words are packaged in four letters.
There's a six-letter term, the "r" word, too often used in reference to people with a developmental disability, that offends 14-year-old Summer Brack and her family.
"There's lots of words that are hurtful to people, but this is one of them that is to us," Summer's dad Kelly said.
For her 15-year-old brother Colton, who has Down syndrome, Summer posted a video on YouTube, the popular video sharing website.
Using written messages on pieces of paper, Summer created the 3:38 long video "Spread the word to end the word. Summer."
In the video, Summer expresses her feelings about the "r" word:
"My big brother Colton, has Down Syndrome."
"He is amazing! And funny, nice, sweet, strong, incredible…"
"I could go on forever about how much I love my brother.
So you can imagine how far I would go to protect him."
That includes putting a stop to the r-word.
I hear this word at the least 20 times per day when I'm in school.
I've heard teachers, adults, kids, everyone, just throw it around
Like it's nothing.
I've come home crying several times this year because of this reason.
Some of my closest friends still use the r-word in casual conversations… but it hurts too much to say anything…
So I let people hurt me every day and they don't even know it
This is me finally saying something.
"I started it Saturday morning, I started writing the papers, but I didn't do any rough drafts, I just kind of did it," Summer recalled. "It took maybe two hours to do all of it."
As of Wednesday morning, the video had close to 750 views.
Summer took this bold step because she's passionate about eradicating the "r" word from the vocabulary.
"This past year of school has been really bad for the 'r' word," said Summer, a Grade 9 student at Garibaldi Secondary. "Every day it's like constantly, and it seems to be getting worse."
The "r" word also impacts Garibaldi principal Grant Frend whose son Brady, a kindergartner at Alexander Robinson Elementary, has cerebral palsy and intellectual and physical challenges.
"So this is a matter near and dear to my heart, as well," Frend said.
Frend saw Summer's video on Saturday and communicated with her via Twitter. Frend was to meet with Summer to discuss plans for a Spread the Word Day at Garibaldi.
TIMES columnist Tim Tyler, whose son has Down syndrome, said the "r" word has gone out of use since the 1950s and 60s.
"Now [the 'r' word is] used in a derogatory fashion, not only by young people but by adults as well, even in the presence of people who have relatives with intellectual disabilities," Tyler said. "The people who use these words are not always referring to someone with a developmental disability but to anyone who finds themselves in an embarrassing situation, much as they use the term 'fag' or 'faggot'. It is ignorance to be sure and unfortunately our efforts to mainstream or integrate the intellectually disabled have not always had a positive effect on the users of these terms."
Tyler praised Summer for standing up for what she believes in.
"It is a courageous step to take by a teenager who has to respond to peer pressure on a daily basis and be expected to grant respect to teachers and other adults who have used the 'r' word in her presence," Tyler wrote. "If her campaign makes only a few people see the light on this issue, it will have been a success."
Summer said if she isn't able to put a stop to the "r" word altogether, she hopes her message will make people think twice before uttering it.
Summer has support in her efforts by her close friends Carter Kipps and Angelique Pelletier.
Her oldest sibling, 22-year-old Tori, said hearing the "r" word affects the entire Brack family.
"I don't think people are trying to attack somebody with special needs when they use the 'r' word, but when one of us hears it, that's what it feels like," Tori said.
A Garabaldi grad, Tori heard the word in high school and continues to hear it on the campus of her university.
"I even hear my professors say it," she said.
About a year ago, Tori and Summer created a video on YouTube. Spread the word – Coly, which shows pictures of the two sisters with their brother.
"He's awesome, he's funny, he likes to goof around a lot," Summer said, about Colton. "He's super fun."
Mom Liz says the "r" word remains ubiquitous, especially in the realm of pop culture.
"It's still used in media quite a bit and in comedies, and people use it as a slang term," she said. "There are lots of words in history that are obviously inappropriate and over time they were taken out of the language once people spoke up and said, 'You shouldn't use that word.'"
Liz says it's not easy to stand up and say that the "r" word is inappropriate.
"So I'm really proud of Summer being that 14 is a tough age, already, but to speak up and to say something… I recently went back to school as well and in a small group of people somebody threw it out there, but I'm at a point in my life where I'm going to say something," Liz said. "I pointed it out that that's not the best word to use and you don't know who you're insulting by using it, even indirectly."
Colton is going through his Grade 10 year at Garibaldi and loves horseback riding, but isn't much into sports. He's a movie buff who loves spending time with his dad.
Visit www.r-word.org to pledge and tweet #spreadthewordtoendtheword.


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just curious to get an idea of the numbers not buying the DLC. Me and 18 freinds who own MW 3 are not buying the DLC. So including you and your steam freinds, how many people not buying the DLC. =19. This is a significant number cosidering 27 of my friends bought MW 2, and only less than half of them bought DLC for MW 2........
As far as I Know, not one of my 40 clan members will buy it
NO SALE Ccha-Ching
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So let's add em up as we go. =60. at 14.99= 899.04, i had to use a calculator
Hehehe, and you still get it wrong!
60 x 14.99 = 899.40 - you're 36 cents short.
And I don't need a calculator
(60 x 15) - 0.60
I will not buy it either.
You know I'm not gonna buy it. I've got three friends that refused to buy MW3 at all after they heard my feedback on the game and saw the issues and lies we were told.
I have 2 main groups that are intermingled. Our original members are not going for it, except for 1 who plays single player mostly. Our other main group is based mostly in CA and they are buying it like crack, which is near a perfect analogy, considering the low life pushing it.
I did not buy mw2 dlc and I have no plans to be mw3 dlc.
It has become the worst fps multiplayer experience I have ever had.
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I did not buy mw2 dlc and I have no plans to be mw3 dlc.
It has become the worst fps multiplayer experience I have ever had.
I agree that this has been the WORST multi-player EVER.
I don't play the single player campaign, so I will NEVER buy another IW product again...EVER.
I could wright a book about what's wrong with this game; but all you need to do is read the rest of the forums.
They couldn't delete all the negative post about this game, if they tried; if they did there might be 10% of the forums left. What does that tell you?
We're playing a lot more Blops, and COD4 these days. looking forword to Blops ll
Well before you get you monies out for BO2 go to steam and read the first BS review from the devs, more gray areas and not a ranked server to be seen, more hype and fob
Oh I will be watching closely: and if they don't deliver; or try to lie one time, they will be out at lease one sale.
and I would hope no one else is naive enough to buy another activision product sight unseen again.
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"It's entirely possible that the minister might well have been briefed orally and given the nature of this case, that wouldn't surprise me," Varghese said.
"But since I don't have proof one way or another, I'm simply saying that I'm investigating that further," he added.
Varghese conceded that it was unusual for Australia to use security channels to seek assurances from a foreign government about the rights of a citizen.
"No, it's not normal practice and this is not a normal case," Varghese said.
"The initial advice that came to us on this case was through intelligence channels and the communication on this case has essentially remained through intelligence channels," he added.
He declined to say whether Australia's main spy agency ASIO or the highly secretive spy agency operated out of Australia's overseas diplomatic missions, ASIS, was the Australian intelligence channel that provided the information.
He also declined to comment on media reports that Zygier had been under investigation by ASIO.
Carr had told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television in a program that aired on Tuesday that his department only became aware of Zygier's arrest after his death when his family asked for his remains to be repatriated.
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I've a number of questions re. the subject, but first let me roughly say what I would like to accomplish.
In essence I'd love to be able to:
- write my domain classes using Scala's case classes to take advantage of Scala's pattern matching and such
- have some of those annotated with @NodeEntity(partial = true)
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- tried weaving (org.codehaus.mojo:aspectj-maven-plugin:1.4 with aspectj 1.7.1) the bytecode produced by scalac (net.alchim31.maven:scala-maven-plugin:3.1.0) using case classes first, got ajc issues. javap shows injected methods but domain class is not implementing NodeBacked... (looks like the "declare parents" issue mentioned in the plugin comment here)
- reading Michael's comment, decided to revert to normal Scala classes. Again, same as above, albeit ajc issues change slightly
- tried not to weave Scala classes... and, since I get no free beer then (i.e. no .persist() method on my domain classes) and finding also ...cumbersome?... to have a @Transactional method doing both the saves (JPA and Neo4J, albeit it looks like it's the only way to go in both restaurants-social and in the cross-store examples)... I gave a shot at a single call: repository.persist(domainObject), where repository is the Spring-injected class implementing GraphRepository. Interestingly, it appears that it does fire all the JDBC stuff, although it then fails after, since it tries to cast my domain class into a NodeBacked...
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In a sign of changing times, a top editor at The Wall Street Journal this week issued a memo to staffers about the rules of professional conduct for using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
The memo, which applies to the staffers' official accounts through the newspaper, sets guidelines about appropriate behavior on the sites. It was sent by Deputy Managing Editor Alix Freedman.
Big media corporations have taken over, sucked the profits out of and are now closing newspapers left and right. Subscription rates are down and ads fill more space than editorial content.So the questions are there:
As the newspaper industry continues to suffer from declining ad revenues and a migration of readers to the Internet, The Cincinnati Enquirer is being hit particularly hard.
Dozens of newspapers nationwide reported drops in circulation, according to the latest figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. But the figures reported for Cincinnati's only daily metropolitan newspaper were in the double-digits, well above the national average decline of 7 percent.
Managers at The Cincinnati Enquirer may be encouraging its staff to use Internet social networking sites to lure more readers, but at least one editor at a Gannett sister newspaper has had enough of Twitter and Facebook.
Rich Boehne must be a glutton for punishment.
A former reporter at The Cincinnati Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer, Boehne rose through the ranks at The E.W. Scripps Co., The Post's parent firm and joined its corporate staff in 1988 as the first investor relations manager. Since then, he's held a number of positions in the company.
After CityBeat was criticized for "factual errors" in an article about The Cincinnati Enquirer's new social media strategy by one of that newspaper's editors, we offered her the opportunity early Thursday to elaborate and she responded today.
Some Cincinnati Enquirer editors apparently are upset at this week's CityBeat article about that newspaper's new "social media strategy" and have flocked to its savior du jour — Twitter — to complain.
The article outlined how the strategy calls for The Enquirer to rely on unpaid labor to fill gaps in its news and entertainment coverage, make better use of the Facebook social networking site, require staffers to use Twitter to provide frequent updates about what they're doing and create a Web site for news without The Enquirer's name to lure readers who don't like the newspaper.
Faced with the choice between job layoffs or a second round of unpaid furloughs for employees, executives at the financially troubled Gannett Co. announced today they were selecting the latter course.
Gannett, the parent firm of The Cincinnati Enquirer, announced a furlough program that will require most non-unionized workers to take at least five days of unpaid leave sometime in April, May or June. The move is expected to save the company about $20 million.


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The legislative session convenes Jan. 14 at the state Capitol, but many of the legislators will be attending the Dec. 9-11 28th Biennial Institute for Georgia Legislators, to be held at the University of Georgia Conference Center in Athens. The event is billed as a session for legislators to explore state issues prior to the upcoming General Assembly session.
"Gov. Deal has made it clear that Georgia will not be implementing the Healthcare Exchanges," District 18 Rep. Kevin Cook, R-Carrollton,. said Monday. "I applaud that decision, and it's the best for Georgia."
"In an effort to keep small businesses afloat, we must continue to fight against Obama's one size fits all approach to healthcare," said District 68 Rep. Dustin Hightower, R-Carrollton. "If Obamacare is implemented within Georgia, I fear many businesses will start moving many of their full-time workers to part-time and many more businesses will be forced to make layoffs."
When asked about the major issue this year, Rep. Randy Nix, R-LaGrange, replied, "Budget, budget, budget."
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District 28 state Sen. Mike Crane, R-Newnan, said the largest issues resolve around the Medicaid program and how it will impact the state.
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Sex in a sleeping bag, because it looks like a caterpillar. "Next weekend me and my girlfriend are going camping. We're going to caterpillar all night."
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A term used to describe the way marijuana looks after it is unwrapped when you screw up rolling a joint. The marijuana without the paper, ends up looking like a green caterpillar. Lindsay- "Oh Manny, you fucked up the joint, re-roll it!"
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opium. probably a reference to Alice In Wonderland. users become caterpillars crawling to the pipe. eventually they go into their cocoon and seldom leave their room. in time they become butterflies and fly to heaven. smoking caterpillar was fun before I got to the cocoon.


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highest jump, longest free fall, first free fall faster than speed of sound...
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EDIT: 14.10.2012: the livestreeming on youtube of the first try on Tuesday Oct.9/2012 did a next world record-breaking: it was the largest live streaming with the most viewers ever on youtube
and it was the world largest manned ballon ever used
Last edited by gkaefer (2012-10-14 16:17:00)
24h delay because of wind conditions in Roswell
now live on TV
Last edited by gkaefer (2012-10-09 15:07:43)
He was afraid the wind would blow him so far out of place , that he would land beside the earth and fall into hell? ;-)
had time today to spend some hours watching the event on TV.
its amazing to see hours of 0.7m/s wind and even less and while capsule entry procedure you could hear the discussion on radio between Felix and Joe Kittinger about problems to get the radio up and running and than after they decided to close the capsule and ignoring that 50% of radio capacity has failed a wind gust did press the ballon to the floor - its like an guardian angel did say - hey try it next time...
PS: its expected that the published planned height of 120.000 feet / 36576m will be finally exceeded to 131233 feet / 40000m to be finally be able to surpass mach 1.1 speed while freefall. Because of the delay from several weeks the day temperatures are now lower and now this height is possible/needed (?) with same size of ballon.
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ok today next try...
live on ServusTV (HD) channel on Astra Satellite (Europe) - onair since 1.5 hours...
live on youtube: countdouwn says 2 hours to go:
EDIT: wow - what an event. congrats!
highest jump:
from 39045m
longest free fall (wihtout stabilization parashoot):
36500m (from jump to opening of parachute) - 4min 20 sec. free fall
Joe Kittingers record of 4min 32 sec was not broken, but FAI counts this as seperate record because Joes jump was with stabilization parashute
first free fall faster than speed of sound: with 373m/s = 1342,8km/h = mach 1.24
and from FAI not accounted as record: the biggest manned balloon filled with 850.000 cubic meter helium
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Posted 19 March 2012 - 06:02 PM
Still got army L85 and after mods im loving and its been thru hell and works like a charm.
Seeing the pricetag on the clone im tempted, i'd expect some modding needed but after such i'd field one without worries...
If anyone has pics of the internals, do post.
Posted 19 March 2012 - 06:05 PM
Posted 19 March 2012 - 06:17 PM
Sig limit is 400 x 100
Posted 19 March 2012 - 06:20 PM
Mine did not come with rail covers, but it came with a lipo charger, an 11.1v 1300mAh lipo in the PEQ-15, which also has a working red laser.
Additionally, my box was a full foam job, not a "two-pieces-of-cardboard" job.
Posted 19 March 2012 - 06:21 PM
Sooo, can you chop it up and poke the internals? Metal quality, typical acm or better/worse? Barrel quality? Fps / ms?
More i think of it, the more im tempted to buy one. Pair it up with Vanaras mags and sounds like a champion. Only thing holding me back is my Tremors-kit M4 that i cant really sell.
Does it function like the real deal? Stops shooting when empty etc?
EDIT: does the crane fit a battery? Hows the front end, fits all aftermarket-stuff?
I'd prefer something without all the junk too. Ditch the ras too and put in real steel plastics.
Edited by swatti, 19 March 2012 - 06:25 PM.
Posted 19 March 2012 - 06:26 PM
However, I can tell you that it's 100% TM compatible, bolt catch works fine, Metal quality is on par with the TM, fit and finish is again, on par with the TM, though the upper/lower receiver has a little wobble, and the included sopmod stock is wobbly as *fruitcage*.
The barrel is nicely crowned, shoots 360fps w/0.2gs and the recoil is on par with the TM.
Internally, it has metal bushings, which appear to be 8mm ones, and a pretty strong motor. Steel gears, good airseal - the only issue is the wiring, which is ok. Not bad, not good, just meh. The hop-up rubber is ok, standard ACM affair of not being awful, but could do with a better one.
Posted 19 March 2012 - 06:32 PM
How good is the motor? I'd say 90% of motor is magnets and testing them is easy. If screw-driver sticks to the grip from outside, it a Systema Magnum clone = win.
Posted 19 March 2012 - 06:54 PM
The front end is 100% TM spec, so it fits an MOE grip or standard M4 grips fine.
Posted 19 March 2012 - 07:30 PM
Posted 19 March 2012 - 08:07 PM
Are you sure the bolt catch works?! I remember when these first came out it didn't!
Broken or simply not icluded?
What about the charging handle?
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Are you sure the bolt catch works?! I remember when these first came out it didn't!
Yes. Though I don't have any midcaps to test it with here, I tested it with one in HK and it works fine.
By the by, chaps, as I have yet to finish the video review, are there any questions you would like answered about this?
I'll be showing the performance, external quality, popping open the internals and showing it with a few different accessories and such.
Edited by DarkLite, 19 March 2012 - 10:44 PM.
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 12:06 AM
Vanaras makes only PTW mags
Whoops, my bad. Was "battleaxe" (who comes up with these names and how drunk was he?!)
Hmm... 45 rounds. Anyone happen to know a larger acm-option? No, not a hi-cap.
Posted 20 March 2012 - 12:34 AM
Also, I added a .2 mm shim inbetween the extending bit of the bolt lock and the rotaty bit of the bolt lock since it was crazy wobbly. This also helped the lock engage 100% of the time.
Mine has a bunch of acm tacticool stuff put on (9.5 RIS II, madbull DD gasblock, MIAD, afg, and a GBB UBR clone... that took some crazy work...) and I'm trying to get my SW-Lion from extreme fire to precock while still allowing the bolt lock to function (tricky timing...). Next mod is putting a reed switch/ neo magnet combo in the bolt system to allow precocking in full auto/full cycle detection and cutting up some RS pmags...
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NEW YORK U.S. flat-rolled steel prices have fallen this week, and market sources see no immediate end to the slide. "Theres nothing (the mills) can do to get the order," one Midwest service center source said. "They cant price it low enough. Any offer anybody gives me right now, I think its going to be lower next week." Spot buyers have noted that short lead times indicate lean order books at the mill, a situation that likely could force mill sales representatives to lower prices in order to book tons.....
"Theres nothing (the mills) can do to get the order," one Midwest service center source said. "They cant price it low enough. Any offer anybody gives me right now, I think its going to be lower next week."
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Well let me know what you decide on. I will see what I can do.
I'm a pretty quiet person, don't smoke. I am looking forward to having some fun but, like you, I like my sleep. I am a very neat person, don't like things laying around.
I will keep in touch and hopefully we can get things worked out.
hello Chris..
have not made reservations yet...i understand that there is a discount if I book during the PV resort vacation which starts this Saturday...I may book the trip already..I am going SOLO and have heard that the solos are well looked after and no need to be nervous.
FYI...I am 62, light sleeper, non smoker and will appreciate someone who is neat and will be sort of quiet ( I need my sleep although I am known to party to the wee hours)..
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I have decided to look into going on this trip (50th birthday gift to myself!!) Just wondering what room you have gotten and the details (price and such). I have never been on an Olivia trip but have always wanted to. Going solo makes me really nervous but I so want to go.
Let me know the details and I will see what I can do.
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We're done for the year at Uni! I thought it would be an idea to do a list of everything I want to accomplish (or at least try my hand at) over the break. Next week we have a hilarious meeting over some design choices (or at least that's what they're telling us) we made for our GTA in a Week project, the college wasn't super thrilled that at one point you can pick up hookers in the game, but we're almost certain that's not what its about. We'll see how that goes.
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-Read up on architectural design theory, particularly looking at commercial retailers and how they push customers around.
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-Learn how to build games in data, not the renderer.
Why: So much of what I've done this tri worked solely in the renderer with game objects. Even stuff like GTA in a Week and Portal in a Week was all about objects hitting other objects. This is a terrible system, performance impact is huge, it's unreliable especially for a consistent results, and it's inaccurate. I first learned this with a tower building game that relied on collisions, you needed to be able to neatly slot blocks into gaps and around each other. All it took was a slight error for the block to not slot in. Instead what needs to happen is a way of tracking these blocks inside data, the visual representation should just be UI. That way there is absolute yes or no as to whether a block is going to slot in. In something like GTA, this expands out to everything from traffic, to mission markers, pedestrians, whatever. Having a reliable system for all of that is an exciting thought.
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9:30am Friday 22nd March 2013 in U's News By David Pritchard, Chief Sports Reporter covering Oxford United. Follow us on twitter: @oxfordmailoufc. Call me on 01865 425458
OXFORD United have had a season of extremes and manager Chris Wilder admits tomorrow's visit to Northampton will be no different.
With just seven draws this season, the joint lowest in npower League Two, it has invariably been win or bust for the U's so far.
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He said: "It would damage us, of course it would (if United lost), and it would give us a massive boost if we won.
"That's how we're looking at it and we'll be trying to win, as we have done at Gillingham, Bradford, there's no change in philosophy or approach."
He added: "It's been the same all season, we're either going up or going down.
"It's only a few weeks ago there was a chant of 'we are staying up' at Plymouth, I don't know if they were being sarcastic.
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Shandeh wrote:stitchychic wrote:Question right off the bat before we start: with back loops, should those of us who are left-handed work in the front loop instead? Please remember that while the right side faces a right handed crocheter's body, the right side for a lefty faces AWAY. Thanks for answering before I start.
Gosh, that's a good question....which I have no idea how to answer.
Any other left-handers here, who know the answer?
You might want to check the Left Handed discussion that was started earlier, so you can find other left-handed forum members. viewtopic.php?f=151&t=1307
I'm also a lefty and found this clue really hard too! I've started it over several times. I have just reversed the diagram so it is backwards, meaning that if you are left handed you can now follow it going clockwise, the way I crochet. I'm hoping this will solve all my issues and maybe it will help other lefties out!
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Wondering if anyone has any info on portable airconds?
I'm looking for one that will cool a small bedroom without too much noise so we can sleep.
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Portable AirconditionersWondering if anyone has any info on portable airconds?
I'm looking for one that will cool a small bedroom without too much noise so we can sleep. Any recommendations or models to avoid greatly appreciated. Cheers.
Re: Portable AirconditionersYou can buy an air cooler for under $100. It's good for a medium-sized room.
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Air coolers or Air Conditioners. ??? The portable Air conditioners still need to be vented outside via a window or doorway - overall not all that effective but quite ok for a bedroom. The air coolers ( I'm assuming you are talking about evaporation coolers ) sometimes struggle due to the moisture level in the air. As dumb as it may sound, I've found that a good ceiling fan can provide all the cooling needed. Enjoy life cos you only get one chance at it.
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You load ice in it and it sprays invisible jets of cold moisture into the air. Very pleasant.
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I looked at a couple of air coolers today, but wasn't convinced they would be much chop as the house is so humid all the time. Mind you, it worked really well in their refrigerated aircond show room! However, AIA you may have the answer with ice in the water. Where did you see them for around $100? The cheapest I saw today was $165 which is way too much for a fan with water running around in it. I was really looking for a portable airconditioner over the cooler but perhaps the ice trick will do the job well enough. Scoffer - I wish this place had ceiling fans, but it is not an option unfortunately. I find it hard to believe that ceiling fans aren't in every bedroom here, I'm sure it was an oversight by the same recalcitrant dwarf who always makes sure there is a low doorway for me to bang my head on.
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I'll get back to you tomorrow on that since the wife bought one for the bedroom in the cafe, where she is right now.
Re: Portable AirconditionersBuy a 2nd hand aircon froma decent company, cost about $100, sell it to the owner or take it with you when you go. It will do the job for a 25m2 room. Installation is about $20.
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That's assuming the owner is happy with you knocking holes in the wall.
Re: Portable AirconditionersI think most owners would be willing to let you punch a 4" hole in the wall for $5 or less
The thought of advertising an aircon room as opposed to a room in the future..and having a barang (read better-paying) tenant. Then again, Khmers don't care about money, they're too spiritual, lol... People who steal from banks get jail. Banks who steal from people get bonuses. You gotta love capitalism!
Re: Portable AirconditionersThe ice coolers might be better for the boonies with 3500r/kwh electric, when it's on at all.
Do they take the big blocks of ice that are delivered, or are they plastic cartridges that you're supposed to put in your large freezer?
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I think the staff just use the same ice as they prepare for drinks - ie small blocks they chipped off the large block. I'll know more when the missus gets back.
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Sorry to labour it Vlad, but can you suggest a decent company? The hole in the wall is already there so if I could get out of it for around $120 it sounds like the way to go. I'll wait and see what AIA comes back with first.
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She's back. She did also buy 2 second-hand airconditioners - $155 each (after hard bargaining). One packed up after a couple of weeks and the shop exchanged it due to the warranty. Down Kampuchea Krom (quite far) next to Gold One computer shop (where we got out internet cafe computers). Air cooler $95, #395 Monivong Bvd (opp. Wat Koh).
Re: Portable Airconditioners@NC: I had a friend of mine buy it for me, so I don't know the name, but there are lots of small places, especially near the circle in Toul Kork.
There used to be a reasonable shop opposite Walkabout, don't know if it's still there. People who steal from banks get jail. Banks who steal from people get bonuses. You gotta love capitalism!
Re: Portable AirconditionersI'm about to drop around $450 on a new inverter aircon, panasonic...
My buddy just got one and he runs it whenever he's home, and I think it cost him less than $40 per month.
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